August 8th – August 14th 2026 Is Filming with Smart Glasses Illegal? Councils Reluctant to follow the Law; Foreign Governments Clean Up on Renewables …. but first …. Q thinks Rape is a Spectrum It takes a lot to upset the Scottish Greens, but one of their own MSPs managed it this week, when Q… Read More »August 8th – August 14th, 2026
August 1st – August 7th 2026 Windfarm Meters were ‘Installed Backwards’; Loganair Reverses Island Cuts; Early Release for Serious Offenders … but first … Is the Duke ‘Lobbying’ the Council for Lammermuir Centre? It is reported that Charles Innes-Ker, Duke of Roxburghe, has been offered a meeting on August 13th with Scottish Borders Council. It… Read More »August 1st – August 7th 2026
More Houses are Subsiding; ScotWind Supply Chain Falls Short; Wildfires and Earthquakes shake Scotland; ……but first …. Tartan, Tunnock’s and the Tardis The Commonwealth Games kicked off in Glasgow recently aided by 3000 volunteers called The Legends, and is being held in a much geographically curtailed area of eight miles’ radius in Glasgow, with… Read More »July 24th – July 31st, 2026
July 18th – July 24th, 2026 Health Boards Breach Data Protection; SPS may still be allowing Males into Female Prison Activities; Conversion Therapy Ban Sought; No clearing for Scottish Students…. but first …. Does Scottish Government Funding Formula ‘Favour’ Competitors? Having missed out in the latest round of Scottish Challenge funding, bus firm McGill’s is… Read More »July 18th – July 24th, 2026
Scotland Doesn’t Want Nuclear; Are Home Information Reports Useless? Should Glasgow Sue Parent Group for Costs? …. but first …. SPADs are Quids In The Scottish government spent more on Special Advisers (SPADs) in John Swinney’s first year as First Minister than at any point in the history of the devolved parliament since 1999, and… Read More »July 11th – July 17th, 2026
July 4th – July 10th, 2026 Journalists’ Holyrood Access Restricted; SNP want More Migrants as Councillors; Girlguiding Still Promoting Trans …. but first ….. Should ‘Kilts’ first be Offered to the Public? The Scottish government will be offering its first bond later this year, to demonstrate that Scotland is a credible borrower and win the… Read More »July 4th – July 10th, 2026
June 27th – July 3rd, 2026 ‘Soft Touch Justice’ to ‘No Touch’ Justice? Justice Secretary Neil Gray’s latest wheeze to cure Scottish jail overcrowding is ….. to not send anyone to jail as long as they do not pose a risk to the general public, diverting them instead to community payback orders (CPOs). But over… Read More »June 27th – July 3rd, 2026
SNP Stance on Oil and Gas ‘Lost’ Aberdeen South; Is Shetland in the UK? Scottish Greens Push Independence for …. Bougainville; …. but first …. Oh, No, He Lost Again: John Swinney doesn’t have much luck in court cases, does he? This time he has lost the case his government defended against For Women Scotland,… Read More »June 20th – June 26th, 2026
June 13th – June 19th, 2026 When Scotland tried to take over Iceland; AI Opposition Growing; Swinney to take ‘domestic approach’ to SC ruling; A9 Progress – maybe; …. but first …. SNP ‘Lukewarm’ on Decolonisation Move Liberate Scotland have written to all 73 pro-independence Holyrood MSPs outlining their UN Project, but have not received… Read More »June 13th – June 19th, 2026
June 6th – June 12th, 2026 PFI still draining government coffers; Urgent Action Needed on Island Flights; MSPs demand a Mansion Tax …. but first …. North-East News Erased First Minister John Swinney has said he is ‘deeply concerned’ about STV’s plans for the local news services in the north and north-east of Scotland. Ofcom… Read More »June 6th – June 12th, 2026
