PFI vs PF Eye? Our research shows that outsourced NHS eye care services leaks the same amount of profit in one year as all 100 NHS PFI schemes. From a public finance scandal it is bigger than PFI. Find out how much leaks out in your local area here: chpi.org.uk/the-outsourcin…

Another projection where the largest (potentially governing) party at Westminster would have zero MPs in Scotland. Unprecedented I think.

Great to see this long saga written up, and well done Alan for persistence in nailing it. andywightman.scot/2025/05/craiga…

THREAD: Video game clips falsely shared as real videos documenting the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan The official account of the government of Pakistan shared this video yesterday. The clip appearing in the beginning is not real. It's from the video game Arma 3.

I wrote a piece for the guardian about the reaction to my settlers documentary. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

In 2021, "gender critical" leader, Kellie Jay Keen, did a fundraiser for a women's-only (trans exclusionary) refuge. When it fell short, she donated 7.5K to two other orgs, but has just confirmed yesterday, that she kept the remainder, 14K, for her own organisation. 1/

After a decade of Tory misrule and chaos I've been happy to make excuses for pretty much every bad thing that Labour has done in the last year. I can't come up with an excuse for today.

The road to Inverness.

A reminder that in 2016 the UK voted to leave the EU. In 2020 we left the EU. Anyone claiming any deal "betrays the decision of the British people" is a liar.

Watching the Napoli game on a US stream. With a lot of smoke in the air the system they use to replace what's on the billboards is glitching. Was it Mctominay who scored or is that just being shown to viewers in Scotland?

Wee clubs finish posting on the final day of the league season... Big clubs keep posting on Scottish Cup Final Day 🤫

I love the quirky traditions of Scottish football. Like how the showcase, final domestic match of the year always takes place at a packed Victoria Park, Dingwall...

The SNP have filed a formal complaint over a 'race-baiting' Reform UK advert about Anas Sarwar thenational.scot/news/25190549.…

Incredible that he doesn't remember all his warnings. There are a lot on the record. These ones are just from when Alison Johnstone was in the chair, and said "Mr Ross"... There are eleven more pages of results 👇

Someone hacked the personal cellphone of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and impersonated her in texts and calls (possibly with an AI voice clone) to leading Republicans and corporate executives: wsj.com/politics/polic…

Last week I asked: who would be the first Scottish columnists to openly support Reform? The answer is in and nobody will be surprised! On the Enablers: the ‘Reform-Adjacent Right’ bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/06/01/my-…

Tears and laughter at Avoch album launch ross-shirejournal.co.uk/news/tears-and…

Robert Jenrick This post by Jenrick, who is supposed to be Shadow Justice Secretary, is particularly disgraceful. As a lawyer, I am sure that he has in his time represented the interests of clients who he either found unpleasant or disreputable. Maintaining the rule of law and our freedoms

BBC STATEMENT "The claim the BBC took down a story after reviewing footage is completely wrong. We did not remove any story and we stand by our journalism. "Our news stories and headlines about Sunday's aid distribution centre incident were updated throughout the day with the

"A new survey showing that 82 percent of Jewish Israelis support the expulsion of Gazans was met with disbelief among those who stubbornly believe that the extremists are outliers. But these trends are as consistent as they are shocking" haaretz.com/israel-news/20…