Please to participate in ⁦Scotland's Futures Forum⁩ event about Adam Smith with ⁦University of Glasgow⁩ chaired by ⁦Graeme Roy⁩

A class statement from a class act. Pleased to see Kate Forbes MSP and John Swinney agreeing a way forward. The SNP has always been at its best when it is mainstream and delivering for the people of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. We have much to do.

I described Humza Yousaf as an honourable man earlier today. I stand by that and note the dignity with which he stood down today. I wish him and his family every success.

After a tumultuous week, here are my observations on how we should move forward thenational.scot/politics/24282…

I am pleased to see this.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish Retail Consortium appreciated chance earlier to meet Michelle Thomson MSP Scottish Parliament. There were positive discussions around boosting economic growth and support for business.📈

Touring #artists are being hammered by #Brexit .

Visa barriers, cabotage costs, and a host of new bureaucracy means that, for many, it is now prohibitively expensive to tour Europe - despite what we were told before being dragged out of the EU.

Register today for the upcoming RCS Music Open Day taking place on May 16. This event is open to both prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students wishing to gain insight into what it's like to study at Scotland's National Conservatoire: buff.ly/3QgsjKA

Delighted to see that the ScotGov will consult on anti #SLAPPs legislation. Well done to Roger Mullin and others who have been pressing for this via petition.

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Thousands more taxpayers moved to Scotland than left each year in the period after Scottish Income Tax was brought in, an HMRC study has found.

Average net migration from within the UK was 4,200 every year from 2017-18 to 2021-22.

Read the study ➡️ bit.ly/HMRC-taxpayer-…

Of course.

The Committee unanimously agreed to write regarding the Cass review. See below…

To celebrate Europe Day we're proud to be participating in 'Talking Europe- Scotland's Festival of Europe'

There is a weekend of free events all taking place at Summerhall, Edinburgh over the 11 and 12th of May.

See the thread below to secure your free tickets...

When I tried asking experts and advocates in Scotland about puberty blockers and the Cass Review, I found few would speak. This is what happened.

holyrood.com/inside-politic…

Crisis of Scotland's independent music venues 'cannot be overstated' - my column in The Herald today

heraldscotland.com/news/24260790.…

Donald C MacLeod MBE Night Time Industries Association

NEW - prescription of puberty blockers for gender-questioning young people paused in Scotland
'Referrals from the Sandyford Sexual Health Services to paediatric endocrinology for the prescription of puberty suppressing hormones have been paused for any new patients'

The Scottish Gov needs to act ASAP to protect 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 children.A whistleblower said ‘the guidelines used to direct the Scottish service had evolved from Tavistock and could potentially lead to children having “irreversible damage through the wrong treatment”.

thetimes.co.uk/article/db6460…