ThinkScotland

Edinburgh’s drug consumption room consultation needs your voice “The most detailed real-world test of these ideas has already taken place across the Pacific Northwest of North America. The result was not what was promised” – writes @AnnemarieWard bit.ly/3PoINCH

How Scotland's commentariat is coming down with bad case of Offord Derangement Syndrome "The commentariat focus on Offord yachting. I found the revelation he cannot resist a Scotch pie most days as more relatable to his humbler origins" argues @theBluetrot bit.ly/3Pcbwut

Edinburgh’s drug consumption room consultation needs your voice “The most detailed real-world test of these ideas has already taken place across the Pacific Northwest of North America. The result was not what was promised” – writes @AnnemarieWard bit.ly/3PoINCH

Why Scottish cities become a magnet to migrants “If the Scottish Government is so insistent on being generous it must fund the Council to meet the aspirations it sets and prevent the tragic unintended consequences it creates” – writes Iain Whyte bit.ly/3Pt5mpT

How Scotland's commentariat is coming down with bad case of Offord Derangement Syndrome "The commentariat focus on Offord yachting. I found the revelation he cannot resist a Scotch pie most days as more relatable to his humbler origins" argues @theBluetrot bit.ly/3Pcbwut

Edinburgh’s drug consumption room consultation needs your voice “The most detailed real-world test of these ideas has already taken place across the Pacific Northwest of North America. The result was not what was promised” – writes @AnnemarieWard bit.ly/3PoINCH

Why Scottish cities become a magnet to migrants “The number of homeless from outside Edinburgh has grown by 287% since 2024. Almost three quarters of those are asylum/refugee cases given leave to remain while elsewhere in the UK” – writes Iain Whyte bit.ly/3Pt5mpT

Edinburgh’s drug consumption room consultation needs your voice “The most detailed real-world test of these ideas has already taken place across the Pacific Northwest of North America. The result was not what was promised” – writes @AnnemarieWard bit.ly/3PoINCH

How Scotland's commentariat is coming down with bad case of Offord Derangement Syndrome "Offord Derangement Syndrome – known as ODS and pronounced “O-di-ous” to reflect the harm it can bring to its victims – is taking hold." writes @theBluetrot bit.ly/3Pcbwut

Why Scottish cities become a magnet to migrants “The number of homeless from outside Edinburgh has grown by 287% since 2024. Almost three quarters of those are asylum/refugee cases given leave to remain while elsewhere in the UK” – writes Iain Whyte bit.ly/3Pt5mpT

How Scotland's commentariat is coming down with bad case of Offord Derangement Syndrome "The commentariat focus on Offord yachting. I found the revelation he cannot resist a Scotch pie most days as more relatable to his humbler origins" writes @theBluetrot bit.ly/3Pcbwut

How the Iran War has exposed the absurd state of the UK's Armed Forces "The PMs foreign policy has been appeasement to practically any foreign interests over our own, from the divided EU – to countries who covet our territory" argues @TheBluetrot bit.ly/3PaeQpS

How the Iran War has exposed the absurd state of the UK's Armed Forces "The PMs foreign policy has been appeasement to practically any foreign interests over our own, from the divided EU – to countries who covet our territory" argues @TheBluetrot bit.ly/3PaeQpS

Gorton and Denton: a plumbing lesson for Scotland “Reform should consider how to address the concerns of the ethnic minorities without abandoning its appeal to those who fear the influence of ever growing Muslim electorates.” – argues Hugo de Burgh bit.ly/4rlsdRA

Council decision-making is becoming less transparent and more opaque “In Glasgow, the disagreement has now migrated into a standards process. Political disagreement reappears as a question of process.” – argues @annemarieward bit.ly/479lQd1

🌍 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 ✍️ 𝐵𝑦 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝐵𝑒𝑛ℎ𝑎𝑚-𝐶𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 Has the UK’s response to the Iran crisis damaged Britain’s global standing? Patrick Benham-Crosswell examines the consequences for Britain’s security and influence. Read more: bit.ly/47FIbPg

📰𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦’𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐖𝐏 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 ✍️ 𝐁𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐭 How did arguments once heard on the far left become part of mainstream commentary? Linda Holt responds to criticism of Reform — including from The Times columnist @KennyFarq. Read more: bit.ly/4urn64U

How the Iran War has exposed the absurd state of the UK's Armed Forces "All governing parties must share the blame for a lack of equipment and what we do have [being] unavailable due to repairs or having forces personnel to work them. " argues @theBluetrot bit.ly/3PaeQpS

Gorton and Denton: a plumbing lesson for Scotland “Reform should consider how to address the concerns of the ethnic minorities without abandoning its appeal to those who fear the influence of ever growing Muslim electorates.” – argues Hugo de Burgh bit.ly/4rlsdRA

PMQs explained: Why Zippy should zip it “Keir should know that by combining his tones with moral outrage we get a head-boy in the headteacher’s office dobbing-in the school villain” – writes Gail MacDonald bit.ly/46Nw8z8