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NEW POLLING: Ed Davey is now viewed more favourably by Labour voters than Keir Starmer, says YouGov. It comes as Davey obtains the highest net ratings of any nationwide party leader in the same poll.

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SNP policy is to impoverish us. Luckily no one takes them seriously thetimes.com/article/092e23…

“Nevertheless, every credible, independent analysis of Scotland’s fiscal reality broadly agrees with These Islands’ analysis.” alexmassie on Angus Robertson’s full fiscal stupidity, in today’s Sunday Times.

'The Dutch Climate ministry said in March that interest for the three sites it wanted to tender was very low, after energy firms Eneco and Orsted had said they saw no viable business case without subsidies.' This is why renewables isn't like oil & gas👇 reuters.com/business/energ…

International trade is, of course, reserved to the UK Government.

Explosive news in The Herald today that the cost of the Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa has reached £750m. 7 years late, millions of pounds lost to the economies of Arran and Ardrossan, and islanders and passengers furious - the SNP Government should be ashamed. heraldscotland.com/news/25166146.…

Late to this. Spot-on though: 'The harsh truth that they’ve [the SNP] learnt over the past decade or more, is what they actually do doesn’t much matter, so long as they secure ownership of Scottish identity. So why do anything?' thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

🇪🇺🇬🇧 Today’s UK-EU agreement is a good step, but the govt must go further. We Liberal Democrats want to see: 👉 A Youth Mobility Scheme 👉 A bespoke customs union to remove red tape holding back British businesses 👉 Deeper security ties to face down Putin & the unpredictability of Trump

Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom 🇬🇧, France 🇫🇷 and Canada 🇨🇦 on the situation in #Gaza and the #WestBank 👇 🔗 gov.uk/government/new…

"Our country has moved on from the divisive Brexit wars of a decade ago and some members of this House need to do the same," Ed Davey says The Liberal Democrat leader calls for a "bespoke customs union" with the EU Follow live bbc.in/4j8EEfz

I've said this before, but influencing the Liberal Democrats on policy issues surely has a strong value proposition for UK policy wonk types now. Lots of versions of this sort of electoral outcome end up with Ed Davey as Deputy PM.

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Meant to post this earlier. Total costs associated with building two new CalMac ferries in a nationalised yard: £750m. Yes, you read that correctly Mismanagement': Public cost of Scots ferry fiasco firm hits £750m amidst overspends heraldscotland.com/news/25166146.…

I have repeatedly warned about the possibility that the Liberty Steel operations could collapse. My party wrote to the Deputy First Minister when it became clear that all was not well at Dalzell, but so far ministers have refused to act.

Anyone using the word ‘surrender’ in relation to the new UK/EU trading arrangement cannot expect to be taken seriously.

This is 100% on John Swinney's SNP - 18 yrs in gov't, dramatically higher spending levels per head in Scotland compared with England thanks to a generous fiscal arrangement, yet no improvement for those struggling most. A scandal of the SNP's making.

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

Much looking forward to visiting Scotland next week! 🇯🇵🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

"There is no shortage of will to act, no compassion fatigue when it comes to helping children flourish, and destitution in Britain can swiftly be brought to an end." Gordon Brown: We need a national system of crisis support newstatesman.com/spotlight/2025…