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Jacob Freedland retweeted
Pretty sure this is as a result of the axing of Good Morning Scotland. The replacement is in no way the sort of serious news programme our democracy needs. Despite the quality of the presenters. I’ve pretty much 💯 migrated to the Today programme.
BBC Radio Scotland suffers steep drop in listener numbers: heraldscotland.com/news/2667…
Jacob Freedland retweeted
This is a model for economic policy broadcasting.
How many other ministers/journalists are on top of their brief to do this?
'The minister has very bravely offered to go through some of the charts from the budget'
@dantomlinsonmp joins @EdConwaySky at the screen to talk through the numbers behind today's announcement
trib.al/WOFfeba
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602
Jacob Freedland retweeted
STORY
SNP's Hannah Mary Goodlad 'sold out' Shetland's voters over energy control pledge
Rising star promised to give islands a 'seat at the table' by giving them local power over energy projects
But her govt has confirmed they have 'no plans' to make idea a reality😳
Jacob Freedland retweeted
BREAKING
The OBR says the tax raid on landlords - increasing property income tax rates by another 2% - will:
1) Make it less likely that people become landlords, ‘reducing long term rental supply’ and leading to a ‘steady long-term rise in rents’
2) See landlords simply pass on costs to tenants, increasing rents
STORY
SNP's Hannah Mary Goodlad 'sold out' Shetland's voters over energy control pledge
Rising star promised to give islands a 'seat at the table' by giving them local power over energy projects
But her govt has confirmed they have 'no plans' to make idea a reality😳
EXC
Scottish legal aid bosses don't know how many migrants get legal aid
...because they don't ask for claimant's immigration status when making a grant
Means there's no way of tracking how much public money asylum seekers &others are getting
Same situ in England & Wales
Jacob Freedland retweeted
Some irritation at FM being asked about a reserved issue. Worth pointing out that the SG, last month, called for energy powers to be devolved to Holyrood, so it’s reasonable to expect John Swinney holds a view
Other reserved issues: whisky duty, foreign affairs, independence
NEW
Students are being given instructions on how to exclude Zionists from university societies by describing Zionism as racism in their constitutions
Inspired by the Green Party, a pro-Palestine student group at Glasgow Uni gave freshers leaflets which said:
Jacob Freedland retweeted
Good scoop by the world's best student newspaper, @VarsityUK - James Orr has been getting a grad student to deliver some of his Cambridge lectures: varsity.co.uk/news/32175
Always thought that being *both* a don and a political operative looked a bit unsustainable
Jacob Freedland retweeted
On a packed train with my family. Couple across the aisle both alternatively playing social media videos on speakers at full volume. Managed not to say anything until the woman started playing a documentary about serial killers. I'm here with my daughter.
I politely said "please could you turn it down it's not appropriate." To which she replied "I'm sure she's heard worse at school." I said that really wasn't her call to make and in general could she please reduce the volume.
Her response "Its a public train for heavens sake".
For me that's exactly why it is anti social (and what headphones were invented for). I'm wondering which one of us is out of kilter on this?
Ps I should note she did thankfully reduce the volume and we all left it there.
Jacob Freedland retweeted
This story confirms a deep fear of mine. That out of a mixture of carelessness, incompetence, indifference and denial the Home Office is rubber stamping terrorists, that would like to kill people like me and my family, access to the country. This should provoke a real reckoning.
EXCLUSIVE: The former bodyguard of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of Hamas, was given asylum and citizenship in the UK — then “plotted” huge foiled terror attack targeting Jews in Europe last year
Mr X had legal anonymity for 100 years: Sunday Times quashed this
thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl…
Jacob Freedland retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: The former bodyguard of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of Hamas, was given asylum and citizenship in the UK — then “plotted” huge foiled terror attack targeting Jews in Europe last year
Mr X had legal anonymity for 100 years: Sunday Times quashed this
thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl…
Jacob Freedland retweeted
If you want to understand why it’s so hard to pause the AI race, the best place to start is Prozac
My latest for @skynews:
Reform leader kicking off FMQs with our story last week
teapaw.org/JacobAD82/status/20929…
Jacob Freedland retweeted
Homeless people in Edinburgh who have effectively had their asylum claim approved have been moved to the top of the waiting list for social housing under a policy instituted in April 2025
🔗: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08…
