CLAIM: “Scotland under the SNP is plagued by Victorian diseases and rat problems” – Penny Mordaunt, Leader of the House of Commons, 7 September Source

Today, Humza Yousaf lays out his first Programme for Government since taking over as leader of the SNP and First Minister. Yousaf, who ran for leadership on a platform of continuity and synergy with the previous administration, has stated that he hopes to reset his government’s relationship with the business community. Business for Scotland has […] Source

Tasty replica goes on display at Aberdeen Airport. …

WITH an update on the A96 dualling's fate looming, the Northern Scot has looked back at the Scottish Government's transport promises to Moray. …

Speyfest will return between July 19 and July 21, 2024. …

The Times (sort of) Scotland edition is having a great week. Here Magnus Linklater lauds Fergus Ewing and reading the room with the sort of shrewd knowing gaze that you’d expect denounces the Short Term Let legislation as another epic blow to Scotland. The entire tourism industry is going to collapse if regulated. Poor Magnus […] Source

Discount retail chain B&M European Value Retail said it has agreed to buy up to 51 Wilko stores for £13 million, after a bid to purchase the entirety of the collapsed high street retailer fell through last week. Source

‘Jack’s Back’ the Times tells us, with strong accidental Shining vibes … After more than a decade out of government, Jack McConnell is being touted for a return to the corridors of power as Sir Keir Starmer and the team around him start to map the structure of a future Labour administration at Westminster https://t.co/u9XnBKfpC7 […] Source

SCOTS have been warned that they only have weeks left to use some bank notes as a ‘deadline’ approaches … Source

SCOTLAND has been praised for “leading the charge” after reports that Humza Yousaf will bring in a four-day working week for some public sector workers … Source

SCOTLAND is a land of paradoxes. There’s the huge wealth generated by Scotch whisky, enriching multinationals and boosting the Chancellor’s coffers, all while waits for alcohol treatment lengthen and addiction services decline. Source

If you want a snapshot at just how crazy this society is, and just how polluted English political culture is, you’d do no better than to study the new phenomenon of the ‘Blade Runners’. The war on the environment has a new champion, masked vigilantes the so-called “blade runners”, who have been disabling Ulez cameras […] Source

WANT some hard-nosed facts about Scottish success? The only UK export sector in manufactured goods that performed better than Scotch whisky in 2022 – which increased sales by 25% last year – is aircraft parts (27%). Whisky exports swelled from £4.51 billion in 2021 to more than £6bn in 2022. Source