£8,500 tax free as their gravy train finally pulls into the station to unhitch their carriage.

Quick reminder of the numbers - SNP 63, Tories 31 + Labour 22 + Lib Dems 4 + Greens 7 + Alba 1 = 65 so FM will hope Greens either support him or abstain but having said today he is a 'coward' and 'not to be trusted' can they with integrity support him?

The fact that Humza Yousaf appears not to have anticipated that the Greens might back a vote of no confidence in him - that he blithely assumed they would support him despite him terminating the BHA - is yet more ammunition for his critics, in and out of the SNP

Greens to vote later on VONC, but you cannot release a statement saying FM cannot be trusted and has betrayed future generations, and then vote to have confidence in the same guy, without losing every atom of credibility..

Really? Yes support holding a steady minority position.

“When its priorities match the public’s”

No actually Humza. You may be the self appointed First Activist, but as First Minister you have to put Scotland’s interests first, not the just the interests of your party members. bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz5d…

His chief strategist? The polls?

I suppose if Yousaf has got in there first and sacked the Greens, Harvie can keep his job as co-leader bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz5d…

Who’s dumping who?

Scottish Greens & The SNP

'No, you go first…'

So what colossus of the snp will step up and into the soon to be vacated roles of Marxist and deviant Patrick Harvie and crackpot Canadian Lorna Slater.
Please let it be Emma Harpooner.....

Not sure this post will wear well.

“If a single Tory minister had even hinted that they thought Westminster should legislate in a devolved area..Yousaf would have been all over the airwaves complaining about a ‘power grab’ and(a current Nat favourite) a ‘full frontal assault on devolution’” spectator.co.uk/article/humza-…

Only in The Nat Onal. “Give us your hard earned cash to ensure we can ask the right questions, which the biased right wing media ask incorrectly”

Without the additional story explaining that these are figures relating to sewage spills in these constituencies, the table is just titled in such a way as to raise childish laughs.

How will this takeover from private companies be funded? They’re not just going to hand it all back at no cost to the Govt. Woolly words o please the RMT, but a bit short on costs/detail here. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

1/ Today @hmrcgovuk published two interesting pieces of research regarding intra-UK migration and labour market participation – especially interesting given the debate in Scotland around tax bands and rates

Today HM Revenue & Customs has published new analysis of taxpayer mobility across the UK & responses to Scotland's income tax changes.

It's insightful, thoughtful and adds a lot to an area with very limited evidence in UK. But please avoid drawing very strong conclusions from it!

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Another week and more Parliamentary time utterly wasted. 👇