LibDems accused of sending 'misleading' election leaflet to Edinburgh voters

The Scottish LibDems have been accused of 'trying to trick people into voting for them' with a 'misleading' leaflet sent out to households in Edinburgh

Jobs to be lost at Scottish city's theatre and concert hall after 125th anniversary

Staff brace for redundancies at a theatre and concert hall in Perth just one year after both venues celebrated milestone anniversaries

The thing about Starmer and Mandelson @mrjamesob.bsky.social isn't so much the mistake of the appointment, as Ed Miliband rightly observed this am, even prime ministers make mistakes

It's about setting standards then applying them fairly, which is what Labour suggested they would do after 14 years

That's how it comes over. I am bemused that Starmer says he wasn't told about the security vetting failure - but he made the appointment BEFORE the vetting was done. So his argument is an irrelevance - just like the man himself.

Why did BBC Breakfast give Reform UK a special graphic? A small detail in a brief report sparks some big questions about what the national broadcaster is doing during the run up to local and national elections.

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WHY DID BBC BREAKFAST GIVE REFORM UK A SPECIAL GRAPHIC?

A small detail in a brief report sparks some big questions about what the national broadcaster is doing during the run up to local and national elections.

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Morning folks, except for these twats...

'I'm not afraid to take on vested interests', John Swinney insists amid food cap vow John Swinney is expected to tell trade unionists he is “not afraid of taking on vested interests” in a speech on Tuesday after he proposed plans…

And with John Swinney's speech coming up this afternoon, this is what the FM is expected to say 👇

Day 2 of @scottishtuc.bsky.social Congress is kicking off, and it's a busy day...

We've got speeches from First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social and STUC general secretary @rozfoyer.bsky.social coming up

Here's some other things to keep an eye on 👇

You may not have realised, but 62% of senior judges in the United Kingdom were privately educated and 75% of them went to either Oxford or Cambridge.

Getting rid of jury trials is class warfare.

Labour in name only.

Designed to keep Scotland a prisoner of this union.

Back to the simple natural order of things…….. not human arrogance based on destruction of our water,air, environment for profit…… for the 1%

Anas Sarwar 'offered me a Reform-Labour deal THREE TIMES', MSP says SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar offered Reform UK a deal to jointly “get the SNP out” on three separate occasions, a former MSP has alleged…

Reform's only MSP says Anas Sarwar offered a Reform-Labour deal to him three times." So that's Sarwar's word against Offord's, Graham Simpson's and several reports in the press.

www.thenational.scot/news/2603779...

How many more Scottish assets will be outsourced to England before the people say that we have had enough of Westminster interference?

In the name of the Holy Mary, The wee man & his donkey when will Scotland wake up???

#AreYouYesYet #WhyNotScotland #DissolveTheDespoticUnionOfUnequals

Yep. The BBC now brands itself with Reform logos.

I will report back when I receive a reply to my FoI request

Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto The problems with our tech philosopher kings

I would love to see Starmer and the rest of Labour read this and still argue that Palantir is safe for the UK to work with. They are acting like it's the old world, not the new.

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We can’t trust Palantir with our NHS data Is this really the company we should be entrusting with our health service’s digital architecture?

"Palantir is not just a problem of profiteering from our national healthcare system— it's a fundamental threat to the democratic control of our public infrastructure + the privacy of every citizen. By giving our taxes to this company, we are aiding their operations everywhere."

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🇬🇧 The ‘bbc Shortbread’ Unionist Propaganda Unit are stepping up their HR26 campaign

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Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears Alarm caused by posts of Alex Carp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons

Martin Wrigley MP lambasts Palantir's mad manifesto saying it's "either a parody of a RoboCop film, or a disturbing narcissistic rant from an arrogant organisation. Either way it shows the company’s ethos is entirely unsuited to working on UK government projects.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Daizen Maeda and Greg Taylor ☘️☘️☘️

Scottish Cup semi-final
CELTIC…6 ST MIRREN…2
(Maeda 1, Ralston 43+3, Iheanacho 95 & 100, McCowan 96, Nygren 102 ☘️☘️

A re-elected SNP government will pilot a Scottish Artists Minimum Income, giving targeted support to artists and creative workers.

Make it #BothVotesSNP on May 7 for a government that’s on your side.

Bold black and white text on yellow background urging viewers to register to vote by midnight at www.registertovote.scot.

Register to vote by midnight tonight and make it both votes SNP for a government that’s on your side. www.registertovote.scot

Willie Wallace 🍀🍀

Thank you so much for posting this. My husband is in Australia just now visiting his sister who’s married to Willie and their family. I’ll forward the photo on to them. 💚

A re-elected SNP government will protect free prescriptions, free eye tests, free tuition, free bus travel, lower Council Tax, free school meals, the Baby Box and funded childcare, while going further to help families with the cost of living.

Make it #BothVotesSNP on May 7.

Why should anyone in Scotland vote Labour? when even their branch manager doesn't believe in their leader Starmer. And why would any party want to team up with toxic Deform?

Show this to anyone you know who might be at risk of voting Reform UK in the Scottish elections!

A re-elected SNP government will legislate for a national mobile phone ban in Scotland’s classrooms, putting clear rules in place to support learning.

Make it #BothVotesSNP on May 7 for a government that’s on your side.

Just arrived in Shetland for a day of campaigning with our excellent candidate Hannah Mary Goodlad for Shetland. Lovely morning!

We are taking our positive SNP message to every part of Scotland.