Holyrood Sources
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“I was brought up that you didn't speak ill of the dead. But if you're going to speak ill of the dead, at least make your claims accurate.”
Geoff Aberdein describes claims about Alex Salmond in Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir as:
“Falsehoods at worst, fabrications at best.”
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Geoff Aberdein describes claims about Alex Salmond in Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir as:
“Falsehoods at worst, fabrications at best.”
youtu.be/ghXZOacS4jI
Geoff Aberdein: The "fabrications" and "falsehoods" in Nicola Sturgeon’s Memoir
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August 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
“I was brought up that you didn't speak ill of the dead. But if you're going to speak ill of the dead, at least make your claims accurate.”
Geoff Aberdein describes claims about Alex Salmond in Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir as:
“Falsehoods at worst, fabrications at best.”
youtu.be/ghXZOacS4jI
Geoff Aberdein describes claims about Alex Salmond in Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir as:
“Falsehoods at worst, fabrications at best.”
youtu.be/ghXZOacS4jI
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Fascinating interview with historian and author @jameshawes.bsky.social on @holyroodsources.bsky.social
" #ScottishIndependence is inevitable." 🏴
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" #ScottishIndependence is inevitable." 🏴
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Historian James Hawes: ‘The UK Is Finished – Scottish Independence Is Inevitable’ | Holyrood Sources
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August 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Fascinating interview with historian and author @jameshawes.bsky.social on @holyroodsources.bsky.social
" #ScottishIndependence is inevitable." 🏴
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" #ScottishIndependence is inevitable." 🏴
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhIQ...
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@kateforbes.bsky.social’s news is, in my view, simultaneously bleak news for Scottish politics and government, and good news for Kate and her family.
Our instantaneous reaction, on @holyroodsources.bsky.social , is streaming now.
Geoff Aberdein | @calumam.bsky.social
Our instantaneous reaction, on @holyroodsources.bsky.social , is streaming now.
Geoff Aberdein | @calumam.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
@kateforbes.bsky.social’s news is, in my view, simultaneously bleak news for Scottish politics and government, and good news for Kate and her family.
Our instantaneous reaction, on @holyroodsources.bsky.social , is streaming now.
Geoff Aberdein | @calumam.bsky.social
Our instantaneous reaction, on @holyroodsources.bsky.social , is streaming now.
Geoff Aberdein | @calumam.bsky.social
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Enjoyed hearing First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social and Scottish Labour leader @anassarwar.bsky.social speak at @holyroodsources.bsky.social podcast live tonight in Edinburgh. Calm, long-form interviews like this tend to work well.
June 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Enjoyed hearing First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social and Scottish Labour leader @anassarwar.bsky.social speak at @holyroodsources.bsky.social podcast live tonight in Edinburgh. Calm, long-form interviews like this tend to work well.
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The Reform-focused strategy backfired, but there's no reason to think an indy-focused strategy *when their is no clear route to independence* would work better.
As Geoff Aberdein put it on @holyroodsources.bsky.social, they need to provide more carrot and less stick, focusing on material concerns.
As Geoff Aberdein put it on @holyroodsources.bsky.social, they need to provide more carrot and less stick, focusing on material concerns.
“If he digs his heels in around strategy and doesn’t listen, it will be a very different mood”.
John Swinney faces developing bscklash over Hamilton byelection loss
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John Swinney faces developing bscklash over Hamilton byelection loss
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‘Disastrous’: John Swinney facing SNP backlash after Hamilton byelection loss
Leader hears demands for a clearer vision focused on independence ahead of next year’s Holyrood elections
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Reform-focused strategy backfired, but there's no reason to think an indy-focused strategy *when their is no clear route to independence* would work better.
As Geoff Aberdein put it on @holyroodsources.bsky.social, they need to provide more carrot and less stick, focusing on material concerns.
As Geoff Aberdein put it on @holyroodsources.bsky.social, they need to provide more carrot and less stick, focusing on material concerns.
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This week’s @holyroodsources.bsky.social , with me and my amigos @calumam.bsky.social and Geoff Aberdein , and this week @reformukscotland.bsky.social ‘s Labour 🔴 defector.
Plus, the grand coalition is back…..
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Plus, the grand coalition is back…..
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By-election Aftermath... and Reform UK defector
Podcast Episode · Holyrood Sources · 11/06/2025 · 44m
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June 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This week’s @holyroodsources.bsky.social , with me and my amigos @calumam.bsky.social and Geoff Aberdein , and this week @reformukscotland.bsky.social ‘s Labour 🔴 defector.
Plus, the grand coalition is back…..
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Plus, the grand coalition is back…..
