You can watch our film Scotland’s Post Office Scandal’ that features the story of Rab Thomson and others (and also analysis by PeatWorrier) on iPlayer:

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

🥬 I do like cooked lettuce - braised with peas, herbs and butter - or even charred. But a creamy gratin may be a bridge too far for me. theguardian.com/food/2024/apr/…

We seem to be going from winter to the monsoon season with no intervening period.

Some interesting post-resignation snap polling out from Ipsos Scotland this evening. Net scores for whether each would do a good job as FM:

Swinney:

All: +14
2021 SNP: +48
2014 Yes: +46

Forbes:

All: +13
2021 SNP: +24
2014 Yes: +30

Both lead Sarwar (+4) and Ross (+36) (1/4)

Government turns off compensation for victims of miscarriages of justice: Less than 7% of applications were successful in last 8yrs - 39 of 591 applications. MoJ awarded 35 claimants £2.4m – by contrast, govt paid £81m btn 1999 & 2007 to >300 applicants thejusticegap.com/moj-shuts-down…

One obvious question now is: do the opposition continue to pursue their confidence motions in Holyrood next week? This isn't a resignation, but a statement of intention to resign once the SNP gets around to picking a successor. Will that satisfy Labour or the Tories? I doubt it.

Phrase of the day: 'hoist by his own petard.' Origin: Shakespeare. Because of the hoisting, a petard is sometimes assumed to be a naval term for a rope or cable, but in fact - a petard is a small 16th century bomb which in Hamlet's speech blew up the the engineer who lit it.

People will notice, you know, if you boast about kicking them in the gusset while simultaneously extending the hand of friendship and an easy smile. It is, to put it mildly, not the most trustworthy of postures. thenational.scot/politics/24283…