Andrew Wilson

Eddi Reader leads line-up for Scottish independence 'revival' event SCOTTISH music icon Eddi Reader will lead a line-up of performers at an event aiming to reignite the country’s independence movement at…

I know Saturday 14 March is a busy day for many, but here's an event at Oran Mor in Glasgow that I hope will catch your imagination. Convention-style meeting during the day and some excellent music and poetry in the evening - tickets available for either or both.
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Anas Sarwar has some brass neck accusing John Swinney of misleading Parliament.

You could see it shining from orbit.

Never forget that the almost entirely pro-union media is essentially an agent of the anti-SNP and anti-Independence campaigns. #Scotland #Holyrood26

Are Scotland’s ferries the worst or the best in the world? Four years ago, on BBC Scotland, I heard an island spokesperson suggest that CalMac ferries was the worst service in the world and that they should visit other countries to learn from them. Getting…

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For a’ that, an’ a’ that,
It’s comin yet for a’ that,
That man to man, the world o’er,
Shall brothers be for a’ that.

From my family to yours, Happy Burns Night. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A huge weapons contractor who owns a large part of land near me and still tests weapons for the MoD on it, hands Reform £22.7 million quid

Seems that Nigel Farage's first cabinet - should the old fraud succeed - will mainly comprise failures from the Tories and UKIP. Not a cheering prospect.

In case you were still in any doubt, here’s Keir Starmer confirming precisely what he thinks of Scotland, folks who live in Scotland, Scottish culture and Rabbie Burns.

Oddly, Tunnock’s and Barr’s used to be Tory supporters. I wonder what’s changed…

(Nothing, I’d suggest)

#IndependenceNow

Great to have @johnswinney.bsky.social join us on the doors in East Whitburn today!

🥀 The Labour-Tory council coalition failing our communities is barely clinging on

So this by-election is our best chance to build a better West Lothian together!

🗳️ So please vote Callum on December 11

#ActivrSNP

Braw day in Blackburn campaigning for a more affordable, brighter and better connected West Lothian.

Folks are resonating with our campaign to put your priorities first again, after a decade of neglect from West Lothian’s Labour-Tory coalition!

Thanks to everyone who joined us today 💛

#ActiveSNP

Three photos in a collage. Top two photos are of Callum holding a small dog, Hugo. The top left is Hugo looking at a smiling Callum. The top right is Hugo licking Callum’s chin. Bottom photo is of 4 people smiling next to each other. Promoted by Allistair Tatton, on behalf of Callum Cox, both at 34 Glenshee, Whitburn, EH47 8NY

Fantastic support in Whitburn today for @snp.org — including some first-timer voters I bumped into!

Folks on the doors feel excited for our campaign to make West Lothian more affordable, brighter and better connected

And I think it’s fair to say that meeting wee Hugo was the highlight!

#ActiveSNP

Happy Diwali 🪔

We share the light and our love from around the world to you, we hope that you and your family enjoy a very Happy Diwali!

Edinburgh Sick Kids 'lifesaving' social care team set to be removed after 30 years Despite councillors voting to halt the move, officials took the decision and insisted it would cause “no loss of resource and no loss of service”.

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It's pretty clear now. If Scotland wants to be back in the EU, the only route is for us to join after we've regained independence.

Which, by my reckoning, would take no more than seven years (including our own referendum).

Here's how:

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Eyebrows raised in the Commons as SNP's Stephen Flynn quotes Mandelson telling the FT to "fuck off"

Jim Shannon's face says it all

Douglas Alexander tries to claim UK Government credit for Alexander Dennis furlough DOUGLAS Alexander has said that the UK Government has been “leading intensive work” on saving jobs at Alexander Dennis – despite the bus…

Scottish Devolution = Westminster claims credit for the good things that Holyrood achieves, whilst blaming Holyrood for the things that aren't devolved from Westminster and over which Holyrood has no control.
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All these Tory MPs switching to Reform.

Now watch as the BBC treat the Holyrood 2026 election as dress rehearsal for the next UK general election, and relentlessly promote their agenda of giving disproportionate coverage to the right-wing parties.

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Again, I really do have concerns about exactly how Justin Webb is acquiring his knowledge of US politics or what prompted him to make this exact point.

This is the leadership countries should expect - one which stands up for all the people who make up that nation.

A voice which speaks up for all of Scotland's people is needed, now more than ever.

As Westminster and England lurch to the Far Right,

It is clear #Scotland is on a different path.

Scruton is part of an intellectual culture giving respectability to racism Howls of outrage over philosopher Sir Roger Scruton's loss of a government job ignore the reality of his output.

When I wrote this in 2019 some accused me of exaggerating the connection between the intellectual bigotry/racism of the Spectator and Telegraph (as exemplified by Scruton and Murray) and BNP/street-level thuggery. If anything I was too cautious..

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Here's why energy is the key battleground for our children's future Simon Forrest speaks about how energy is the battleground for our children's future.

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Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse

Repeat after me: 40% of the men arrested for rioting against asylum seekers in Southport had previously been reported to the police for domestic violence.

Why would anyone want to associate themselves with that lot?

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Is a party with just four MPs getting too much coverage on the BBC? With me in the studio to discuss this are Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Lee Anderson and Sarah Pochin.

Farage party picked a dead woman to run for Croydon Mayor EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Carby, aged 70, from Bradford, sadly died in July 2024. But that didn’t stop Reform UK six months later picking her as their Croydon mayoral candidate. By our Political Edit…

Reform will have to reselect in Croydon, as their initial candidate for Mayor had been dead for 6 months when they selected her, Inside Croydon report

Being dead is one way to pass the social media vetting but was likely to get noticed eventually

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National Guard soldiers walk past the Department of Labor in Washington on Tuesday. In the distance beyond the 6 armed soldiers is a huge draped banner with Trump’s fave and the words America Workers First. There is also a huge Is flag draped down the building. Photo credit to J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE (AP)

Photo of the Day.

If you had suggested anything like this before November’s election, you would have been accused of being hysterical.

Taken on Tuesday in Washington D.C. by J. Scott Applewhite for Associated Press.

Nigel Farage's chaotic press event shows he a drag for Reform UK in Scotland Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the Reform UK leader has a poor grasp of Scottish politics

Nigel Farage's chaotic press conference shows he is a liability for Reform UK in Scotland

SNP: "Meanwhile, a recent survey showed that Scottish Water is the joint most trusted utility supplier in the UK, scoring a remarkable customer satisfaction level of 94%...Customers pay over £100 less in water bills than those in England & Wales, for some of the best quality water in the world."