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🚨 Streaming now from Rome @calumam.bsky.social, a park bench (Geoff Aberdein) and a leisure centre (me), immediate reaction to Labour’s remarkable by election win (and how @anassarwar.bsky.social can justifiably bask ☀️)
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Labour WIN Hamilton by-election
Podcast Episode · Holyrood Sources · S4, E27 Bonus · 25m
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June 6, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🚨 Streaming now from Rome @calumam.bsky.social, a park bench (Geoff Aberdein) and a leisure centre (me), immediate reaction to Labour’s remarkable by election win (and how @anassarwar.bsky.social can justifiably bask ☀️)
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Enjoyed a light grilling by the @holyroodsources.bsky.social gang on all things energy - thanks for having me on.
TL:DL - lots going on, lots more to do, incredible opportunities for Scotland.
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TL:DL - lots going on, lots more to do, incredible opportunities for Scotland.
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Can the SNP and Labour work better together on energy?
YouTube video by Holyrood Sources
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May 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Enjoyed a light grilling by the @holyroodsources.bsky.social gang on all things energy - thanks for having me on.
TL:DL - lots going on, lots more to do, incredible opportunities for Scotland.
youtu.be/bloHYy3VBKA?...
TL:DL - lots going on, lots more to do, incredible opportunities for Scotland.
youtu.be/bloHYy3VBKA?...
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A few days in 🏴 for me this past week, where folk are looking beyond next May’s elections to Holyrood. A particularly interesting episode of @holyroodsources.bsky.social I thought!
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Ivan McKee: Reforming the Civil Service
Podcast Episode · Holyrood Sources · S4, E15 Bonus · 41m
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March 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A few days in 🏴 for me this past week, where folk are looking beyond next May’s elections to Holyrood. A particularly interesting episode of @holyroodsources.bsky.social I thought!
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End your week with @holyroodsources.bsky.social , the most-listened-to Scottish political podcast. This week, the Supreme Court gender judgment.
On audio 🎧
And here on YouTube 🖥️ youtu.be/-_OjvLl_HLI?...
@calumam.bsky.social | Geoff Aberdein
On audio 🎧
And here on YouTube 🖥️ youtu.be/-_OjvLl_HLI?...
@calumam.bsky.social | Geoff Aberdein
What is a Woman? Susan Smith from For Women Scotland on the political reaction to the Supreme Court
YouTube video by Holyrood Sources
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April 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
End your week with @holyroodsources.bsky.social , the most-listened-to Scottish political podcast. This week, the Supreme Court gender judgment.
On audio 🎧
And here on YouTube 🖥️ youtu.be/-_OjvLl_HLI?...
@calumam.bsky.social | Geoff Aberdein
On audio 🎧
And here on YouTube 🖥️ youtu.be/-_OjvLl_HLI?...
@calumam.bsky.social | Geoff Aberdein
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From 41mins listen to MSP Liz Smith talking about the Residential Entitlement Bill being voted on 27th March by MSPs @holyroodsources.bsky.social - holyroodsources.com
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March 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
From 41mins listen to MSP Liz Smith talking about the Residential Entitlement Bill being voted on 27th March by MSPs @holyroodsources.bsky.social - holyroodsources.com
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This week’s @holyroodsources.bsky.social , streaming now and on YouTube.
Today:
🟥 Labour & benefits
🟨 The SNP’s candidates
💨 Aberdeen & energy
And in listener questions, one happy customer asks who gave me and Geoff a platform? That would be @calumam.bsky.social …
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Today:
🟥 Labour & benefits
🟨 The SNP’s candidates
💨 Aberdeen & energy
And in listener questions, one happy customer asks who gave me and Geoff a platform? That would be @calumam.bsky.social …
youtu.be/9SGp_Qcn3uk?...
Getting Scotland Working
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March 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This week’s @holyroodsources.bsky.social , streaming now and on YouTube.
Today:
🟥 Labour & benefits
🟨 The SNP’s candidates
💨 Aberdeen & energy
And in listener questions, one happy customer asks who gave me and Geoff a platform? That would be @calumam.bsky.social …
youtu.be/9SGp_Qcn3uk?...
Today:
🟥 Labour & benefits
🟨 The SNP’s candidates
💨 Aberdeen & energy
And in listener questions, one happy customer asks who gave me and Geoff a platform? That would be @calumam.bsky.social …
youtu.be/9SGp_Qcn3uk?...
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🌹 A real pleasure to sit with @anassarwar.bsky.social and Jackie Baillie for a full hour today for a @holyroodsources.bsky.social exclusive, with @calumam.bsky.social and Geoff Aberdein
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February 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🌹 A real pleasure to sit with @anassarwar.bsky.social and Jackie Baillie for a full hour today for a @holyroodsources.bsky.social exclusive, with @calumam.bsky.social and Geoff Aberdein
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This week’s @holyroodsources.bsky.social streaming on audio as normal, or here 👇🏻 on YouTube.
🌹 Labour
👩🏻⚕️ the NHS
📑 the civil service
With me, Geoff Aberdein and @calumam.bsky.social
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🌹 Labour
👩🏻⚕️ the NHS
📑 the civil service
With me, Geoff Aberdein and @calumam.bsky.social
youtu.be/0ZTMovveIew
NHS Crisis, Labour and Change, is the civil service broken? | Q&A
YouTube video by Holyrood Sources
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February 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This week’s @holyroodsources.bsky.social streaming on audio as normal, or here 👇🏻 on YouTube.
