Just watched Jaws II. The first hour is Roy Schneider trying to convince everyone there's another shark. It would have been a brilliant film if there hadn't been

Well, let's wait and see.

The SNP have dumped their Green coalition partners. The first thing to be said about this is that it is very funny. The second is that it won't solve Humza Yousaf's problems. alexmassie.substack.com/p/the-end-of-a…

Could they not have waited until next week?

Far away.

A macabre tale perfect for holiday reading. ⁦Tim Shipman⁩

Early analyses based on nothing more complicated than reading the review suffered no such problem. Very strange!

Time for a week off.

Poor Humza Yousaf. He can pretend the election is all about independence but pandering to the flag-botherers is another example of poor judgement. It’s not all his fault - hello, Peter! - but that’s not the point.
thetimes.co.uk/article/e45c9e…

Poor Humza Yousaf. He can pretend the election is all about independence but pandering to the flag-botherers is another example of poor judgement. It’s not all his fault - hello, Peter! - but that’s not the point.
thetimes.co.uk/article/e45c9e…

Yousaf asks the modest crowd on George Square 'how many times have we gathered here in defiance of Westminster rule?' to which - since they have always been entirely free to gather there - the answer is 'none'.

This is appalling. And enraging. And shaming.
(I appreciate the police have a difficult job but, come on, this is disgraceful.)

*Insert Tweet about contempt of court here, please*

A political class as pusillanimous as it is risible: column on the Scottish parliament and the Cass Review.
thetimes.co.uk/article/ed1438…

Remember:
*You* are waging a 'culture war'.
*We* are rational and progressive and on the right side of history.