They’re at it again. The Scottish Greens are annoying people.
Thank God. At last an authoritative voice in the trans so-called debate.
In a Europe stalked by dictators and scarred by war, is it better for Scotland to be an independent nation or part of the UK?
The latest British Social Attitudes Survey, the gold standard test of public opinion on the health service, shows that satisfaction with the NHS in Scotland, England and Wales is at its lowest level since the survey began in 1983. Just 24 per cent of people say they are satisfied, a massive 29-point drop in three years, with waiting times and staff shortages the top concerns.
Should the ScotRail booze ban remain in place? Rail bosses have been consulting on what to do about it. Speaking to a Holyrood committee this week, they revealed that commuters were split roughly 50/50 on whether to continue the ban, which was introduced three years ago during the pandemic in a bid to curtail spread of the virus.
Tory party megadonor Frank Hester suggested that looking at Diane Abbott made you “want to hate all black women” and that Abbott “should be shot”. Hester claims, ludicrously, that the remarks had nothing to do with Abbott’s race or gender.
Alcohol is an intrinsic part of Scottish culture and that doesn’t look like changing.
Suella Braverman, a former Tory Home Secretary, wrote an inflammatory article asserting without evidence that “Islamists, extremists and anti-Semites are in charge now”. In the US, Liz Truss, a former Prime Minister, was interviewed by former Trump strategist Steve Bannon and stayed scandalously silent when he hailed British far-right figure Tommy Robinson as a “hero”.
The SNP has found a new role, positioning itself as the conscience of the Labour party. The party’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, welcoming Keir Starmer’s move to back an “immediate” ceasefire in Gaza, said the Labour leader was "forced into this position through public pressure and, in particular, by the SNP".
