Chris Marshall
@chrismarshll.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Holyrood magazine, Edinburgh. Writing about Scottish politics mostly || Journalism here: https://medium.com/@chrismarshall_ https://substack.com/@holyroodchris
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Happy worst month of the year to all those who observe
February 1, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Happy worst month of the year to all those who observe
Information Commissioner launches investigation into Grok's use of personal data to produce sexualised images ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Information Commissioner launches investigation into Grok's use of personal data to produce sexualised images ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...
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Information Commissioner launches formal investigation in X / Grok over use of people's personal data to create sexual images of children without consent. (The government will continue to post through it, no doubt.)
February 3, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Information Commissioner launches formal investigation in X / Grok over use of people's personal data to create sexual images of children without consent. (The government will continue to post through it, no doubt.)
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New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent
Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
The chatbot still produces sexualized images —
even when told the subjects don’t consent.
even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.
even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.
www.reuters.com/business/des...
Paris prosecutor raids X's offices while simultaneously announcing it will no longer post on the platform www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor
The Paris prosecutor says its cyber-crime unit is conducting a search of X's offices.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Paris prosecutor raids X's offices while simultaneously announcing it will no longer post on the platform www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
SNP's Stephen Flynn has reported Mandelson to the police over his links with Epstein.
“There is no question that Lord Mandelson's actions were shameful and unethical – the only question is the extent to which his actions breached the ministerial code and the law." www.holyrood.com/news/view,sn...
“There is no question that Lord Mandelson's actions were shameful and unethical – the only question is the extent to which his actions breached the ministerial code and the law." www.holyrood.com/news/view,sn...
SNP report Peter Mandelson to police
The party has asked the police to investigate whether there is sufficient evidence of criminality in his long-standing r...
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February 2, 2026 at 4:38 PM
SNP's Stephen Flynn has reported Mandelson to the police over his links with Epstein.
“There is no question that Lord Mandelson's actions were shameful and unethical – the only question is the extent to which his actions breached the ministerial code and the law." www.holyrood.com/news/view,sn...
“There is no question that Lord Mandelson's actions were shameful and unethical – the only question is the extent to which his actions breached the ministerial code and the law." www.holyrood.com/news/view,sn...
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer believes Peter Mandelson should be stripped of his peerage due to his links to the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
Keir Starmer Wants Peter Mandelson To Be Stripped Of His Peerage
Prime Minister Keir Starmer believes Peter Mandelson should be stripped of his peerage due to his links to the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Ep...
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February 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Prime Minister Keir Starmer believes Peter Mandelson should be stripped of his peerage due to his links to the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
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I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show
Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
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I'm late to this but what on earth were Question Time doing putting Konstantin Kisin on the show? These are not serious people. They're controversialists-for-cash. The whole business model is to say increasingly outrageous things for the coverage and clicks. Next week: Lucy White.
January 30, 2026 at 10:21 AM
I'm late to this but what on earth were Question Time doing putting Konstantin Kisin on the show? These are not serious people. They're controversialists-for-cash. The whole business model is to say increasingly outrageous things for the coverage and clicks. Next week: Lucy White.
This makes very grim reading for Anas Sarwar and Scottish Labour
YouGov's first voting intention poll for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election shows clear leads for the SNP, with Reform UK now in second place
Constituency vote
SNP: 34% (-14 from 2021 election)
Ref: 20% (New)
Lab: 15% (-7)
Con: 10% (-12)
LD: 10% (+3)
Grn: 9% (+8)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Constituency vote
SNP: 34% (-14 from 2021 election)
Ref: 20% (New)
Lab: 15% (-7)
Con: 10% (-12)
LD: 10% (+3)
Grn: 9% (+8)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This makes very grim reading for Anas Sarwar and Scottish Labour
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde felt “political pressure” to open the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital despite concerns about patient safety, a minute of a Scottish Government meeting says www.holyrood.com/news/view,po...
‘Political pressure’ pushed Glasgow hospital to open to early, minutes say
First minister accused of putting “politics before patient safety”
www.holyrood.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde felt “political pressure” to open the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital despite concerns about patient safety, a minute of a Scottish Government meeting says www.holyrood.com/news/view,po...
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Labour's @anassarwar.bsky.social has Scottish Government meeting notes which he says show that political pressure was applied to open the Queen Elizabeth too soon. He asks the FM why political pressure was applied.
"Or would he rather answer in the presence of his lawyer?" #FMQs
"Or would he rather answer in the presence of his lawyer?" #FMQs
January 29, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Labour's @anassarwar.bsky.social has Scottish Government meeting notes which he says show that political pressure was applied to open the Queen Elizabeth too soon. He asks the FM why political pressure was applied.
