Video of rats scurrying from Glasgow bins being emptied sparks GMB call for action – Glasgow Live

Letters to the press, 01/6/22: “Ian Blackford is in Cuba for a holiday. However, if he wanted to see a nation with crumbling infrastructure and an inflated public sector ruled by a single party with disastrously socialistic policies led by a long-serving leader who has mismanaged the economy, he could have stayed in Scotland.”

Letters to the press, 24/05/22: “We’re missing the point on Nicola Sturgeon’s retraction from her “Closing the attainment gap” aim. She has realised that being poorly educated and thoughtless is a major attribute to fortifying the numbers of her followers. So perhaps her next promise will be to close all private schools, so increasing the chances to achieve a zero attainment gap at a mediocre level, providing more fodder for the Indyref2 machine”

After Scottish Water pumps raw sewage into rivers 10,000 times in a year, SNP hands out fat-cat bonuses – Edinburgh Evening News

Nicola Sturgeon meets with Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill in Edinburgh – STV News

There is now no date for closing Scotland’s attainment gap, says Education Secretary – iNews

What Scotland can learn from Irish independence: it won’t control interest rates and inequality will widen – The Conversation

Letters to the press, 20/05/22: When former principal teacher of social subjects Jenny Gilruth became transport minister in January she said it was an opportunity to “help Scotland become a world leader in achieving our goal to become net-zero by 2045″. I’m not sure if she was meaning carbon emissions or ScotRail journeys.”