When Ash Regan defected to Alba, Humza Yousaf said she was “no great loss to the SNP group”.

Now she gets to decide whether he survives as first minister or not.

Just too good.

The Hessen, a German frigate that was part of an EU security mission ‘Aspides’ to “protect commercial vessels” from Ansarallah’s naval operations, has exited the Red Sea after nearly 60 days.

The German military said in a statement that the crew members were on a “permanent war…

Last Sunday, Chris Packham made a false and defamatory allegation on the BBC about the team behind the Daily Sceptic, claiming they had 'close affiliations to the fossil fuel industry'. The BBC then signal-boosted it. 😡 dailysceptic.org/2024/04/25/my-…

One of the alleged leaders of the Columbia Pro-Hamas Encampments posted this video on social media stating “Zionists Don’t Deserve to Live.”

The video was shared with Columbia University administration by students, but was ignored.

#AntizionismIsAntisemitism

🎥 @jewsinschool

Gillian Keegan says she will no longer use the phrase 'trans women are women' because she has 'learned a huge amount more' about the issue. Good.
But this doesn't change the fact that any politician who used this ludicrous phrase must either be cowardly or very stupid.

It's an astonishing racket that council tax payers are now being hammered by annual fees for green waste collections, when they are already paying circa two thousand pounds in council tax.
Shame on you North Northamptonshire Council and many others.

Ash Regan, who holds decisive vote, has written to Yousaf with a series of demands around independence and women’s rights

Alex Salmond tells Times Radio: “If I were Humza Yousaf, I’d get drafting a very favourable answer, otherwise he’s going to be known as ‘Humza the Brief’'

Greece rejects to send Patriot & S-300 air defense systems to Ukraine.

Greek Prime Minister said the allies asked Greece to send S-300 or Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, “but Athens will not do this.”

simon sidespin 🇺🇦🇫🇮 My dog has four legs, I have two, on average we have three legs

Germany, a rich country with poor people visualized.

Germans prefer to rent instead of buying property, prefer savings accounts with negative real interests over equities and spend more than others on insurances due to the famous German angst. That’s the result.

Wonks and Industry Leaders Blast Labour’s Railway Nationalisation Pledge order-order.com/2024/04/25/won…

If the SNP continue on their current trajectory, by 2026 they'll need to be fighting for those top-up regional Holyrood seats - and that means fighting the Greens | my latest for UnHerd unherd.com/newsroom/humza…

Anybody surprised seeing largest Eurozone economies in the „Lowest inflation and decelerating most“ corner? Recessions usually turn inflation into deflation.

The divergence between Europe and the US doesn’t bode well for funny money called Euro.

'As part of this eclecticism, Frank Field was one of the relatively few Labour MPs willing to visit Lord North Street and talk with IEA people. He also occasionally contributed to our publications'
iea.org.uk/rip-frank-fiel…

euronews.com/travel/2024/04…

Go to Morocco instead .. warmer and tons cheaper

🔥Scottish Greens to vote FOR the motion of no confidence in Humza Yousaf.

The FM is on the ropes.

Double the amount of Motorways through private investment and tolls .. that will sort the railways out!

Railway passenger numbers in the UK, 1829–2016.

Rishi Sunak's tobacco ban is an act of aggressive intolerance. It shows that the Tories have abandoned any pretence of defending individual freedom. Authoritarianism now reigns supreme, says Neil Davenport
buff.ly/3y0uNGv

Wars are ended when your enemy is defeated, the ‘negotiations’ merely tie up the loose ends.
Witness WW2 .