"Or would he rather answer in the presence of his lawyer?" #FMQs
"Or would he rather answer in the presence of his lawyer?" #FMQs
Matt Goodwin is the most extreme Reform candidate yet. How Labour and the Greens react will define them www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Matt Goodwin is the most extreme Reform candidate yet. How Labour and the Greens react will define them | Zoe Williams
The former academic’s candidacy in the Gorton and Denton byelection shows the hard right has evolved. To stop it the left must change too, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Matt Goodwin is the most extreme Reform candidate yet. How Labour and the Greens react will define them www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tell me again how this BBC editorialising is just my cognitive bias... This isn't a quote from anywhere. It's just the BBC's description of this disgraced, divisive politician.
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Tell me again how this BBC editorialising is just my cognitive bias... This isn't a quote from anywhere. It's just the BBC's description of this disgraced, divisive politician.
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I don't track the disorderly retreat of Britain's universities any more, because (a) it's impossible to keep up, (b) there's no point. But this is a good example: Aberdeen has lost 12% of staff and it's still got a chunky deficit. www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6943...
Exclusive: Aberdeen University sheds more than 440 permanent staff over two years in cost-cutting drive
Trade union officials say there has been a “lack of meaningful engagement" over future job losses as strike action remains on the table.
www.pressandjournal.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:35 AM
I don't track the disorderly retreat of Britain's universities any more, because (a) it's impossible to keep up, (b) there's no point. But this is a good example: Aberdeen has lost 12% of staff and it's still got a chunky deficit. www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6943...
The scandal surrounding Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital gets raised at PMQs.
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy: "It's a scandal - one of the worst failures in modern Scottish public life.
"The SNP government must acknowledge the grave failures at Queen Elizabeth hospital." #PMQs
"The SNP government must acknowledge the grave failures at Queen Elizabeth hospital." #PMQs
January 28, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The scandal surrounding Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital gets raised at PMQs.
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📸 PICTURED: Trump hangs picture of himself with Putin in White House
Trump hangs picture of himself with Putin in White House
Trump hangs picture of himself with Putin in White House
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January 28, 2026 at 11:17 AM
📸 PICTURED: Trump hangs picture of himself with Putin in White House
Neil Young offers Greenlanders free access to his archives and calls for Amazon boycott www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Neil Young offers Greenland free access to his catalogue
Young says he hopes the offer will
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January 28, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Neil Young offers Greenlanders free access to his archives and calls for Amazon boycott www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Philip Glass has pulled the premiere of his new symphony based on Abraham Lincoln from the Kennedy Center saying the institution’s “values” are no longer aligned with the message of the piece.
Phililp Glass Cancels 'Lincoln' Symphony Premiere at Kennedy Center
Phililp Glass canceled the Kennedy Center premiere of his new symphony, inspired by Abraham Lincoln, in protest of Donald Trump's takeover.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Philip Glass has pulled the premiere of his new symphony based on Abraham Lincoln from the Kennedy Center saying the institution’s “values” are no longer aligned with the message of the piece.
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NEW: I asked @deaconbluemusic.bsky.social what they thought of Reform UK's Scotland leader Malcolm Offord quoting their greatest hit, Dignity
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Deacon Blue ‘appalled’ by Reform UK’s Scottish leader quoting their song lyrics
Exclusive: Band hit out at party’s ‘poisonous rhetoric’ after Malcolm Offord makes reference to Dignity during speech
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:10 AM
NEW: I asked @deaconbluemusic.bsky.social what they thought of Reform UK's Scotland leader Malcolm Offord quoting their greatest hit, Dignity
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I had to check if this was real...
What in the name of Scotch fuck?
What in the name of Scotch fuck?
January 26, 2026 at 9:28 AM
I had to check if this was real...
What in the name of Scotch fuck?
What in the name of Scotch fuck?
Not a single ticket sold for 28 screenings - makes you proud of the British public
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Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’
Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Not a single ticket sold for 28 screenings - makes you proud of the British public
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Nigel Farage increasingly looks to be running a retirement home for clapped-out Tories, writes @chrismarshll.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...
The rise of Robert Jenrick is a sign Britain may indeed be broken
Nigel Farage, who increasingly looks to be running a retirement home for clapped-out Tories, must be wondering whether h...
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January 26, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Nigel Farage increasingly looks to be running a retirement home for clapped-out Tories, writes @chrismarshll.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...
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My latest column is on the Glasgow hospital deaths scandal — and the rotten Scottish state that tried to cover it up.
STEPHEN DAISLEY: The SNP couldn't give Milly Main's mum the truth
The baby box is a rare thing about which I have no strong feelings. Some rave about it, others seem offended by the concept.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:23 AM
My latest column is on the Glasgow hospital deaths scandal — and the rotten Scottish state that tried to cover it up.
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France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
January 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.