✍️Journalist - Deputy Political Editor
📰The Scotsman @scotsman.com
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David Bol
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Excl: The North Sea offshore industry has called on the UK government to designate oil, gas and renewables assets as critical national infrastructure in response to the growing threat from Russian aggression.
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Pretty shocking to hear Lord Malcolm Offord describe people as "men of fighting age" when talking about refugees and asylum seekers at FMQs.
Pretty clear @johnswinney.bsky.social wasn't impressed.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has called on Keir Starmer to "urgently" address defence spending after the scathing resignation of Defence Secretary John Healey
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“Some members of this parliament have sought to fan the flames of this division, with continual talk of strangers and calls of further protests tonight.
Their duty is to their constituents and people of Scotland and not American neo-Nazis on social media.”
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Full story here from @alistairkgrant.bsky.social
John Swinney accuses Reform UK of inciting racial division in Scotland
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Scotland's carbon footprint is increasing and SNP ministers have admitted that cutting annual emissions by just 1% is nowhere near good enough.
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How far right activists promoted Glasgow riot hours before unrest broke out (by @martynmcl.bsky.social)
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Scottish councils may be forced to cut services or stop providing them altogether as they grapple with a £529m funding gap to balance the books, a stark report from the Accounts Commission has warned.
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Another huge blow for Keir Starmer as Defence Secretary John Healey quits, warning the PM's proposed defence investment plan “could make the country less safe”.
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Scotland’s Climate Action Secretary has admitted that progress in cutting emissions has been too slow.
The scenes we saw in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Ayr last night are unacceptable.
Scotland is a welcoming nation and those who choose to make their lives here are valued members of our communities.
Racism, hatred and intimidation have no place in Scotland. We must stand against it.
