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Just as John Swinney was setting out his programme for the future, the former first minister popped up to drag him back to a past he has tried to bury | ✍️ Alex Massie thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

I'm repeatedly told that the planning system isn't a barrier to housebuilding—but poor decisions are only part of the story. What about applications that don't get that far due to onerous requirements & unnecessary bureaucracy? This is a validation list for a 20-home development.

Coventry is doing something that many thought impossible: building a tram line in Britain quickly and cheaply. Read David Milner of Create Steets on how they've done it and what we can learn from it. capx.co/coventrys-tram…

By jove, he's got it!

Years ago, Slate Star Codex suggested including an obviously silly dummy question - he suggested "Do you believe Barack Obama is a hippopotamus?" - on surveys, to get a sense of how many people are trolling or randomly ticking boxes. I love that Pew has done basically that

The BBC should fire him. Enough.

It hasn’t rained for a month which means it is time, once again, for ‘Scotland’, by Alastair Reid.

John Swinney making the best of a bad hand re ferries at FMQs. Nevertheless, the fact remains that the system is bust. No availability on the Islay service Tuesday-Friday next week, for example.

This is a dreadful idea. I’m not naive, I know it’ll be seen as a Westminster village story and nobody will care, but it actually does matter. This proposal will do none of the things being claimed. If anything, it will make the problem worse. The notion that “call lists” will

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It’s stuff like this that risks fostering the impression that some of Leadbetter’s supporters - not necessarily Kinnock himself - are pretty close to being in the recruitment business for accelerated dying.

i don't agree with bullying, but i do agree with *checks notes* stabbing people

No need to go abroad.

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: JK Rowling, ranked 168 on The Sunday Times Rich List, opens up about her childhood, life on benefits and her commitment to philanthropy thetimes.com/sunday-times-r…

SNP policy is to impoverish us. Luckily no one takes them seriously thetimes.com/article/092e23…

One of Philip K Dick’s discarded book titles

Column: Gerry Adams tries yet again to rewrite history thetimes.com/article/2ecfaa…

A LOT going on here. thetimes.com/article/f44925…