In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “This may be where history is leading,” our columnist David Brooks writes: “Smothering progressivism produced a populist reaction that eventually descended into a nihilist surge.”

It’s taken 23 years and $890 million but a Scottish company you’ve never heard of believes it has created the first safe and affordable drug which can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s. But will the UK’s medicines regulator give it the green light? open.substack.com/pub/rorycell...

"The claim that protestors outside asylum hotels are all just ‘concerned citizens’ is a lie. "Concerned citizens don’t perform Nazi salutes, as happened at protests in Falkirk. Concerned citizens don’t unfurl banners reading ‘Kill ‘em all’." || Neil Mackay 👇

Greg Jackson, "Our biggest offshore wind farm is paid not to generate energy 71% of the time" "40% of all of the wind energy we could have from Scotland is paid to be not generated" "We need to fix this because this is what is pushing people's bills up"

A gif of Met police carrying away and arresting an elderly woman today in Parliament square Shame on Labour for putting our police in this position

Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper must really be proud of arresting an old woman - free speech at it's finest in Labour's Brexit Britain

BIG BRAVE MET POLIS ARRESTING A RATHER SCARY TERRORIST, JUST LOOK AT HER GRIP 😐 How bloody ridiculous is this farce!

What you are witnessing is Starmer commit political suicide by using the state apparatus arrest the enemies of his ISREALI HANDLERS...a BRITISH CITIZEN who is BLIND and DISABLED...the kiss of death and final nail in the coffin of Starmer's authoritarian Zionist-run short lived role as PM!!!

I WELCOME REUGEES BECAUSE I HOPE THAT ONE DAY, IF NEEDED , PEOPLE WOULD WELCOME ME AND MY FAMILY! 🫶

Just sharing this again. Labour has had FOUR times the private healthcare donations of every other party www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Will this win you over? x www.normalisland.co.uk/p/sir-enoch-...

Poverty and hunger costs the UK economy £75.6 billion a year, landmark report finds Increased unemployment, decreased productivity, and more spending on public services means poverty, in fact, costs us money says Trussell www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

It's been revealed that the Office for National Statistics, which prepares the UK's inflation data, has been using the wrong prices to estimate it. They have used list prices, not what most people pay. The result? Serious overstatement of inflation. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...

The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

JD'S 'Liz Truss' Moment 🫤

Great to be out with Katy Loudon and the SNP team in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse today. Excellent local market and some lovely conversations appreciating our dear colleague Christina McKelvie.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST INDEED SNP WILL NEVER WORK WITH REFORM!! www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

When UK countries and regions are compared, child poverty is now lowest in Scotland. This did not used to be the case. The immediate reason for this turnaround in Scotland has been the introduction of the Scottish Child Payment. Westminster needs to follow Scotland in tackling child poverty

Ella Baron on #Adolesence and the dangers social media pose to teenage boys – brilliant cartoon imo, powerful.

Not content with ruining thousands of lives, they will probably ruin terminally ill people's chance at a 'good' death, as this will become a real obstruction.

Tanni Grey-Thompson has summed up the horror of the Labour government's attitude to disabled people If you are disabled and your DWP benefits are cut, making life intolerable, then these people may feel forced down the assisted dying route said Grey-Thompson www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Nicola Jennings on Labour’s proposed benefit cuts

Such a fabulous column by Matthew Syed on male violence, fundamentalism, and the Tates: www.thetimes.com/article/29e4...

Portugal rules out purchasing F-35 fighter jets and evaluates European alternatives www.aereo.jor.br/2025/03/13/p...

#WillAndHarper tells a story which echoes much of what my trans friends have told me about their lives and their journey towards becoming who they always have been. It feels more important now, as the bitter and fearful try to turn the clock back on their rights. www.netflix.com/gb/title/817...

@scotnational.bsky.social maybe do a story? www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/scottish-l...

John Swinney handing Labour Sarwar his backside on a plate is becoming a ritual now at FMQ's. (MSM Monitor) youtu.be/ICn-Jn5WdjA

My latest blog piece. Starmer and Sarwar's greatest betrayal is pandering to the far-right. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/s...

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Restoring Scotland’s natural environment Published 20 February 2025 12:45 New targets to enhance nature and protect biodiversity. www.gov.scot/news/restori...

Independent Review of sentencing and penal policy Published 20 February 2025 16:37 Commission to consider improvements to deal with offending behaviour. www.gov.scot/news/indepen...

Ending the Universal Credit two-child cap Published 21 February 2025 15:00 Views sought on flagship policy. The Scottish Government is launching a consultation on its plans to end the two-child cap on benefits. www.gov.scot/news/ending-...

Hard to disagree, tbh