Award-winning political journalism from Holyrood magazine. https://www.holyrood.com/https://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mvpt4q3jic23Malcolm Offord has accused the first minister of using taxpayer cash to attend a “pretendy wee summit” instead of focusing on the priorities of the people of Scotland. https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,malcolm-offord-accuses-john-swinney-of-attending-pretendy-summit-instead-of-focusing-on-peoples-priorities17 Sep 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpt4q3jic23https://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mvpqn5i3vk27Minister defends Transport Scotland gaffe MSP https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,minister-defends-transport-scotland-gaffe-msp17 Sep 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpqn5i3vk27https://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mvphityzsc27In a time of straitened finances, Creative Scotland must hit the mark, writes @kirsteenpaterson.bsky.social https://www.holyrood.com/comment/view,in-a-time-of-straitened-finances-creative-scotland-must-hit-the-mark17 Sep 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvphityzsc27https://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mvpcr2tgq222No part of the system is working as it should, contrary to government claims about the emphasis it places on providing a good education. https://www.holyrood.com/comment/view,the-failures-in-education-could-be-just-as-damaging-as-failing-to-fix-the-nhs17 Sep 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpcr2tgq222https://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mvozavyqu227Watchdog raises transparency questions over ScotWind millions https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,watchdog-raises-transparency-questions-over-scotwind-millions17 Sep 2026 06:22 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvozavyqu227https://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mvnicnbdx22bBusiness minister Tom Arthur says the government does not support a moratorium on new AI data centres. He says the development of AI is a "profound moment for us all" that will bring implications of "gravity and magnitude" across "every facet of society".16 Sep 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnicnbdx22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mvniavxcds2bScottish Greens MSP @patrickharvie.bsky.social calls for a "pause" on AI data centres and asks the government to put "Scotland's interests ahead of the interests of the big tech giants".16 Sep 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvniavxcds2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mvmvojwfkk24Scottish Government adds environmental check to new data centre applications https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,scottish-government-adds-environmental-check-tonew-data-centre-applications16 Sep 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmvojwfkk24https://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mvi4dpylas2jJohn Swinney calls Andy Burnham the "last prime minister of the UK" as he meets other nationalist leaders in Cardiff https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,john-swinney-andy-burnham-will-be-the-last-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom14 Sep 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvi4dpylas2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mvi2v2dam22tAndy Burnham will be “the last prime minister of the United Kingdom”, John Swinney has declared https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,john-swinney-andy-burnham-will-be-the-last-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom14 Sep 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvi2v2dam22thttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mvhwa5wcm22t'Westminster’s time is coming to an end': The SNP, Plaid Cymru & Sinn Fein joint agreement in full https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,in-full-the-snp-plaid-cymru-and-sinn-fin-memorandum-of-understanding?previewkey=91fcea6e0e71985df2a11f8f90bb82d414 Sep 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhwa5wcm22thttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mvhgqqfjss2iFirst Minister John Swinney will today join the nationalist leaders of Northern Ireland and Wales in calling on the UK Government to prepare for constitutional change https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,john-swinney-meets-nationalist-leaders-of-northern-ireland-and-wales-in-cardiff14 Sep 2026 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhgqqfjss2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mv6cnqahmc2hScots pupils falling behind England a ‘national emergency’, says Reform https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,scots-pupils-falling-behind-england-a-national-emergency-says-reform10 Sep 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6cnqahmc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mv5sotghzc2jJohn Swinney calls for legal mechanism to trigger indyref2 https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,john-swinney-calls-for-legal-mechanism-to-trigger-indyref210 Sep 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5sotghzc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mv3t5dgqc22nIndyref possible if majority support one, Andy Burnham says https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,indyref-possible-if-majority-support-one-andy-burnham-says09 Sep 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3t5dgqc22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mv3t2wk33c2nResearchers warn AI ‘could kill us all’ by the end of the decade https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,researchers-warn-ai-could-kill-us-all-by-the-end-of-the-decade09 Sep 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3t2wk33c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mv3t2da6mk2n"We’re headed for choppier waters. Rennie asks about the bête noire of the transport secretary brief – ferries – and suddenly Flynn is flailing." Sketch: Not all plain sailing for Stephen Flynn at the transport committee https://www.holyrood.com/comment/view,sketch-not-all-plain-sailing-for-stephen-flynn-at-the-transport-committee09 Sep 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3t2da6mk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mv3pjkhhsk2iPrime Minister Andy Burnham has said there could another Scottish independence referendum if there was a “majority of public support” in favour of holding one. https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,indyref-possible-if-majority-support-one-andy-burnham-says09 Sep 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3pjkhhsk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3muza77altk25There has been a significant increase in domestic abuse charges in the last year, new figures show https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,domestic-abuse-charges-up-by-14-per-cent08 Sep 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muza77altk25https://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3muyqc3pse22vScotland pupils continue to lag English counterparts in science, maths and reading https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,scotland-pupils-continue-to-lag-english-counterparts-in-science-maths-and-reading08 Sep 2026 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyqc3pse22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3muwq6r6gic2bMurdo Fraser challenges John Swinney over ‘fag packet’ NHS plans https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,murdo-fraser-challenges-john-swinney-over-fag-packet-nhs-plans07 Sep 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwq6r6gic2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3muwiyx5zp22c‘Rubbish’ questions and social media scrolling – report finds serious concerns about quality of Holyrood politics https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,underperforming-scottish-parliament-beset-by-shallow-partisanship07 Sep 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwiyx5zp22chttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3muvtehl7q22bYi-Pei Chou Turvey: 'I don’t believe a London MP understands the life of rural Scotland' https://www.holyrood.com/inside-politics/view,yipei-chou-turvey-i-dont-believe-a-london-mp-understands-the-life-of-rural-scotland07 Sep 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvtehl7q22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3muvt6ylkbk2bThe Scottish Government’s £2 bus fare cap has launched across the Strathclyde region today https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,bus-fare-cap-comes-into-force-across-strathclyde-region07 Sep 2026 05:57 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvt6ylkbk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mumnqbpa6c2oThe Scottish Government’s “choices and delays” on efforts to tackle violence against women “have been fatal”, Jackie Baillie has told John Swinney. https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,government-choices-on-violence-against-women-have-been-fatal-john-swinney-told03 Sep 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumnqbpa6c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mum5z3ccts2kAI use by MPs has quadrupled in four years – but few admit to using it, according to a new study https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,ai-use-is-on-the-up-by-mps-whether-they-admit-it-or-not-study-finds03 Sep 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum5z3ccts2khttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mulzdsibss2xThe historian Anthony Seldon has said Nicola Sturgeon passed up an "extraordinary opportunity" to take Scotland back into the EU after Brexit by calling an advisory referendum. https://www.holyrood.com/inside-politics/view,anthony-seldon-keir-starmer-was-like-a-surgeon-who-knew-nothing-about-the-patient03 Sep 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulzdsibss2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mulswsfmgc2kScotland’s largest council has entered a “critical period” and faces a budget gap of at least £110m, a report warns https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,glasgow-city-council-hits-critical-moment-watchdog-warns03 Sep 2026 06:25 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulswsfmgc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/holyroodmag.bsky.social/post/3mulst7wdss2k"If you’d asked me 10 years ago where I would be, my answer wouldn’t have been ‘in politics’" - new SNP MSP Pauline Stafford on going from stage to parliament https://www.holyrood.com/inside-politics/view,pauline-stafford-msp-europe-indyref-and-me03 Sep 2026 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:qd5bfnttxabcuqougdl2vsvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulst7wdss2k