A MAN who made “racist comments” online about Humza Yousaf was last month found guilty of abusing the ex-First Minister, it was revealed. The conviction is the first to come from a Holyrood scheme which monitors social media abuse of 59 MSPs and automatically reports it to the police. 3 A man… Man found guilty … Read more
ALEX Salmond helped detectives investigating ex-pal Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell over around £500,000 in donations allegedly missing from the SNP, we can reveal. The late former First Minister met cops and spoke to them at length about the long-running fraud probe into the… Alex Salmond helped cops investigating Nicola Sturgeon over ‘missing’ … Read more
POLITICIANS will be banned from having two jobs after a backlash over Nat Stephen Flynn’s bid to sit at Holyrood and Westminster. MSPs unanimously backed a Scottish Elections Bill amendment to effectively end the possibility they could hold seats at both parliaments. 3 MSPs unanimously backed a… Scots politicians BANNED from having two jobs after … Read more
NATS chiefs today banned WhatsApp on government phones after Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinney, and other senior SNP figures sparked fury after deleting messages from during the pandemic. Deputy first minister Kate Forbes told MSPs ministers and civil servants would not be allowed to use the app by… SNP bans WhatsApp in ‘admission mass deletion of … Read more
PRISON chiefs broke “torture” rules by forcing lags to sleep on cell floors, inspectors have found. High security inmates got mattresses to kip on in already full lock-up rooms in an “inhuman or degrading” move. 2 Scots Tory Liam Kerr said staff are being put at a serious risk due to lack… Scots prisons broke … Read more
SCHOOL attendance is in the spotlight due to alarming absence rates. But while it’s easy for ministers and council officials to tut-tut about this trend, they need to take a good look at themselves for fuelling an explosion in pupils bunking off. 7 An alarming number of Scotland’s schoolkids are… Scottish schools absence rates are … Read more
SNP in fresh freebies row after minister took taxpayer-funded limo to Scottish Open ‘jolly’ …C0NTINUE READING HERE>>> A SECOND top Nat has been caught up in another freebies row — after he was chauffeured to the Scottish Open in a government limo. Tories blasted Dr Alasdair Allan’s trip to watch home golfing hero Robert MacIntyre’s … Read more
JOHN Swinney today admitted girls are scared of using mixed-sex toilets in schools — because they fear being photographed. The First Minister told MSPs he knew the “intolerable” practice of boys taking snaps under stall doors was taking place. 2 The FM admitted schoolgirls are afraid to use mixed-sex toilets for fear of being photographedCredit: … Read more
John Swinney reveals phone call with Donald Trump weeks after US President’s Kamala blast …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> JOHN Swinney revealed he discussed golf and Scottish whisky in his first phone call with President-elect Donald Trump. The chat came after the First Minister was blasted by Trump International for his “appalling” backing of Democratic candidate … Read more
SNP’s Neil Gray told not to get carried away during controversial Aberdeen cup final freebie …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> SNP health secretary and Aberdeen fan Neil Gray had to be reminded not to get carried away with the footie in social media posts after a controversial Dons cup final freebie, it emerged tonight. Officials told … Read more