Delighted to join First Minister Humza Yousaf and Kirsten Oswald MP at the Woodfarm Education Centre.

Lovely chance to catch up with residents and got some casework to keep me busy 📒

A perfect description of his own government.

Confirms downward trajectory for SNP. Labour taking a haul in central belt is all but priced in so must hold areas like this to have any chance of winning GE in Scotland. Party needs to focus on core issues, not frippery & remind themselves what got them to Gov in first place.

Boris Johnson won’t rule out return as an MP

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A tedious retort that is completely undermined by the fact the SNP ran a minority government from 2016-2021 that was not dependent on Tory support.

With each passing day more and more people in the SNP are asking exactly the same question, Eryn.

Humza was talking about this year’s Westminster election where a vote for the greens is definitely a wasted vote.

I’d also point out that the SNP don’t need the greens, have previously governed from a minority position, and did so successfully.

Tory election hopes fade with prospects for interest rate cuts via Financial Times
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No Irish people were involved at all. Apparently Labour politicians were the 'Courageous' leaders, not the people in unionist and nationalist communities in Northern Ireland, not politicians in The Republic? Not the people who started the process before Labour came to power!

Surprisingly warm today!

Having this capability in the hands of a company from a hostile state is not in our interests. It's short-termism posing as a strategy, which is bad for our energy security and our economic resilience. Norway - which places national security high on its agenda when it comes to…

Anyone enduring unbearable suffering who has no chance of getting better should be able to choose the way they die—it’s a matter of individual freedom econ.st/3xyYf6x

📞: In early March I visited the city of Kharkiv with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський, and saw the devastating impact of Russian shelling on residential neighbourhoods there. Since then, this city of over a million inhabitants has been under fire on an almost daily basis.

It is clear…

In an emotional address to parliament, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock argued for more support for Ukraine and warned that Russia could attack other countries next.

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Scottish Government Policy Approval Ratings (6-7 April):

Coronavirus +28%
The Environment +10%
Cultural Issues +9%
Scottish Independence +5%
Education +4%
Crime/Policing -1%
Economy -2%
NHS -3%
Gender Reform -4%
Housing -7%

redfieldandwiltonstrategies.com/scottish-indep…

I support free tuition because it's an investment in the longterm future of our society, but the single biggest threat to to that policy is the dependency on money from China in our universities. No serious debate on this topic can ignore it. scotsman.com/education/scot…

NEW: Labour MP wannabe blasted for liking 'Hamas Youseless' & 'racist' online posts

Labour are under pressure to ditch one of their general election candidates for appearing to ‘like’ a series of “vile” social media attacks on Humza Yousaf and others.

thescottishsun.co.uk/news/12448745/…

The US is right to target TikTok via Financial Times
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