Volunteer at Highland League club is honoured to receive accolade. …

We’ve talked before about the new brocasts are a simulacra of alternative media (‘The Problem with Normcore Publishing and Podcasts‘) and here’s a great example. Here’s three ex BBC journalists spouting absolute nonsense about the media coverage of the indyref of 2014 with complete conviction: “What if… Scotland had voted YES to independence | The News […] Source

The clash of words between Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch about their membership numbers – Farage claiming his party had 130,000 Reform members on Boxing Day – surpassing the number of Tory members when Badenoch was elected as party leader – is a classic Blue on Blue infighting. The supposedly inexorable rise of Reform UK – […] Source

ELON Musk has been urged to consider the “strong” case for a Tesla gigafactory in Scotland by Alba … Source

A DISTILLERY on a Scottish island is leading the way in how the industry thinks about creating whisky, as its owner has managed to mix the perfect blend of heritage with sustainability … Source

Here’s some important dialogue between Bram E Gieben and Darren McGarvey about issues of identity and the left and Darren’s decision to kill-off his musical alter-ego Loki with his final album ‘Not Funded By Creative Scotland’. For full pod notes – and to follow Bram’s brilliant Substack go here. To buy the album go here. […] Source

Traffic flow across the Forth was disrupted for all of 20 minutes, because safety concerns about ice accumulating high on the suspension cables of the Queensferry Crossing … Source

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said at PMQs this week that since the SNP came to power in Holyrood, the number of children in poverty has increased in Scotland. Source

JOBS for bankers, not engineers. At heart GBE is an investment bank … Source

The Prime Minister insists the UK has a “careful” export licensing system, but is that the case? Source

FACT CHECK: “Scotland, Wales and Ireland get an extra £560m from Jeremy Hunt’s Budget but SNP complain it is not enough” … Source

Claim: The secret “State of the Union” report written by Michael Gove and shown to the UK Cabinet in July 2020 has leaked online. It can be read in full on the website of the think tank Onward. Source

Claim: The “First Minister’s house repairs cost taxpayer £855,000”, as reported by STV News and illustrated with a picture of Humza Yousaf. Source

Claim: “The Scottish people are entitled to know why a government that assured us public safety was its sole focus was gaming its push for another independence referendum while the death toll mounted” – Donald Cameron, Tory MSP, 22 January Source

THREE claims made by Cabinet ministers at the Conservative party conference have been found to be false by fact checkers. Source