In Parliament yesterday Jenny Gilruth tried to sneeringly evade the question of how LGBT Youth Scotland (a charity for young people aged 13-25) is involved in primary schools. But it's a serious question that must be properly answered. wingsoverscotland.com/grooming-class/

A key point from the HMRC research on income tax rates, which has been completely ignored by the Scottish Government, is that the introduction of a 5-band system led to a net loss of 1,030 higher or top rate taxpayers from Scotland and £60.6 million of lost tax revenue.

.J.K. Rowling's carefully phrased definition of  “woman”  is correct. The gamete-size definition is soundly based in evolutionary theory and has no exceptions  – among humans, mammals, vertebrates, animals generally. And she’s right about beetroot.
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A thread of Europe's most spectacular (and unusual) castles... 🧵

1. Hohenzollern Castle, Germany

Most people vote Green because they have a sound reputation for trying to combat Climate Change. I doubt there is much chat about puberty blockers on the doorstep.

'What the SNP leader believes, and what the SNP leader is willing to say in the name of independence, aren’t always the same thing.'

✍️ Euan McColm: Humza Yousaf and his ridiculous, feigned outrage
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Worth noting that most of the significant details in this thread were reported weeks ago by Conor Matchett.

The new information I revealed yesterday was just the FOI shenanigans, and the actual contents of the September 2020 letter.

'I had Asylum in Greece, but as I mentioned nobody wants to live in a tent'

And there you have it...

He had asylum granted in Greece, but paid €3k to cross the channel illegally because he wanted to come to the UK.

This man is an economic migrant.

Good to see Douglas Ross MP MSP take the initiative, and hold Humza to account here. 👏

Faux outrage and attempted SNP division has no place in our Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Humza Yousaf Sam Taylor BREAKING: A second community note has now been added to Humza Yousaf's fraudulent interview. 👇

Oh, look who was behind this. huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/primary-…

Just checking is it now official SNP policy that they now want Westminster to get involved in issues that are devolved?

“ “What I want to know,” says an exasperated SNP backbencher, “is how we’ve ended up with a leader being held to ransom by f***ing cranks.” ..announcement by..Greens that there is to be an emergency meeting next month..has provoked an already unhappy SNP” scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…

A great song for the campfire, if only we were allowed campfires.

7 or 8 out of 10 for Scot Gov progress on net zero under Salmond. Less than 5 for Sturgeon/Yousaf. Ouch.

Ryanair is struggling to attract workers to help it expand at state-owned Prestwick Airport because of the tax divide between Scotland and the rest of the UK, MSPs have been told.

This is becoming an existential crisis for Patrick Harvie - he’s always shrugged off criticism from those outwith his party (they’re climate change deniers or unionists or terfs) but from his own side it’s far more uncomfortable. There is more to their anger than just last week

Exactly this:,