I really appreciated the invitation to visit The Community House in #Alloa Fantastic team offering a warm, safe play space - and some delicious food - for kids. Thank you so much Islean, Sharlene and team for showing me round. Cool furniture too!

It has ER11 on it. That’s incorrect. There was, as everyone knows, no ER1 in Scotland - we had Mary Queen of Scots and James V1. ER11 is an England only title for the late Queen and isn’t used here.

Assuming the monarchy survives, similar issues will arise for William.

Everybody should pay their tax in full. But the insatiable appetite amongst Tory MPs & their client journalists for details of Ms Rayner’s house sale lies in sharp contrast to their laissez-faire attitude towards the monumental scale of PPE procurement & Tory donor corruption. twitter.com/lewis_goodall/…

Another one…”Labour has dropped its pledge to introduce legislation to abolish leasehold within the first 100 days of government if it wins the general election.”

There’s absolutely nothing the Labour leadership says which can be taken seriously. news.sky.com/story/labour-d…

The more Scottish voters learn about the Labour leadership agenda - pro-Brexit, pro-nuclear weapons on the Clyde, pro private sector involvement in the NHS - the less they like what they see.

Breast feeding young mother versus elderly tabloid cave dweller. Ashley James has former Tory MP Gyles Brandreth for breakfast as he offers up tired old transphobic tropes. Ashley James

Labour risks losing in a number of its target seats as previously loyal progressive voters turn away from the party Kiran Stacey reports
theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

I really appreciated the invitation to visit The Community House in #Alloa Fantastic team offering a warm, safe play space - and some delicious food - for kids. Thank you so much Islean, Sharlene and team for showing me round. Cool furniture too!

Top tip: Read the Cass report and look at what it says, rather than listening to TERFs and hacks reinterpreting it.

Meanwhile over in Slovenia - a member of the European Union…. ec.europa.eu/regional_polic…

Labour leadership values: “among its 10 appointees, there was not one from a consumer rights group or from an organisation representing working people. There were, however, senior figures from Barclays, Prudential and Legal & General.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Well done Deacon Blue #Gaza

Excellent news. As many unionist MPs will say privately they know support for independence is only going in one direction. And disdain for Scotland’s voice over #Brexit was the final straw for many who thought the Union could be reformed. Our future is independence in Europe.

Much enjoyed my tea tutorial with vivacious tea expert Sandra of Chiya & Chai. Delicious! Thank you for inviting me to join everyone sampling and learning at the brilliant Sauchie Resource Centre.

California speaks to Rhondda.

Throughout the political mayhem of recent years one Parliamentary Select Committee has consistently demonstrated what great, fully functioning, parliament looks like.

That committee is Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

Thank you to all its members from the bottom of my art for showing such…

They teach life. No child should have to celebrate Eid in the ruins of their homes & communities in Gaza, or constantly worry about being killed by Israeli bombs, being fed or being starved by Israel's gruesome siege, or about dead relatives & friends.
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Thatcher eulogists distort her record; a democrat who fought Scottish home rule, an anti-fascist who idolised Pinochet, a puritan who unleashed City greed, an anti-communist who fought German unification. The ‘individual liberty’ champion behind clause 28. redpepper.org.uk/political-part…

Tom isn’t playing fair. Using evidence and expecting principled consistency…..

'Unfurling tension and menace.' Ripley is sinister. Beautifully shot. Sets dressed to perfection. But the lead - for all his acting skill - seems too old for Tom. And this Dickie misses Jude Law's languid charm. A gripping watch nonetheless. theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…