When I wrote Maggie & Me I felt our big battles had been won: equal marriage, protection in law, protection from the law. That was a decade ago. Revisiting my past for the play, I’ve watched the politics of hate return: a new section 28, hate crime spiking, ‘anti-woke’ vileness.

Dont think I have ever felt as good as that moment on that day

From foreign ownership to lobbying, our ‘Who Runs Scotland’ series dug deep into the issues that matter. Support our crowdfunding campaign to help us do more: bit.ly/3y8elEh

I am counting NO chickens. Killie & St Mirren have both beaten us in recent times and 7 goals isnt much if the results go against us. Yesterday was a great result and a good performance but it's not done yet. I am confident, but will not be celebrating until the job is finished.

great wee story of Glasgow's crime history youtube.com/watch?v=gXzpeZ…

In the way of Scottish politics, all sides agree with the same fiction: the Greens moved the dial too far to the 'left', and now a pro-business correction is coming.

The truth, that Scotland has had a militantly 'pro-business' regime all the past 25 years, suits no party. 1/

Maeda is a one-off.

CCV’s diagonal ball to him instantly put Rangers on the back foot. It was similar in that respect to Hart’s assist at Ibrox.

Maeda’s superhuman return from injury has been huge to our title push.

This is just stupid, give them ferry tickets and process their applications. The people smugglers cannot compete with a free ferry ticket. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

I remember negotiating Albini’s deal to produce My Father My King for Mogwai.

The look of utter shock and horror on my face when we learned that he refused to take points on records.

He was too fucking good.

I was expelled from the Labour Party twice for liking Facebook pages but good to see they’re happy to let the worst people on the Tory benches in.

I will be on Sunny Govan Community Radio live tonight 7-9pm. I'll be chatting with San Fran and he will be playing some great music. I have known him for nearly 40 years so we might get a bit of soppy reminiscing in (as well as a poem or two).

Five years ago today we said our final farewells to The Big Truck. Roscoe sang this live at the funeral. It's such a beautiful sad song but was inspired by him and the influence he had on Roscoe. He had a massive influence on so many, he was a great man. youtube.com/watch?app=desk…

I'm excited about bringing back our Who Runs Scotland strand...it feels like the time is right. I'm SO grateful people backing our crowdfunder seem to agree! Thanks to all our supporters so far - almost £1,700 in the first day! 🙌 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-ferret-w…

“40th anniversary of Miner’s Strike. The Sheffield Asian Youth Movement would go to Orgreave picket lines in defence of predominantly white working class communities….When they got to picket line one of the miners said- what the f_ are the P__kis doing here?..just because some…

Very proud of Cathy Jamieson.

Supported the development, growth and success of the Killie Trust and pursued fan ownership and supporter power for a long time.

Her commitment to our club and its role in the community are a real asset and it's great that will continue. 🔵⚪️

Excellent story. I either did not know about this or I had forgotten

Humza Yousaf endures intolerable attacks, specifically around race and religion. Sadiq Khan, the newly re-elected mayor of London, is a victim of routine religious and racial hate. Yet with both, it’s mostly silence from their political opponents heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp…

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STV commentator Arthur Montford with Cumnock Juniors players after the Scottish Junior Cup final at Hampden in 1979. Cumnock beat Bo'ness United 1-0.

Serious escalations in the West Bank, and looks like the invasion and the ensuing massacre of Rafah is imminent. Israel must be stopped: halt arms exports, initiate sanctions and immediate action by the ICC. Where are all the politicians who said rafah was their “red line”?