Libby Brooks

Storm Bram = wet dog

‘It’s Scotland’s energy’: SNP to focus on renewables in Holyrood election Leader John Swinney says independence could cut household energy bills by a third in the long term

‘It’s Scotland’s energy’: SNP to focus on renewables in Holyrood election

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Scottish nurse wins part of her tribunal in trans doctor changing room case Sandie Peggie wins harassment claim but tribunal dismisses allegations of discrimination and victimisation

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SNP leader John Swinney launching ‘It’s Scotland’s energy’ campaign - after screening a new film contrasting how Norway & UK managed their oil wealth, he says only voting for independence in next May’s Holyrood elections will ensure the country benefits from renewable energy resources

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic

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Rules on single-sex spaces pose risk to trans people’s mental health, UK charities say Fifteen organisations sign letter expressing deep concern over EHRC guidance being considered by ministers

Rules on single-sex spaces pose risk to trans people’s mental health, UK charities say

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Nigel Farage was once run out of Edinburgh. Now Scottish voters are embracing his rabble-rousing | Dani Garavelli The Reform leader is exploiting growing resentment towards migrants and hosting a sold-out event - something unimaginable just a few years ago, says freelance columnist Dani Garavelli

“This turnaround is a hammer-blow to the self-image of a country that sold itself as uniquely welcoming to migrants, but now finds some are as susceptible to anti-immigration rabble-rousing as anywhere else”

@danigaravelli.bsky.com on Reform UK’s road to Falkirk

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Farage dodges press as he unveils Reform’s first peer after Conservative defection Party leader leaves latest recruit, Malcolm Offord, to field questions on antisemitism allegations at Scotland rally

My report from Falkirk on a day of audience exuberance and unanswered questions

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Along the road from the Cladhan, hundreds of Reform UK supporters are welcoming Nigel Farage at the party’s biggest Scottish event so far

John Swinney defends immigration as Scotland faces rise of Reform Exclusive: First minister mounts robust defence of diversity as SNP prepares campaign for Holyrood election in May

With a quarter of Scots voting Reform, and asylum protests in Scotland, first minister John Swinney says he will defend migration, engage with pressures and isolate prejudices in the SNP 2026 election campaign
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It was at the Bruce hotel from memory

I’m at the Cladhan Hotel, Falkirk ahead of the Reform UK rally happening nearby later. Anti-immigrant protesters are already gathering - one group of women say the mood in the town is ‘sadder and angrier’ since a hotel resident appeared in court on sexual assault charges earlier this week

John Swinney defends immigration as Scotland faces rise of Reform Exclusive: First minister mounts robust defence of diversity as SNP prepares campaign for Holyrood election in May

NEW: “During my lifetime Scotland has become a much more diverse country. I’m very proud of that”

Scotland’s first minister John Swinney explains why the country needs migration as Reform gather support ahead of next May’s Holyrood elections

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Brazil

Labour MP’s video explaining UK debt with biscuits racks up 3.3m views Glasgow South MP Gordon McKee leading trend as politicians find traditional ways to reach voters no longer work

I do love a bourbon - but Ed Miliband's ASMR on SMR is the hands down winner in Labour social media this month

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Keir Starmer has described Nigel Farage as “a toxic, divisive, disgrace” this evening - he was responding on a visit to Glasgow after the Reform UK leader said the fact nearly one in three pupils there speak English as a second language amounted to the "cultural smashing” of the city

Record £9m gift to Reform prompts renewed calls for cap on political donations – UK politics live Electoral Reform Society says large donations from wealthy individuals makes it ‘harder for the rest of us to get our voices heard’

Swinney defends review of grooming gangs evidence in Scotland at FMQs as Tories and Labour call for full inquiry - politics live

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Schools urged to trial four-day week to ease pressure on teachers in England and Wales Advocacy group tells education secretary ‘working smarter’ can protect staff wellbeing and help students

Schools urged to trial four-day week to ease pressure on teachers in England and Wales - after Scottish government announced proposals for teachers to be able to work a “flexible” teaching week

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What has happened since the UK supreme court’s gender ruling? Official guidance has yet to be published after landmark judgment seven months ago

Explainer: what has happened since the UK supreme court’s gender ruling?

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Impasse over EHRC single-sex spaces guidance ‘distracting from other issues’ Staff at human rights body said to be ‘desperate for regime change’ over inertia after court’s legal definition of a woman

Staff at the EHRH are described as “desperate for regime change” ahead of the new chair, Mary-Ann Stephenson, taking up her post - Labour backbenchers and equalities experts say that the appointment of new board members should be a chance to broaden its approach

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Scotland’s World Cup qualifying win reactions equivalent to small earthquake Celebrations to McLean’s jaw-dropping goal picked up by seismic activity monitors at Glasgow Geothermal Observatory

So gallus

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UK government insists it is ‘taking time to get this right’ on single-sex spaces Labour accused of delaying new rules to avoid backlash, after leak of EHRC guidance saying trans people could be questioned based on looks

UK government insists it is ‘taking time to get this right’ on single-sex spaces

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‘Can’t stop watching the replays’: Scotland fans on World Cup qualification Five who were at Hampden Park or watching from afar share their reactions to the end of a 28-year wait

'Can’t stop watching the replays’: Scotland fans on World Cup qualification

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Starmer will have to resign as PM if SNP wins majority at next year's Holyrood election, John Swinney claims - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

‘It brings people together’: Scotland’s World Cup qualification unites a nation Excitement is palpable as Tartan Army to head to the biggest stage for the first time in quarter of a century

Scotland have qualified for an international tournament and that means I’m your football joy reporter for the foreseeable….don’t say you weren’t warned

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NO! can't believe I missed this...it'll be Labradors next

Tierney and McLean send Scotland to World Cup with thrilling win against Denmark Scotland scored twice in added time to beat Denmark 4-2 and secure a place at World Cup for the first time in 28 years

Only this 👇

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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care? The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
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I could spend days in there, just marvelling at the accoutrements of gentry living and the unaffordable food hall