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David Bol
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📰 Deputy Political Editor for @TheScotsman and @scotonsunday | [email protected] | Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/davidb…
- Ooof, @NicolaSturgeon lays into Jackson Carlaw over what she labels "hypocrisy" by calling for Catherine Calderwood to resign but then "lost his tongue" over Dominic Cummings, before accusing him of "distracting attention" from the UK Government's approach to the pandemic.
- The Scottish Greens have been labelled an “utter embarrassment” after sneaking out an announcement they are kicking a review on waste incineration into the long grass - despite ending burning of waste being one of the party’s manifesto pledges.
- Labour group leader Cammy Day tells Edinburgh City Council there has been "no deals with any parties" and "no coalitions with any parties". It's met with widespread laughter...
- Out of the SNP’s £756m ScotWind revenue -£96m was drawn down in 22/23 -£200m was used earlier in this financial year -£460m could now be used to balance the books up until April. All gone. So much for Westminster squandering Scotland’s energy wealth
- NEW: The SNP has won the Edinburgh City Council by election - with Ethan Young being elected. Turnout of 31.6%.
- Pretty uncomfortable committee grilling for Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth over workplace parking levy. Suggests she hasn't met with unions to discuss possible impact on workers. @MonicaLennon7 says "the fact you have not discussed it with the STUC is a point of concern."
- The First Minister has said that from April 26 “hopefully all of Scotland” will move to Level 3 of the tiered system. That is some nine weeks away and many parts of the country already have cases per 100,000 at level 2 rates including Aberdeen and Dundee.
- At Holyrood's Covid Recovery Committee this morning, @murdo_fraser asked Michael Matheson why he was joining remotely despite sitting in his office "a few feet away" from MSPs.
00:00 - "Straight out of the Farage playbook". Kate Forbes hits out at Douglas Ross's decion to stand at the general election.
00:00 - .@GillianMacMSP: "If Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross wishes to salvage any remnant of self-respect, he must end his pathetic equivocation and resubmit his letter calling for Johnson to go.”
- .@_KateForbes says the deposit return scheme as it stands will cause “economic carnage” to businesses as she sets out her economic pitch for SNP leader and first minister. She stresses that traders need “breathing space” and calls for investment to dual the A9.
- Some pretty bold proposals in this from @KateForbesMSP - including reducing VAT for hospitality businesses, a national debt plan and accelerating major investment in low carbon projects - and avoiding austerity.
- Excl: The @scottishgreens are calling for the big five energy companies to be nationalised and are also proposing the energy price cap rises are reversed back to the October 2021 levels.
