RIP Peter Higgs…

I fear @RachelReeves will further open the door for completely opaque private equity investors to invade critical public sector services.

So sad to hear of the passing of the legendary Gerry Fisher. The SNP conferences and national council will not be the same. His belief in #independence and his forensic devotion to good governance will be sadly missed. Last chatted to him at Winnie’s memorial service. RIP Gerry

Celebrating the 22nd anniversary of Gigha community buyout. Simon Fraser was instrumental in the success of early buyouts including Eigg, Knoydart and Gigha. “He believed in empowering communities and had the knowhow to make it happen,” says Isle of Eigg buyout leader Maggie Fyffe

Can you help with this Scottish based study?

HMRC said that it found “no evidence of fraud” after a Cardiff flat owner got tax bills for 11,000 Chinese firms registered at his address. “Jesus Christ”, “Donald Duck” and “Adolf Tooth Fairy Hitler” are still listed as directors on Companies House. cityam.com/hundreds-of-er…

Pleased that we Scottish Fiscal Commission have published this important paper today👇. Lots to digest. Key takeaway for me – lots of (good) ambition about tackling climate change and transition to net zero, but Scottish Government fiscal implications significant & complex. (1) bit.ly/FSPclimatechan…

Once again, Sir Lindsay Hoyle behaves disgracefully at #PMQs failing to call Diane Abbott MP . And the excuse of no time to do so is quite ridiculous.

Beyond belief that Speaker Lindsay Hoyle ignored Diane Abbott in a #PMQs dominated by the hate speech of Frank Hester abt Diane Abbott. In what world is it acceptable to not allow the person who has been the subject of racist & sexist abuse to speak?

Lack of transparency exposed: National Lottery operator had borrowed millions from Kremlin-owned banks - The Guardian apple.news/AIrmkO3NETTK5-…

One of most important points about Green #Hydrogen is that its supply is effectively infinite.

You can make and use as much as you want and as soon as you do it creates its own feedstock again.

A brilliant read from ⁦Tom Burgis⁩ . Exposes the relentlessly abusive exploitation of the legal system ( #SLAPPs ) , how it serves the corrupt and destroys the truth. A world of bought access to power, where society’s right to know is replaced by the rich’s right to lie.

Pensioners biggest losers in 2024 budget, says think tank - The Times and The Sunday Times. apple.news/APHUCWB8iT4C4j…

The chilling effect of #SLAPPs is precisely what my petition before the Scottish Parliament aims to address.

Why the story of Kenya-born Tory donor and SLAPP merchant Mohamed Amersi matters. Tom Burgis on his new book, Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own the Truth, out now from HarperCollins

H.M. Treasury is planning an institutional offer of NatWest’s shares to go alongside its “tell Sid” style public offering, ignoring the lessons of the botched twin-track privatisation of Royal Mail in 2013. Patrick Hosking Ben Martin [share token]
thetimes.co.uk/article/16b948…

Absolutely Richard Smith . We could easily run through multiple thousands of “rogue filings” . The 200 figure seems most bizarre.

So has richard brooks Richard Smith David Leask Roger Mullin Alison Thewliss 🧡 Margaret Hodge Oliver Bullough Christian Eriksson Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and many others. Glad the banks are catching-up! Companies House reform couldn't have come sooner enough.

'No suggestion of wrongdoing' always looks daft, but actually means 'Our lawyer told us to add these words unless we want to get SLAPPed'. Roger Mullin

And, again for those at the back, it is not a coincidence that Galloway’s braindead attacks on Scottish indigenous languages echoed Russian nationalist narratives about Ukrainian. x.com/parkerworms/st…