Most Scots would vote for independence if a referendum were held tomorrow, a fresh poll carried out in the middle of the Holyrood election campaign has found

A detail everyone is ignoring or forgetting.

Peter Mandelson masterminded Keir Starmer's reshuffle days before the scandal broke.

That is, while he was the US Ambassador.

This seems like quite an important detail!

No surprise really. Just more of Blair Govt from the 2000's. Starmer is jusr the DLR isn't he?

Excellent response from the SNP 🤣🤣

If you've ever wondered about this GOP being a cult...

Indeed! and the Suella Braverman type sinister stares.

Renowned historian Tom Devine has drawn comparisons between Reform UK and Nazi Germany after the party pledged it would tell museums how to present history

🗣️ 'If Reform dare to advance this policy in Scotland, it will be met by outraged opposition well beyond the ranks of museum professionals'

Thinking of voting Labour?
#VoteForScotland

Maybe she should ditch the jackboots before telling people to FRO!

It also adds to the perception he isn't really in charge which has been said before. Lets face it, the Blairite advisors (or Mandy himself) chose Mandy and Starmer just went along with it. He's not driving the train. His ineptitude in dealing with this just reenforces this perception.

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

Happy Birthday from here in Scotland. Gie it laldi as they would say here!

and McSweeny was appointed by who? .... ah right Keir Starmer. So #10 wanted their man in fast, and civil service were there just to implement that regrdless of background checks. Sir Kier is up to his kneck in this.

Palantir's summary of CEO Alexander Karp's manifesto is generating buzz. Read the 22 bullet points. Among the 22 points summarizing Palantir CEO Alex Karp's manifesto is the belief that the US should consider reinstating the military draft.

This company is out of control and its CEO appears in nearly every public appearance to be disturbed in some way.

There are companies our government should have nothing to do with anymore—e.g., those associated with Elon Musk—and Palantir is on that list.

Now if this had been an SNP MSP hopeful it would have been on BBC in Scotland on all bulletins, across the 'Scottish' newspaper front pages, and blue tents may have been erected by now. 😉

👀 Gone to Specsavers with our Dundee SNP candidates, Heather Anderson and Stephen Gethins.

Scotland is the only part of the UK with free eye tests and the SNP will protect them.

We will also invest in more treatment in the community and give people faster, easier access to the care they need.

Downing Street was 'dismissive' about Peter Mandelson security vetting, official says DOWNING Street had a “dismissive attitude” to Peter Mandelson’s security vetting and pressured officials into getting him into the US…

Yup.
"Downing Street had a “dismissive attitude” to Peter Mandelson’s security vetting and pressured officials into getting him into the US ambassador role “as quickly as humanly possible”, a senior civil servant has told MPs. "
www.thenational.scot/news/2603860...

Downing Street was 'dismissive' about Peter Mandelson security vetting, official says

Downing Street had a 'dismissive attitude' to Peter Mandelson’s security vetting and pressured officials into getting him into the US ambassador role 'as quickly as humanly possible', a senior civil servant has told MPs

Unbelievably, Keir Starmer can now be compared to Boris Johnson The Prime Minister was once a man with a reputation for integrity and decency

It is preposterous and honestly rather shameful for Starmer to act so upset over the Mandelson affair. He is basically attacking Robbins for doing precisely what he wanted him to do inews.co.uk/opinion/unbe...

The bigger mystery is how they fund all this with falling membership no's nationally and only 4k members in Scotland. I've had about 4 or 5 through from the LD's here in Argyll all via post. Does make you wonder if there's BT2 funders with deep pockets.

England fans facing hugely inflated prices to get to New Jersey's MetLife Stadium for World Cup games The cost of getting the train from New York to the venue, where the Three Lions play Panama in their final group game, will be £111 - nearly 12 times the usual fare.

Dear fellow Brits, from this Brit-American:

Please don't come here. It's dangerous. You may be targeted, arrested and unlawfully detained - likely courtesy of ICE - without access to legal representation.

I've told my family to stay away.

Please boycott America. 🇬🇧💙

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Ooft Mcleish spilling all about the Labour branch office.

Time for the 25th, but a President Vance would be an equally unappealing prospect. I'm just enjoying watching him destroy his base ahead of the midterms. I saw a hypothesis. Dems in midterms take senate & house, impeach Trump but he refuses to leave. His own private army ICE keeps him in office.

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Trump: "It’s easy! Tucker is a Low IQ person - Always easy to beat, and highly overrated!!! So are Megyn Kelly, 'Candace'(Really Dumb and mentally ill!), and Bankrupt Alex Jones, who is completely 'fried.' There are others, also! Then we have some that are VERY GOOD, true MAGA all the way, and smart. I should do a list of good, bad, and somewhere in the middle. Wouldn’t that be fascinating??? President DJT"

Trump: "It’s easy! Tucker is a Low IQ person - Always easy to beat, and highly overrated!!! So are Megyn Kelly, 'Candace'(Really Dumb and mentally ill!), and Bankrupt Alex Jones, who is completely 'fried.' There are others, also!"

CNBC's UK Exchange newsletter: Britain's jet fuel crunch — and how we got here The U.K.'s supply chain vulnerabilities could harm Britain’s ability to source jet fuel, posing a threat to the traditional summer getaway for British tourists.

Not to mention that UK gets it's jet fuel from of all places NL.🤯
www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/u...

Yeah, more flight cancellations by May/June, but how many people will still head off only to find themselves potentially stuck. I'm not seeing urgency from UKGovt who should be bringing in conservation measures now. Even if Iran war stops tomorrow we'll have shortages for a long time afterwards.

Assuming that it all stops soon, and there isn't damage done to critical infrastructure too. People don't know what's coming do they?

It wasn't that long ago he was writing pro indy articles, now he's just sold his soul it would seem. Just like the rest of them do. McWhirter etc.

Loss of energy output in MidEast will take about two years to recover, IEA says It will take about two years to recover the energy ​output lost in the Middle East from the ‌conflict there, Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency, was quoted as saying on Friday in an interview with ​the Neue Zuercher Zeitung newspaper.

Loss of energy output in MidEast will take about two years to recover, IEA says reut.rs/3OLBVzl