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Reform UK councillor Audrey Dempsey shared a stage with neo-Nazis at a violent rally in Glasgow on Saturday. She has now broken her silence, claiming she saw 'nobody even remotely resembling a Nazi'. But there's a problem 🧵

The UK was one of the first countries to sign the UN Refugee Convention. They made a promise that people fleeing war and persecution would be protected. To mark this anniversary, we asked Scots about their views on refugees. Here's what we found: https://ow.ly/EvMl50Zttq4

Richard Tice Last Week: “Why don’t the police give us a running commentary on the details of their investigation?” Richard Tice This Week: “Why are the police admitting that they are investigating me?”

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Do you know what 'cheapens the Holocaust'? Sharing a platform with people who say they 'trust Adolf Hitler' and that Jews are 'not our people'. That's what Reform did in Glasgow yesterday. A rally where you can't move for Nazis is a Nazi rally.

Scotland's facing a wave of hyper-scale data centre applications. If built they'd consume more than 1.5 times our peak electricity use, with no requirement to assess their environmental impact. We need to ensure our economy works for everyone, not just tech billionaires. ➡️ greens.scot/datacentres

Terrifying to see wildfires raging through Scotland. The climate crisis isn't a distant threat - it's right here and right now. How many warning signs and alarm bells until Andy Burnham takes action to end oil and gas drilling?

🔴 NEW - Farage claims he didn’t have to register the gifts from Harborne and Cottrell because, before June 2024, he was an “influencer and broadcaster” not a politician. Yet that claim is disproven by Farage’s own parliamentary filings…

Scottish Labour have had more positions on rent controls than they have had leaders since devolution! First it was a terrible idea, then we weren't doing it quickly enough, then we were doing it too quickly, too many exemptions, not enough exemptions, then they took credit, then they condemned it...

Genuinely extraordinary that the UK Government are using the experience in Scotland as a reason not to control extreme rent hikes. I had many constituents threatened with 20%, 30%, 40% rent hikes or more. They saved thousands of pounds as a result of the rent freeze I took through Parliament.

With renters in every part of the country facing steep rises in their monthly payments, it is a huge mistake to rule out something that would provide significant breathing space for so many. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is just a glimpse of what's to come without immediate action. It’s time to treat Scotland's wildfire risk as the national emergency it is. That means investing in prevention, early warning systems, and restoring the natural habitats that make our landscapes more resilient.

🔴NEW: Last September Holyrood voted for sanctions against Israel due to the genocide in Gaza. This week the government was in England promoting arms dealers who sell products to Israel’s military

To cover up 1 high level report into nature collapse & national security looks odd. To cover up 2 looks like a pattern. Episode 2 of my @therestpolitics.bsky.social pod explores a hidden DEFRA report on UK vulnerability to food shocks & asks how confident we can be in our ability to feed ourselves

The call for interest in the former CCA building has been published. While it's open to bids to lease the building, it doesn't rule out sale to a private company for commercial use. That would be unacceptable. It must stay in public hands, as a culture space. greens.scot/news/former-...

BREAKING: The Cost of Renting Receipt 1988 was the last time we had rent controls in England. Since then rents have risen by 1,200%. If our groceries had risen at the same rate, a standard ten-item shop would cost nearly £120, more than five times what it costs today.

A betting account in the name of George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who bankrolled Nigel Farage, received almost $9mn in cryptocurrency from unidentified sources while he was providing gifts to the Reform UK leader great work from @annasophiegross.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b74c...

The threats facing our political system have changed since the Code of Conduct for MSPs was written. We've seen MSPs spread disinformation, and incite racism in our communities. Yet the Code doesn't even address this behaviour. I've written to Holyrood's Standards Committee to call for action.

No, a teacher was not “sacked” for being anti-abortion, but telling girls a rape victim is a “parent” who did “bad things” is abhorrent. Me in The National ✍️ www.thenational.scot/politics/264...

"Sunny Jim" in Private Eye nails the Tories' new approach to climate change...