I presume they'll be intervening in the colleges dispute any minute now?

“The government is not in a position to suddenly come up with money that’s going to resolve the current dispute.” Main if college lecturers dressed up as bin workers the government would find a way to intervene?

crazy how people with socially useless jobs like "political commentator" will just boldly state that they think public sector workers shouldn't get any more money

I don’t really rebroadcast footage from Gaza on here, on the grounds that I do not want to share what I do not want to see, but what is happening there is a world-historic evil. I curse those who are doing it, and, almost worse, those who triangulate around it for decorum’s sake.

Fair play to Lad Bible for doing this

Here's the moment Murdo Fraser is asked about his anti-gay voting record during his campaign launch. Murdo turns to (gay Scots Tory MSP) Jamie Greene MSP for cover. Greene jokes that Murdo can come to his wedding but seems uncomfortable, refusing to say anything more.

🇵🇸 IF GAZA WAS IN SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The scale of devastation in Gaza is impossible to comprehend, so I've overlaid a map of it onto various parts of Scotland (areas in red are destroyed buildings Imagine the international outcry were this genocide enacted on a western population. 🧵

No friend of Starmer's Labour Party but this is pretty disingenuous.

Looks like I'm wrong and they're going to give it their best go anyway.

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The German far-right was so successful at fermenting backlash against banning gas boilers in favour of heat pumps that the UK Labour Government has taken notice.

Renewable energy will be as important as oil and gas was. The energy transition could make Scottish islands very wealthy and fundamentally reshape their relationship with the mainland. Carbon Brief

Trying to write more about movies so if you're on @Letterboxd give me a follow and drop your @. boxd.it/5hdH

BREAKING It looks like the college strikes are over! EISFela members voted 95% in favour of accepting the latest pay offer, with a turnout of 84%.

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Cutting active travel is very short sighted. It may not be the answer everywhere but it is in cities. A network of segregated cycle lanes across Glasgow would be absolutely transformative. It would make the whole city accessible - for free. The health benefit would also be huge.

Talk about over budget