SNP government scraps flagship National Care Service plan after £28million spent on doomed proposals …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> NATS ministers confirmed they would scrap the main reforms of Nicola Sturgeon’s flagship bill – after spending £28million on the doomed proposals. The plans were already on life support after it lost the support of trade unions, … Read more
Disgraced Michael Matheson applies to stand for SNP at next year’s Holyrood election …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> SHAMED ex-health secretary Michael Matheson was last night blasted for his “shameless” decision to stand as a candidate at the 2026 Holyrood election. Reports last night said the ex-minister had put in an application to be an SNP … Read more
SNP ministers accused of using taxpayers’ cash to fund ‘jollies’ to sports games …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> NATS ministers have been accused of using taxpayers’ cash to fund “jollies” to sporting events – just weeks after attacking their Labour rivals at Westminster amid a freebies scandal. Health Secretary Neil Gray is among several senior SNP … Read more
Lib Dems say £140m ferries deal the price to pay to support SNP budget …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> SNP chiefs have urged Lib Dems to back their Budget in return for a £140million ferries deal. John Swinney’s Nats are in secret talks with their rivals as they bid to secure votes for their annual spending … Read more
Exact date & location of Alex Salmond’s memorial service revealed after ex-FM’s shock death …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> A MEMORIAL service for the late former First Minister Alex Salmond is to be held on St Andrew’s Day, it has been confirmed. Invitations to the service, which will take place at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, … Read more
Taxpayers forking out £10,000 a year to charge cars of MSPs and staff at Scottish Parliament …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> TAXPAYERS are forking out about £10,000 a year for “free” electric car charging at Holyrood. MSPs and other pass-holders don’t pay to boost their vehicles at the parliament’s underground parking area. 2 Tory MSP Edward … Read more
Alleged murderers & rapists could be freed before trials make it to Scots courts …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> ALLEGED murderers and rapists could be among those “let off the hook” as Scottish prosecutors struggle to tackle the Covid court backlog. Around 2,000 cases are at risk of falling foul of “time bar” rules reverting to … Read more
John Swinney says he has ‘very big, real differences’ with Donald Trump after Green chief’s Holyrood attack on President …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> JOHN Swinney today said he had “very big, real differences” with Donald Trump after an MSP launched a furious Holyrood attack on the next US President. The First Minister’s latest remarks on … Read more
SNP & Labour should stop virtue-signalling with President Donald Trump – it’s time for grown-up politics …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> SOMETIMES it’s difficult to work out if politicians are more bothered about the national interest or social media adulation. The election of Donald Trump has exposed this again. 5 Donald Trump won a huge victory … Read more
Cringey Lib Dem boss mocked over mortifying ‘wish I’d done more’ response to Donald Trump election win …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> SCOTTISH Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton faced a roasting on social media after his cringeworthy response to Donald Trump’s presidential win. The MSP took to X (formerly Twitter) to say he “wished [he’d] done … Read more