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Critical thinking: Does Ben Macpherson have the answers for Scottish education?

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 6h

Taking on the higher and further education brief, the new minister has an unenviable in-tray. He says he’s not daunted www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

Taking on the higher and further education brief, the new minister has an unenviable in-tray. He says he’s not daunted

That’s Entertainment: John Swinney on-song at SNP conference

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 7h

"History will judge us by our response and by our actions. Up until now, on too many occasions, we have failed."

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn calls for aid and international media to be allowed into Gaza.

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Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 10h

Who knew John Swinney had so much in common with David Cameron? www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

In Aberdeen, Swinney’s SNP certainly seemed to look like its leader – a party less colourful than in past incarnations, ...

John Swinney: New network of walk-in clinics will end 8am rush for GP appointment

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 1d

John Swinney unveils plan for walk-in GP service as he bemoans 'race to the right' under Keir Starmer www.holyrood.com/news/view,jo...

John Swinney pledged to roll out a nationwide network of “walk-in GP services” as he vowed to end the “8am rush” for a d...

John Swinney: New network of walk-in clinics will end 8am rush for GP appointment

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Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 1d

John Swinney promises network of walk-in GP clinics to end "8am rush" as he closes SNP conference in Aberdeen www.holyrood.com/news/view,jo...

John Swinney pledged to roll out a nationwide network of “walk-in GP services” as he vowed to end the “8am rush” for a d...

Kate Forbes: Scotland’s economy needs more immigration

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Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 1d

SNP's Kate Forbes says Labour trying to make Scotland "more like England" as she rejects "depressing, denigrating narrative" on immigration www.holyrood.com/news/view,ka...

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes accused the UK Government of “pulling up the drawbridge on migration” as she said Scot...

Tickets, please: ScotRail's not the Orient Express, but it's chuffing decent

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 1d

Compared to the bad old Abellio days, today's state-run rail service offers something closer to a five-star experience, says @kirsteenpaterson.bsky.social
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Once nicknamed 'ScotFail' under the Abellio contract, the renationalised service is on its way

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Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 1d

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'Stroke care is very good if you give it a chance – but often it doesn’t have the resources'

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 1d

Stroke patients are being failed by huge gaps in the service. Fixing the problem could bring wider benefits to the NHS www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

Stroke patients are being failed by huge gaps in the service. Fixing the problem could bring wider benefits to the NHS

Kate Forbes: Scotland’s economy needs more immigration

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 1d

Kate Forbes: Scotland’s economy needs more immigration - not less www.holyrood.com/news/view,ka...

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes accused the UK Government of “pulling up the drawbridge on migration” as she said Scot...

Tickets, please: ScotRail's not the Orient Express, but it's chuffing decent

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Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 1d

Tickets, please: ScotRail's not the Orient Express, but it's chuffing decent, says @kirsteenpaterson.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

Once nicknamed 'ScotFail' under the Abellio contract, the renationalised service is on its way

Neil Gray: The percentage of primary one pupils who are obese is frightening

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 1d

SNP health secretary Neil Gray: The percentage of primary one pupils who are obese is frightening www.holyrood.com/news/view,ne...

Neil Gray has raised concerns over the percentage of primary one school pupils who are obese

Kate Forbes: Scotland’s economy needs more immigration

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 1d

Kate Forbes accuses Labour of “pulling up the drawbridge on migration” as she tells the SNP conference Scotland's economy needs more immigration www.holyrood.com/news/view,ka...

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes accused the UK Government of “pulling up the drawbridge on migration” as she said Scot...

Palestine will never forget how Scotland stood by our side, says Palestinian ambassador

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Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 2d

Palestine will never forget how Scotland stood by our side, says ambassador www.holyrood.com/news/view,pa...

Husam Zomlot thanked John Swinney for speaking to US President Donald Trump about a ceasefire in Gaza earlier this year ...

Stephen Flynn: I don't expect a leadership contest in the SNP for a long time

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Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Flynn: I don't expect a leadership contest in the SNP for a long time www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

While still feeling the wounds of last year’s general election, the SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn tells Mandy R...

John Swinney says SNP will ‘win big’ in 2026 as new independence strategy agreed

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 2d

John Swinney says SNP will ‘win big’ in 2026 as new independence strategy agreed www.holyrood.com/news/view,jo...

Several party members spoke against the leadership's proposed strategy but were ultimately defeated

Kate Forbes: Not being honest in leadership election would have been a fraud

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 2d

Kate Forbes: Not being honest in the leadership election would have been a fraud www.holyrood.com/news/view,ka...

The deputy first minister lost several supporters in the early stages of the contest after she told journalists that she...

It's possible to be appalled by both Gaza and the murder of Jews

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 2d

It's possible to be appalled by both Gaza and the murder of Jews, says Mandy Rhodes www.holyrood.com/editors-colu...

There is no ‘whataboutery’ that can possibly justify what happened in Manchester and what is happening every day for a g...

John Swinney says SNP will ‘win big’ in 2026 as new independence strategy agreed

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 3d

John Swinney has claimed the SNP will “win big” in next year’s election as his party backed his latest strategy for gaining Scottish independence. www.holyrood.com/news/view,jo...

Several party members spoke against the leadership's proposed strategy but were ultimately defeated

After years of false promises, the SNP still has no route to a referendum

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Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 3d

After years of false promises, the SNP still has no route to a referendum, says James Mitchell www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

The constitutional debate will enthral many at the SNP conference but the prospect of it spilling over into the next par...

Poll position: Can the SNP really win again in 2026?

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 3d

John Swinney's party enters its annual conference as the frontrunner for the Holyrood election, but the picture is not straightforward, finds @kirsteenpaterson.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

John Swinney's party enters its annual conference as the frontrunner for the Holyrood election, but the picture is not s...

Stephen Flynn: I don't expect a leadership contest in the SNP for a long time

Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 3d

While still feeling the wounds of last year’s general election, the SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn tells Mandy Rhodes his party is well on the way to being healed www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

While still feeling the wounds of last year’s general election, the SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn tells Mandy R...

Poll position: Can the SNP really win again in 2026?

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Kirsteen Paterson @kirsteenpaterson.bsky.social · 4d

Trust in the Scottish Government has plummeted - but according to one expert, it "feels like the SNP don’t have anyone to lose an election to"? So what's going on?
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John Swinney's party enters its annual conference as the frontrunner for the Holyrood election, but the picture is not s...

Ash Regan MSP quits Alba Party

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Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 4d

Ash Regan: 'I have formally resigned from the Alba Party' www.holyrood.com/news/view,as...