SNP members offered two routes to independence – BBC News

Bed blocking is crippling Scotland’s NHS – The Spectator

Sunak looks to ‘strengthen’ relationship with Sturgeon on Scotland trip – STV News

Letters to the press, 12/01/23: “If Nicola Sturgeon thinks her Health Secretary Humza Yousaf is doing a great job, I shudder to think what she considers failure. His record is abysmal. He is out of his depth, so much so that the First Minister did not allow him to speak at the briefing”

Why Nicola Sturgeon will survive to divide Scotland for another year – The Scotsman

Scotland’s largest health board pauses non-urgent procedures – STV News

Almost 4k cancelled trains on Gourock and Wemyss Bay lines – Greenock Telegraph

NHS Scotland crisis: Public believe SNP are running public services poorly, poll suggests – The Scotsman

Could 2023 be Nicola Sturgeon’s last as First Minister? – The Scotsman

Letters to the press, 04/01/23: “Neither Ms Sturgeon nor the SNP is in charge of the country under the existing arrangements. It’s the Greens that are calling the shots these days, whether it’s the moves to restrict cars from cities, the delays improving death-trap roads through the North of Scotland, setting up impractical bottle deposit schemes or the postponement of the abolition of Air Passenger Duty”