Jacob Freedland

Peter Murrell, Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband, admitted stealing £400,000 from the SNP over a 12-year period. From box sets to bath soaps, cars to coffee machines, Peter Murrell plundered SNP donations to fund a luxury lifestyle. The Telegraph compiled a list of the most unusual and most expensive items 👇 telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

Delighted to win Regional Journalist of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards.

Story: telegraph.co.uk/gift/b6690c199…

NEW Anas Sarwar refuses to suspend Labour MSP Irshad Ahmed despite him calling for Israel’s ‘crushing defeat’ months after Oct 7 Scottish Lab leader said there was a ‘presumption’ being made because the comments were said in Urdu, not English

"Local council" x.com/novaramedia/st…

Read in full: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

EXC Newly elected Labour Edinburgh MSP called for Israel’s ‘crushing defeat’ months after Oct 7 Irshad Ahmed made comments at a Pakistani cultural centre in Jan 2024 Sarwar now under pressure to sanction him, but removing whip would put Reform into opposition

@MaxKendix @thetimes Big congrats sir

🚨🇺🇸 I'm moving to DC next month to join @thetimes team across the pond as Washington Correspondent Will miss my incredible colleagues here after two years in Westminster but very excited for the new job!

@Polymarket All details x.com/JacobAD82/stat…

JUST IN: Newly elected Scottish lawmaker Q Manivannan backs push for Scots to pay reparations to Palestine.

Manifesto called for future ScotGovt to commit to a 'programme of reparative justice from Scotland to the Palestinian people' Full tale: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/1…

LATEST Q Manivannan, Green MSP at centre of visa row, supports Scots funding reparations to Palestinians because of Scotland's 'complicity' in the 'colonisation' of the country Q & Iris Duane endorsed a 'manifesto' by pro-Pal art workers in April which made the pledge

@rcolvile A mate of mine dug this out.

Niche fact: if he does become PM, Streeting will be the first Cambridge graduate in No 10 since Stanley Baldwin.

Followed here x.com/GBNEWS/status/…

More details here: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/1…

A Green MSP on a student visa is allowed to work as an MSP under rules introduced by *wait for it* the UK Tory govt Q Manivannan can serve under a strange loophole created by two separate tweaks, in Westminster & Holyrood, to existing rules Here's how 🧵