Iain Plumtree

A Moment of Challenge: First Minister's speech - 28 January 2026 Speech by First Minister John Swinney on international affairs at McEwan Hall, Teviot Place, Edinburgh.

#Europe

Dr Vanessa Saliba, Consultant Epidemiologist at UKHSA, said: 'Infections can return quickly when childhood vaccine uptake falls; elimination is only possible if all children receive two MMRV doses before school. Older children and adults who missed vaccination must be caught up. The NHS is making vaccination easier, including offering the second MMRV dose earlier at a new 18-month appointment to boost uptake and support elimination goals.'

UKHSA responds to the confirmation from @WHO that the UK has lost its measles elimination status.

Read more from WHO here: https://bit.ly/3YZuOFa

2 photos of red green and yellow norther lights.

Northern Ligjts displaying well tonight.

Shut his Scottish golf courses In Scotland we cannot stand the bawbag.

The man's just an utter despicable, contemptible cunt

Sheldrake's is fascinating. Have you read Alexandra Morton's Not on my Watch? Detailed ecology work with insight to dire fishfarm practices.

No wonder we are one of the most nature-depleted corners of this battered planet, with #biodiversity in a parlous state

The only project in Sweden currently utilising this method for Jacks is here at Ottenby Bird Observatory, with super interesting and rewarding data just in the last two Autumns with 40 tagged this year. Still much to learn about this species!

Final reason to travel elsewhere.

Good, at last.

Sounds as if she was taking the piss out of him, he is too vain/dim to realise.

How can it be a fair democratic vote if as KS says wild promises were made and not delivered? Lying to the electorate must undermine the validity of the vote.

Verhofstadt’s remark “a wake-up call” says First Minister John Swinney “Europe’s political moderates must urgently counter threats to stability and prosperity,” says leading European politician Guy Verhofstadt in Edinburgh

"We are at a turning point in Europe’s story..."
Read more to know what else Verhofstadt spoke in Edinburgh.
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Take Action Now - Cancel Berwick Bank Please take action now - tell SSE and the First Minister to Cancel Berwick Bank.

The First Minister must stop this project.

There's still time to stop Berwick Bank...but only if we make ourselves heard.

Add your voice and tell them.

Scotland can lead on renewables without sacrificing its seabirds. 👇

www.seabird.org/cancel-berwi...

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

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Imad Alarnab in the kitchen. Text: The Nerve Weekend Dish: Imad Alarnab's Syrian aubergine shakshuka

For our first Weekend Dish, Syrian chef Imad Alarnab adds aubergines to shakshuka, the classic recipe ‘that represents the whole Middle East’

Interview by Claire Armitstead

🔗 www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

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Talking about ‘de-extinction’ only legitimises the conversation. It is nonsense. Once a species is extinct it is GONE. No comeback. It may be possible to implant genes in a related species, but that is not recreating a species!

A perfect afternoon.
Mid September sunshine picking brambles in the garden as a skein of grey lag geese pass over calling to each other.

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

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Quote in bold orange text: “Should a majority of people in any part of the multi-national UK express a clear desire to leave it through a fair and democratic process, the UK Government would not seek to prevent that happening.” Attributed to “The UK Government, 2013.” Right side shows photos of Nick Clegg, David Cameron, and 10 Downing Street. SNP imprint along the bottom.

That is quite some set of projects to track. Thanks.

A classic book, both inspiring and scary. Written by a remarkable women determined to speak truth to power.

Andy Singer drew this. I like it.

Waiting on mine being
delivered.Not a bird about which I know a lot so it will be intrresting.

Today's front page 📰 Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland

Our front page has caused a stir online, prompting anger from Donald Trump's supporters. So, we want to ask: which part is factually inaccurate? 🤔

For decades I have wanted to go birding on the Faroes but these killings stop me.

SCOTTISH Water has hit back at a UK minister’s comments about water pollution in Scotland.

Labour’s Environment Secretary Steve Reed said in a Channel 4 interview last night that pollution levels in Scotland are “worse than they are in England”.

Absolute lie, NOT even challenged by Unionist MSM

How much more reduced would injuries be if pedestrians simply had a right of way? Is the 33% timed for a youth. elderly person, wheelchair user or child? Genuinely curious.

Since they are pleased to make use of citizen science it would be considerate if they wrote in a manner that the average citizen scientist could readily understand.