If all you have is to blame Westminster, then it’s time to step aside – Holyrood Magazine

Special Scottish cabinet meeting to discuss £1bn budget black hole – BBC News

Cosla warns of bankruptcy ‘risk’ in funding plea ahead of Scottish Budget – STV News

Holyrood is a sub-national layer of a devolved administration, an executive branch of the UK Government, not the national government of a sovereign country

Salmond unveils Alba Party’s plans for referendum Bill at Holyrood – STV News

Nicola Sturgeon accused of ‘hijacking devolution’ as she ‘pretended to be PM of independent country’ – GB News

Salmond vows ‘day of reckoning’ as he sues Scottish government for £3m over harassment claims – The Independent

Reasons to be cheerful – the hard evidence shows conclusively that there is no appetite ANYWHERE in the UK for breaking up the Union – Stephen Bailey

The gulf between what the SNP says and does is increasingly obvious – Holyrood Magazine