Robert Leslie

Remember this if you are even giving Reform UK a thought...

No.

"What Anas Sarwar has got right is he's identified Westminster is holding Scotland back" The SNP's @EmmaRoddickSNP says Anas Sarwar has "called for a new captain of a sinking ship" and we need a “serious conversation” about the political culture of the UK #bbcdn

Today, we learned that the Slochd-Dalraddy section of the A9 dualling project will be brought forward. I have pressed many times on this section and the active travel route for local communities, and asked for more information on next steps today 👇

Interesting to hear the redoubtable Fraser Nelson proclaim on @BBCr4today that independence hasn't moved. In fact it's currently 8 points ahead of where it was at the last Referendum and 6 points clear of support for the Union according to the latest poll.

For a final blast of 2025, it's our annual recap of the best of this year's Scottish music in One Big Playlist, ft. KuleeAngee, @riannedowney_, Jacob Alon, @SiobhanIsBack, SHEARS, @HannahLaingDJ, Nani Porenta, @kathrynjoseph_ + 117 others... theskinny.co.uk/music/new-musi…

Scotland’s draft Climate Change Plan sets out actions to reduce emissions between now & 2040. In a statement to @ScotParl Climate Action Secretary @GillianMSP said taking climate action will also: 🟢Grow the economy 🟢Tackle poverty 🟢Restore nature 🟢Improve health & wellbeing

BBC Scotland has rejected a complaint after it refused to challenge a made up NHS waiting list figure from Scottish Labour because it says the party has its own calculation method. This is extraordinary. Scottish Labour politicians can lie with impunity about the NHS on the BBC.

The SNP majority is on!

We can beat Reform as long as people don't waste their vote on Labour In Wales - vote Plaid In Scotland - vote SNP In England - vote Green.

Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result: PC: 47.4% (+19.0) REF: 36.0% (+34.2) LAB: 11.0% (-34.9) CON: 2.0% (-15.3) GRN: 1.5% (+1.5) LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2) GWL: 0.3% (+0.3) UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2) Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.

By far the most hostile and biased interviewer I ever experienced on the BBC. My impression was that she had zero feeling for Scottish culture and her discomfort at being exposed led her to be aggressive towards folk whose prime identity was Scottish.

Have you noticed how every single BBC Scotland presenter and reporter is critiquing John Swinney's Indyref 'SNP majority' strategy as though a refusal from the UK Govt isn't just legitimate, but appropriate? None of them will admit that ignoring an SNP majority is unacceptable because it breaks established precedent and would create a constitutional crisis that would only end with the capitulation of the UK Govt.

💔 Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead | World news | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

🏠 Scottish homes & businesses could save massively by switching to Independence. 🔁 i-Switch to Independence today: believeinscotland.org/i-switch #EnergySavings #BelieveinScotland

🟥 Getting rid of the Tories changed nothing. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Next time, let's get rid of Westminster. #BelieveinScotland

Then rejoin. The UK stands alone in Western Europe in being outside the Dublin Convention. Labour’s helplessness in the face of ongoing Brexit mayhem is just not good enough.

@LesleyRiddoch I love that Finland, despite its latitude, ranks top for food security.

I am very sorry that Carol Beattie has had to step down as @theSNP Chief Executive and send her my every good wish. I welcome Callum McCaig to the post and look forward to working with him for electoral success in 2026.

It feels like a lifetime, but in just 11 years, the UK government has broken every promise it made to the Scottish people. A weaker economy, a weaker voice on the world stage, and a stream of PMs that continuously refuse to honour the will of the Scottish people. 1/2