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2026-09-15 · Daily Mail

GRAHAM GRANT: The recklessness of this summit will only embolden tyrants like Putin who long for the break-up of Britain

🔮 This is the politics of assertion: say something loudly and often enough, even if it’s patently false, and you will somehow turn it into cold, hard reality. assertive

2026-09-17 · Daily Mail

Fierce criticism as it emerges rapist cop was PROMOTED after sex attack allegations

🔮 The case sparked fierce criticism of Police Scotland over vetting standards following the earlier case of rapist police officer Alan Greer, who took his own life in May. assertive

2026-09-17 · Daily Mail

Fierce criticism as it emerges rapist cop was PROMOTED after attack allegations

🔮 The case sparked fierce criticism of Police Scotland over vetting standards following the earlier case of rapist police officer Alan Greer, who took his own life in May. assertive

2026-09-18 · Daily Mail

Rapist policeman in line to keep his full pension AND his £150,000 payout

🔮 A rapist police officer who retired after his arrest may keep his full pension including a £150,000 lump sum despite committing a string of sex crimes, the Mail can reveal. mixed

2026-09-28 · Daily Mail

Graham Grant: Swinney's public sector reform plans look like a jobs merry-go-round with fat cat bosses set for another bumper payday

🔮 John Swinney’s ham-fisted carve-up of the NHS and councils could prove to be a golden ticket for a legion of fat cat bosses. mixed

2026-09-29 · Daily Mail

Changes to law chief role to be considered following a row over Peter Murrell

🔮 Scotland's top law officer could be stripped of her status as a legal adviser to the SNP government following the ‘corruption’ row over former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell. assertive

2026-09-30 · Daily Mail

Disgraced Murrell now facing £30k legal bill as aid is halted over pension and foreign villa

🔮 The Mail understands SLAB bosses will now look to claw back the cash it has paid out to counsel for Murrell. assertive

2026-10-02 · Daily Mail

Still making your mind up about university? Now you can study Eurovision!

🔮 Applications for the online course, which starts in January, are open now but students will have to pay £465 to the cash-strapped institution, which is running a deficit of £4.9million. assertive

2026-10-02 · Daily Mail

Scottish Tories accuse SNP of surrendering to criminals as prosecutors are warned: Our jails are too full

🔮 Now critics say the ramping up of so-called ‘direct measures’ to divert criminals from prisons means more dangerous offenders will be free to walk the streets. assertive

2026-10-03 · Daily Mail

Could Barlinnie Prison stay open amid prison overcrowding crisis?

🔮 Scotland's most notorious prison could be kept open, even though a replacement is being built at a cost of nearly £1billion. assertive

2026-10-05 · Daily Mail

GRAHAM GRANT: Kemi is right to question the competence of those governing in Holyrood ... and kickstart a REAL debate on the need for devolution

🔮 In her fascinating new pamphlet The Right Way, which sets out her prospectus for how Britain would be run under a future Conservative government, Mrs Badenoch tackles the issue head-on. assertive

2026-10-06 · Daily Mail

BBC switch-off grows as 50,000 Scots stop paying the licence fee

🔮 The figures come ahead of a shake-up set to be announced soon which could see major cuts to save money including the possible axeing of the controversial BBC Scotland channel. assertive

2026-10-06 · Daily Mail

Revealed: Seven in ten allegations against suspended police officers involve domestic abuse, sex crimes or stalking

🔮 Separately, Police Scotland continues to investigate the alleged offending of PC Alan Greer, who died in May after his arrest in connection with allegations of sexual violence. assertive

2026-10-07 · Daily Mail

From Gallifrey to Glasgow...is Doctor Who about to find a new home?

🔮 Scotland could become the new home of Doctor Who after STV Studios launched a bid to take over production of the iconic BBC sci-fi series. assertive

2026-10-08 · Daily Mail

Watchdog will probe police response to violent crime

🔮 A review by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) will look at policing of violent offending. assertive

2026-10-09 · Daily Mail

Tragedy of the torture victim left to die in tower fall after 999 blunder

🔮 Sheriff Principal Andrew Miller, who led the Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI), found that four reasonable precautions could have been taken that might have avoided the tragedy. assertive

2026-10-09 · Daily Mail

Why was he freed to kill Stacey? Mother-of-three stabbed to death by abusive ex in jealous rage

🔮 Ms Cross told the court: ‘He was in regular contact with her, making clear to her that he would always be around, and would be able to find her. assertive

2026-10-19 · Daily Mail

The SNP's anti-car culture sees drivers as a problem to be solved...not citizens who deserve to be served

🔮 The charge came from Sandy Easdale, boss of McGill’s Buses, as he lashed out at Nationalist plans to bring bus services under public control by 2031. Jenny Gilruth, John Swinney’s deputy, said the SNP government was ‘protecting’ the public, who had faced a series of route closures in recent years. Yet many of the taxpayers who will bankroll these changes, possibly to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds a year, will never be able to use the buses. assertive

2026-10-20 · Daily Mail

GRAHAM GRANT: BBC Scotland - the end of a misbegotten experiment which began life as a political fudge and quickly became a white elephant

🔮 It was hailed as a crucible of innovative new programming which would ‘resonate with audiences across Scotland’. assertive

2026-10-23 · Daily Mail

SNP refuses to reveal the advice it was given before refusing Murrell inquiry

🔮 Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell was jailed for embezzling cash from the party The SNP have used Freedom of Information exemptions to withhold information about the investigation into Mr Murrell ‘Peter Murrell abused his position at the heart of the SNP, and the public will not accept a cover-up or a cosy stitch-up by the party that allowed this scandal to happen. ‘Only a full public inquiry can get to the bottom of this rotten affair and expose who knew what, and when.’ assertive

2026-10-23 · Daily Mail

We've no mummy issues say British Museum amid woke backlash at remains removal

🔮 Bosses at the British Museum have said they will keep their mummies on display amid a growing ‘woke’ row over the removal of human remains from Kelvingrove. assertive

2026-10-25 · Daily Mail

EXCLUSIVE: The thin blue line could get even thinner. Police chiefs warn force faces 'devastating' cuts without extra funding

🔮 It said officer numbers could plummet to the lowest level for more than 20 years unless the force is given sufficient cash in Finance Secretary Jenny Gilruth’s Budget in December. assertive

2026-10-30 · Daily Mail

John Healey refuses to guarantee he will meet defence spending targets as Streeting insists he 'trusts' embattled Chancellor

🔮 John Healey's defence spending promises faced fresh doubt tonight after he refused to give a guarantee that he would meet them. assertive

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