Upgrading the energy infrastructure so they can get all of Scotland's renewables taken down South to power England's cities and charge the cost to the consumer yet again. All while energy companies make obscene profits and Scots pay the highest prices in EU. www.thenational.scot/news/nationa...

#StAndrewsday James IV. Free today on Kindle. Most famous for his death at Flodden, but before that there is a good case for saying he was the best of the Stewart (Stuart) kings. @scothistnetwork.bsky.social @htenuk.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/James-IV-Sco...

Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums

This is the last official day of Book Week Scotland. But encouraging friendship, encouraging children to read, and encouraging love of the west coast of Scotland continues. www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...

From mobiles to insurance and subscriptions, firms exploit customers. Profiteering is rife and inflation is baked in the system. Rip-off practices in water, energy, insurance, internet, banking, insurance, elsewhere. There is lack of competition; poor regulation and toothless regulators.

Appeals against deportation on human rights grounds are vanishingly rare - less than one per cent of foreign national offenders remain in the UK on human rights grounds. So changing how the Convention is interpreted won’t make a material difference to migration figures

"Microplastics are everywhere now; these minute particles are in our bodies – in the bloodstream, liver, digestive system and more... Continued use of plastic products and poor disposal leads to pollution of land, air and water."

“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They are the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Nigel Farage” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 👇 #BBC

The Telegraph's "attacks on the BBC are not remotely done in good faith & are the result of the publisher’s ideological & commercial interests. There is no world in which The Telegraph’s output would survive the level of scrutiny applied to the BBC’s journalism.” open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...

For long winter evenings. Here's the link. #Holidays #Moidart #Scotand #Children'sBook www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...

Looking at these polls, I wonder at the 42% that say they’d vote for the union. With everything that has happened since 2014, folk in Scotland are worse off, and will continue to struggle. Things they threatened if we left, have happened anyway. So why stay?🤔 www.thenational.scot/news/2557532...

Yes! What else would you expect from Stammer, he hid when Israel was bombing children why would he worry about some football neds smashing up the place.

Bylines Network Reader Survey 2025 10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey

Jacqui Hames, featured in #TheHack, is calling on the Prime Minister to put the public ahead of Murdoch, and act now to end corruption and abuse in the press. Back her petition now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

Just channel hopped through all my news channels (which include some from USA) only one is covering the Trump press conference on crime in America live. Why? Filled with the usual rambling lies and nonsense … this is not news

Wild honeybees have been officially listed as endangered in the EU – the first time their decline has been formally recognised. Dr Arrigo Moro tells us why their survival matters for biodiversity, agriculture, and food security. ⤵️

The numbers of electric vehicles sold in Europe in 2024 are in: ⚡ 1.45 million new battery-only EVs registered 📈 +32% growth in the total electric fleet 🔋 13.6% of all new car registrations are electric Europe is going full throttle to a clean future. link.europa.eu/cNKjkh

#SNP25 kicks off today in Aberdeen and here’s what’s on the agenda today! We’re setting out how Scotland can build a fairer, more prosperous future in our own hands.

"People like Neville represent a cultural and political threat, because the right wants them to think what they think - and very often they don’t." Why Gary Neville's views on British flags made him a target for Farage

An excellent read of mainly just the facts. I did not know about Colonel Hook and his (crooked?) idea to win over Scotland. Political promises of jam tomorrow still go on today.

#MUNvEDI That's Ben Whitehouse off my Christmas card list.

#MUNvEDI Tmo - no try, knock on.

#MUNvEDI Referee failed to see Munster scrum collapse. Munster score. Referee is well sh1te, as they say.

#MUNvEDI However, I think the the ref is not very good this week. Too quick to penalise the away side.

#MUNvEDI 2 weeks ago, too slow and too predictable. This week, too criminal. 4 YC and RC pending. Disgraceful really.

#MUNvEDI Edinburgh commit suicide with a croc roll. Then the ref stars again preventing the contest at the lineout.

#MUNvEDI I think that referee is having a really bad game.

#MUNvEDI Referee fails to spot Munster forward pass and 2 knock ons. Only gave Edinburgh the decision on the 3rd KO.

#MUBvEDI It helps with the ref on your side. (Max Boyce)

#MUNvEDI Ref making it up now, just to give Munster the decision.

#MUNvEDI Ref stars again. Pulls back for something that happened yesterday then YC for an EDI player for what?

#MUNvEDI I thought the ref was supposed to change sides at half time. Clearly not.

#MUNvEDI Despite having the ref on their side, Munster fail to capitalise on Edinburgh being down to 13 players for 10 minutes.

#MUNvEDI Ref found wanting by FP review.

#EdinburghRugby beaten by the ref's enthusiasm to penalise the away team, and his YC.

Edinburgh Rugby not getting the rub of the decisions. Now playing badly. Seems to be same old from last season.

Luxembourg grilled sausage and beer prove popular with Japanese audiences today.rtl.lu/news/world/a...

This strikes home!

Watching tiny starving kids smashed to bits by IDF bombs on Channel 4 News again, little bodies in body bags, yet people chanting “death to the IDF” are the problem? As far as I’m concerned it’s the only moral view at this point.

NOW 344 DAYS since our nuclear test veterans - national heroes now in their eighties - requested a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss how he will honour the commitment Labour made to them in opposition. How much longer must they wait?

World’s largest banks pledged $869bn to fossil fuel firms in 2024. Planet sizzles whilst banks, their shareholders and execs count profits, dividends and fat paychecks. Yet their websites talk about corporate social responsibility. There is no planet B.

“The 2008 EU Return Directive, strictly prohibits Frontex returning individuals without an enforceable return decision. This is supported by consistent case law from ECJ. The existence of a legal return decision helps ensure that such a return does not violate the principle of non-refoulement.”

A widely shared video claims to show a large number of asylum seekers on a Dover beach. But the footage isn’t from Dover. It appears to have been filmed on a popular beach in Goa, India.

Memo from Private Eye to our broadcasters

If spend by Westminster/Whitehall on Scotland’s behalf is made in England, the economic benefit will accrue to England (For those who don't know, the claim that Scotland has a 'deficit' is based on spending by Westminster in England 'for' Scotland) talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/05/30/i...

Elon Musk “apparently did not anticipate that it would be bad PR for the world’s richest man to take food and medicine from the world’s poorest children” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

“It’s almost as if LBC thought no one would notice the fact that Myska had gone, but her case has attracted widespread interest…”

It is always tempting to simplify our thinking about land-use, carbon and forests - we like a simple message and binary choices. However the reality is rarely black and white, and we increasingly need full colour solutions in our rapidly changing world. www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...

US trade court bombshell highlights why the EU should ignore Trump's tariff threats - in my op-ed for @politico.eu I argue that negotiation & retaliation are pointless, meaning Europe's best option is to do nothing (setting a useful precedent on how to handle Trump) 👇 www.politico.eu/article/euro...