Read this excellent Tribune article about why PCS members are striking #PCSonStrike #BlameTheGovt

Enormous #RightToStrike demo in Glasgow with a particularly beautiful showing from PCS Scotland

STUC Right To Strike rally in Glasgow today attended by trade union members on strike and in support of those striking #RightToStrike #EnoughIsEnough EIS Glasgow UCU Scotland PCS Scotland Set 2 of 2

While we take stock of big, new losses in Dartmoor, I want to take a moment to talk about the micro enclosures happening every day around the country. They’ll never make the headlines. But they completely shape the way we live our lives. This is mine. 🧵

There are only two countries in the world where representatives of the state religion automatically get seats in Parliament. They are the UK and Iran. #BishopsOut change.org/BishopsOut

As craft beer giant Brewdog expands into China, staff say they’re hopeful working conditions will finally improve a bit.

Lest we need reminding, here’s a cutting from The Daily Mail in 1938.

Appeal to nineties twitter. Did anyone else who grew up in the nineties have a skirt that turned into a bag. Cargo pant material, the skirt material was stuffed into a pocket to become a bag (that was admittedly useless because it was full of skirt). Me and my sister had one:

Do you ever feel that older cities are just more interesting than new ones? Well, it isn't just because they're old. It's because of something called "vernacular architecture"...

It all starts Saturday 🔜 The Women's Premiership returns this weekend, kicking off it's 30th year.

Celebrating 30 years of Women's rugby in Scotland 🙌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3OWzDuw

A big opening day clash 💥 Hillhead Jordanhill's Hannah Telling looks ahead to the new campaign kicking off Saturday. Full preview ➡️ bit.ly/3KGhv5M

A Community Game Special 🙌 Join us on the Official Scottish Rugby Podcast as we celebrate 30 years of women’s rugby in Scotland and preview all the weekend’s action. Listen ➡️ bit.ly/3OXIOei

Our statutory report will include a nation report for Scotland. This will provide a comprehensive picture of developments in equality and human rights in Scotland over the last five years.

Really proud to have been involved in this important and timely report into the state of equality and human rights in Scotland in 2023. While there have been some improvements for some, these are few and far between. For many, inequalities have persisted or worsened.

Has Scotland made progress on #equality and #humanrights over the last 5 years? The data paints a mixed picture. Some improvements have been made but the challenges to equality remain significant. Explore the findings of 'Is Scotland Fairer?' orlo.uk/7NcMW #EHRM23

I was on The Nine tonight on BBC Scotland talking further about the rape shield for all those interested. It was a good discussion that as I said may not have been given this level of discussion even 10 years ago. BBC Scotland

Silver Saturday returns on 27 April as Scotland's top men's and women's teams battle for silverware at Scottish Gas Murrayfield and Hive Stadium. Tickets 🎟️ tinyurl.com/4ym9utnx

Good luck to Dr Hannah Telling and Hillhead Jordanhill in the Sarah Beaney cup final!

Really interesting findings in this latest release of Scotland's Census 2022 data, including more than half of people identifying as 'no religion' compared with 36.7% in 2011. Also increases in the percentage of people with a minority ethnic background and with skills in Gaelic.