SNP source gets in touch: 'There’s no doubt that Humza fucked up but the question is - was Scotland ready for a brown man to lead the country?'

I appear to have picked an incredibly quiet time in Scottish politics to be away. Back mid-May, try not to burn through all the news at once

New politician reaction meme just dropped

If only all breakups were as good as this one is for the Scottish Greens, who within hours of being dumped have had basically everyone at work come together to get their ex fired

Humza Yousaf is having a zoom call with SNP MPs at 14:30 about the end of the Bute House Agreement. One MP tells me: 'I can't be arsed. He'll say a lot of words but in reality say nothing'

As Humza Yousaf ends the Bute House Agreement, here he is *two* days ago telling @GinaDavidson he hopes it continues

Scenes in the Commons, where Angela Rayner has just called Rishi Sunak a 'pint-size loser' #pmqs

Quitting my job to start a single-issue political party, pledging to abolish VAR and prosecute its instigators

Following the climate U-turn, I wrote about the SNP repeatedly offering hope, only to take it away
scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…

Nothing more key to a manifesto than a pledge to maintain poverty

This, by Yuval Noah Harari, is masterful. It gives me no satisfaction - only grief - to add that I’ve been saying all this since 10/10, but he says it much better. Enough. haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

🚨 New episode of The Steamie out now!

David Bol, Rachel Amery, Alexander Brown and I discuss the Scottish Government ditching its annual and interim climate targets.

(Note: podcast was recorded before the news about Peter Murrell)

Spotify link: open.spotify.com/episode/20NwDI…

Not sure if I have any followers in Sheffield, but my sister’s dog ran off last night after getting hit by a car.
Last seen around Umix park, London road / Sharrow road / Highfield.

Please share if you know anyone in the area. Thank you

Peter Murrell, former SNP CEO, and husband of Nicola Sturgeon, has been arrested, again. Bloody hell.

Unbelievable story from The Times, Tory MP accused of misusing party funds after being locked in a flat in the early hours
thetimes.co.uk/article/28f948…

Arsenal and City so rattled by Tottenham's European pedigree they've decided to kill the coefficient

Just glad he survived the Selfridges attack to celebrate it

Given you don't get to keep them, Suella Braverman seems to have either nicked a red box, or bought a similar briefcase to remind her of what she had

Quite simply one of the coolest things happening in Scottish journalism at the moment 👇

🎧The award-nominated #TheSteamie politics podcast from The Scotsman has turned 100!

To mark 100 episodes, Alistair Grant, David Bol, Alexander Brown & I take a look back at some of the most memorable moments - take a listen 👇

podfollow.com/the-steamie/ep…