I had my own experience of being silenced last month, by Facebook, writes BRIAN MONTEITH When you hear of ‘cancel culture’, there are plenty of dramatic examples that might come to mind – statues hauled down by angry mobs, prominent academics hounded and silenced. Even the President of the United States had his Twitter account … Read more
The SNP’s chief executive is facing more questions about the evidence he gave to a Holyrood inquiry last week. Members of the committee probing how complaints about Alex Salmond were handled say Peter Murrell’s evidence is ‘unravelling’. When he was grilled by MSPs, Mr Murrell, the husband of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, defended the SNP’s … Read more
Disgraced Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay claimed more than £4,400 in expenses for a month after quitting Cabinet for bombarding boy, 16, with 270 texts The MSP quit Nicola Sturgeon’s Cabinet on February 6, the day of the budget It emerged he had bombarded the schoolboy with texts calling him ‘cute’ Figures now reveal he … Read more