No matter your political affiliation, there’s absolutely no one that can deny, Glasgow WAS a class city for a day & night out. It’s heartbreaking to see it in its current state, historical buildings spontaneously combusting. Used to proudly say Glasgow was clear of Edinburgh…

Black affronted that Holyrood has became such a joke, because only in modern Scotland can you be suspended not for attacking the Supreme Court, but for committing the unspeakable crime of saying out loud that you might complain about someone who attacked the Supreme Court. It’s a

This is significant. Mairi Spowage of Fraser of Allander Institute has spoken to BBC More or Less about Scot Gov’s “more than half of taxpayers in Scotland pay less income tax than if they lived elsewhere in UK” claim. Mairi is quite clear: the claim has been false for the last two financial years.

Public will be ‘baffled’ by the contrast between the two-day suspension of Ash Regan and the outcome for Angela Constance, who breached the Ministerial Code twice but remains in post, says Anas Sarwar. heraldscotland.com/news/25747590.…

Of course they will because if the truth got into the public domain, it would be very difficult for Sturgeon and Swinney not to mention others. Plus, it’s not their money they’re spending on defending themselves. It’s public money. Our money taxpayers money. It’s disgraceful.

New blog. "Better" is not enough. ianssmart.blogspot.com/2026/01/better…

This is an extraordinary moment, and not in a good way. The Scottish Information Commissioner has been forced to take the Scottish Government to the Court of Session for refusing to comply with a lawful Freedom of Information ruling. Not misunderstanding it. Not appealing it.

This is not about party politics or personalities. It is about whether Scotland still believes that public office comes with duties, not just authority. When the independent regulator has to ask the highest court in the land to compel basic compliance, the problem is not the

The fact that the Scottish Information Commissioner has taken the SNP government to court over its failure to release documents about the ethics investigation into Nicola Sturgeon is an extraordinary condemnation of the devious behaviour of the Scottish government. This is the

Strong links to this boy.

We learned today that Edinburgh University and St Andrews have more foreign students than Scots. Why? Ability to pay. Kevin turns off comments to avoid encountering such inconvenient facts.

Indeed the 'free' University education comes at a cost with a large number of Scots being excluded from their university of choice because the place has been 'sold' to a fee paying foreign student.

🚨"There's no legal defence and the Scottish Government is persuing this case for political reasons - based on institutional neglect of and contempt for women's rights". For Women Scotland SEEN in Journalism Maya Forstater Graham Linehan Joey Essex

NEW: Eleven MSPs did not vote on Ash Regan's Bill to criminalise sex buying. One of them was deputy first minister Kate Forbes. The SNP whipped their MSPs to vote against.

Scotland 2026, where greyhounds* matter more than women and girls. MSPs voted 64 to 54 against Ash Regan’s #Unbuyable bill to make the purchase of sex a crime. *there is no greyhound racing in Scotland

This vote is deeply disappointing, but sadly not surprising. For years Scotland has acknowledged that prostitution is closely linked to poverty, trauma, addiction and exploitation. Yet when faced with legislation that tried to address the demand driving that exploitation,

Sums up the Scottish parliament. Has time to vote through a ban on greyhound racing that doesn’t take place in Scotland but no time to legislate for the protection of women and girls with Ash Regan MSP bill.

Scotland now offers “more protection if you’re a dog than if you’re a girl”. Ash Regan hits out after Holyrood vote heraldscotland.com/news/25823164.…

Go Radio And having a crook in charge of bin men and other parts of Cooncil pulling in £170,000 a year. And having been caught with more brown envelopes than Postman Pat may explain why there's no fuckin money for the people's palace. Him and 2 pals are pulling in half a million per annum

Today’s “Scotsman” report  the Auditor General will conduct an investigation into the sell of off Scotlands Offshore wind rights for £25 Million per Gigawatt (Scotwind).  In England they achieve £1000 Million per Gigawatt , 40 times more in their sale. 1/3