James Walker

Donald Trump protest planned near mother’s birthplace during Scotland visit A BUSINESS on the Scottish island where Donald Trump's mother was born will stage a multi-day protest during his Scotland visit ...

EXCLUSIVE: An anti-Donald Trump protest is being planned near his mother's birthplace in Lewis.

The US president is set to arrive in Scotland tomorrow ...👇

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In Scotland's 'most elderly' area, Labour immigration rules are causing concern FOR Yohan Perera, the UK Government’s recent immigration rule changes feel like a betrayal ...

🧵 But this cruel move from Labour also has an immediate human impact on hard-working people and families like Yohan and Lakmal's.

For their stories in more depth and a deep dive into the topic, read below and subscribe 👇

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🧵Perth & Kinross’s care sector is hugely dependent on care workers like Lakmal and Yohan.

And if they – and the dozens others I was told about – are forced to leave by these cruel changes, it spells serious trouble for Scotland and its rapidly ageing population ...

🧵Lakmal also works at a Perth care home. But the changes mean he - and his family - may also be forced to leave.

He worries about how his 6-year-old daughter – who is thriving in school – will take the news. To her, to them – Scotland is now home 🏠

🧵Yohan, who came to Scotland from Sri Lanka in 2022 with his wife and child (below), is trained, qualified, and working in care in Perth.

He does 60+ hour weeks taking care of the city’s elderly people. But the changes mean he will soon have to leave ...

🧵THREAD: Labour’s new immigration rules are a ticking time bomb for Scotland's care sector.

And for Perth + Kinross – the region with the highest proportion of elderly people in the country – it could be a disaster 👇

Keir Starmer panned for ‘fuelling far-right’ with new asylum seeker crackdown KEIR STARMER has been condemned over a new policy which will see the Home Office share information about asylum hotel locations with food delivery…

EXC: Keir Starmer has been accused of ‘fuelling the far-right’ and pandering to Nigel Farage with his latest asylum seeker crackdown 👇

www.thenational.scot/news/2533688...

Scottish community-owned island announces full boycott of Israel The Isle of Eigg has announced a full boycott of Israel amid its genocide in Gaza ...

EXC: The isle of Eigg on Scotland's west coast has announced a full boycott of Israeli goods and services amid the country's genocide in Gaza.

The community-owned island unanimously came to the decision at a recent residents association meeting 👇

www.thenational.scot/news/2533509...

My deep dive into the arms firm lobbying blitz we're seeing at Westminster lately ... 👇

Scottish Tories splash £150k of taxpayer cash on MSP 'media training' THE Scottish Tories shelled out over £150,000 of taxpayer money on media training — all of which went to firms run by two of the party’s former…

EXC: The Scottish Tories spent more than £150,000 of taxpayer money on MSP "media training" in just two years.

And all of it went to firms run by two of the party’s former spin doctors.

Not very DOGE ... 👇

www.thenational.scot/news/2530696...

Inside the extreme far-right plot to ‘covertly’ infiltrate Reform UK

NEW: Extreme far-right groups have signed a joint declaration encouraging supporters to support and infiltrate Reform UK, and 'covertly' run for the party

NEW: Donald Trump has long boasted that the golf courses he owns in Scotland are the "best in the world".

But are they financially successful? I had a wee deep dive into their accounts ...

www.thenational.scot/news/2513545...

🚨 Great to be shortlisted for an @amnestyuk.bsky.social media award for my coverage of the Gaza family visa campaign, including this investigation into the Palestinians killed while waiting for the Home Office to waive its cruel fingerprint rules: www.thenational.scot/news/2420566...

The National's Gaza fundraiser reaches £25,000 – help us hit our £50,000 goal! THE National’s fundraiser with Medical Aid for Palestinians, which aims to get aid to the people on the ground in Gaza, has now raised over…

Thank you all who donated!

The ceasefire may be intact but Gaza's healthcare system is still being targeted and is at risk of total collapse.

Your donations could literally save lives 👇

www.thenational.scot/news/2500105...

Here's your first look at tomorrow's Sunday National 📰

Private eyes on our NHS: We reveal how much donor cash Labour politicians have raked in 🥀🩺

UK neo-Nazi groups 'really excited' by Elon Musk salute LAST week – during celebrations of the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump – Elon Musk slapped his right hand into his chest, fingers…

EXCLUSIVE: UK neo-Nazi groups are 'really excited' by Elon Musk's salute

Read the special report from @jameslwalker.bsky.social 👇

Good News Scotland: Some of our favourite positive news stories from 2024 I had a bit of an existential crisis while writing this ...

🚨 Here is the first edition of Good News Scotland, a free newsletter celebrating all that is going well in Scotland.

We talk some of my favorites positive stories of 2024 and why I had a bit of an existential crisis coming up with them.

Also, sign up 👇

www.thenational.scot/news/2485418...

📷: What changed?

This is Keir Starmer pictured at Scottish Labour conference in 2021 with two Waspi campaigners holding a sign saying he supports "fair and fast compensation" for 1950s women.

Today, four years later, and as PM, he gives them nothing ...

It has been a truly awful week for Anas Sarwar and Scottish Labour I never knew that “delivering for Scotland” meant delivering another costly by-election ...

NEW: It has been a truly awful week for Anas Sarwar and Scottish Labour.

Find out why in this week's Branch Office Updates newsletter 🌹👇

www.thenational.scot/news/2477564...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The Palestinian ambassador to the UK has said that Keir Starmer's government must recognise the state of Palestine “now” and stop “sitting on their hands”

Labour had pledged to recognise Palestine in the party's General Election manifesto

Tomorrow's front page 📰

Labour slated over plan to prioritise arms firm investment

Scottish mega farms are fuelling rise in deadly ammonia pollution LARGE livestock farms in Scotland are fuelling a rise in deadly ammonia emissions, The Sunday National can reveal ...

Link to the investigation, including exclusive maps and charts: www.thenational.scot/news/2476185...

EXC: US-style mega farms in Scotland are fuelling a rise in deadly ammonia pollution.

3000 deaths a year could be prevented by halving UK emissions.

But instead, in Scotland at least, air emissions are at their highest since 2011.

Read more about it below 👇

UK Government to discuss providing funding for Scotland to Europe ferry THE UK Government is set to discuss providing funding to reinstate a ferry between Scotland and mainland Europe ...

I must say, if it does happen - it will be an important win for the local area but also a big (and cheap at £3 million) political win for the Labour Government.

More details below:

www.thenational.scot/news/2475387...

EXC: The UK Government is set to discuss providing funding (via the National Wealth Fund) to help reinstate a ferry link between Scotland and mainland Europe.

Labour MP Graeme Downie has been in contact with the Chancellor and told me he will set up a Treasury meeting ASAP👇

Here's your first look at tomorrow's front page 📰

'Chancer' Sarwar makes U-turn 🥀

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