🌹 Labour
👩🏻⚕️ the NHS
📑 the civil service
With me, Geoff Aberdein and @calumam.bsky.social
youtu.be/0ZTMovveIew
🌹 Labour
👩🏻⚕️ the NHS
📑 the civil service
With me, Geoff Aberdein and @calumam.bsky.social
youtu.be/0ZTMovveIew
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This from Alan Beattie's piece underscores what @scaramucci.bsky.social said on @holyroodsources.bsky.social podcast recently - essentially that Trump will seek to use the power of the Executive to humiliate anyone, even his own underlings, if they get any sort of positive attention.
February 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This from Alan Beattie's piece underscores what @scaramucci.bsky.social said on @holyroodsources.bsky.social podcast recently - essentially that Trump will seek to use the power of the Executive to humiliate anyone, even his own underlings, if they get any sort of positive attention.
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The full @holyroodsources.bsky.social ep with Anthony @scaramucci.bsky.social in full on YouTube.
🤝🏻 how to deal with Trump & Musk
🍣 🥃 his thoughts on export tariffs
🌍 and his well read and well thought position on America’s role in the world
@calumam.bsky.social
youtu.be/Ga9Nw95QC9Q
🤝🏻 how to deal with Trump & Musk
🍣 🥃 his thoughts on export tariffs
🌍 and his well read and well thought position on America’s role in the world
@calumam.bsky.social
youtu.be/Ga9Nw95QC9Q
Donald Trump will "hurt" First Minister John Swinney - Scaramucci
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January 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The full @holyroodsources.bsky.social ep with Anthony @scaramucci.bsky.social in full on YouTube.
🤝🏻 how to deal with Trump & Musk
🍣 🥃 his thoughts on export tariffs
🌍 and his well read and well thought position on America’s role in the world
@calumam.bsky.social
youtu.be/Ga9Nw95QC9Q
🤝🏻 how to deal with Trump & Musk
🍣 🥃 his thoughts on export tariffs
🌍 and his well read and well thought position on America’s role in the world
@calumam.bsky.social
youtu.be/Ga9Nw95QC9Q
WATCH! Full episodes on YouTube. Available every week, plus bonus videos drop every few days…
Who would form the best coalition government in Scotland?
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Who would form the best coalition government in Scotland?
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Who would form the best coalition government in Scotland?
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January 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
WATCH! Full episodes on YouTube. Available every week, plus bonus videos drop every few days…
Who would form the best coalition government in Scotland?
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Who would form the best coalition government in Scotland?
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Labour voters support an SNP-Lab coalition more than a Lab-Tory one & roughly as supportive of an SNP-Lab coalition as a Lab-LD one.
Most SNP voters would support an SNP-Green coalition & they're far more supportive of that than an SNP-Lab/LD one.
Data via Survation & @holyroodsources.bsky.social
Most SNP voters would support an SNP-Green coalition & they're far more supportive of that than an SNP-Lab/LD one.
Data via Survation & @holyroodsources.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Labour voters support an SNP-Lab coalition more than a Lab-Tory one & roughly as supportive of an SNP-Lab coalition as a Lab-LD one.
Most SNP voters would support an SNP-Green coalition & they're far more supportive of that than an SNP-Lab/LD one.
Data via Survation & @holyroodsources.bsky.social
Most SNP voters would support an SNP-Green coalition & they're far more supportive of that than an SNP-Lab/LD one.
Data via Survation & @holyroodsources.bsky.social
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Early coverage of @holyroodsources.bsky.social WM poll via @alexofbrown.bsky.social @thescotsmanpaper.bsky.social .
When a Westminster government sneezes its Holyrood arm catches a cold.
Holyrood poll, and more, tomorrow and at the weekend. @calumam.bsky.social
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When a Westminster government sneezes its Holyrood arm catches a cold.
Holyrood poll, and more, tomorrow and at the weekend. @calumam.bsky.social
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
John Swinney is 'uniting Scots', says SNP as party extends polling lead over Labour
The poll makes grim reading for Anas Sarwar
www.scotsman.com
January 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Early coverage of @holyroodsources.bsky.social WM poll via @alexofbrown.bsky.social @thescotsmanpaper.bsky.social .
When a Westminster government sneezes its Holyrood arm catches a cold.
Holyrood poll, and more, tomorrow and at the weekend. @calumam.bsky.social
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
When a Westminster government sneezes its Holyrood arm catches a cold.
Holyrood poll, and more, tomorrow and at the weekend. @calumam.bsky.social
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
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🏴📊 New @survation.bsky.social Scotland-only Westminster poll out for @holyroodsources.bsky.social & True North (+/- 1-15 Nov 2024):
SNP: 33% (+2)
Lab: 24% (-4)
RefUK: 15% (+2)
Con: 13% (-2)
LD: 9% (+3)
Others: 5% (-3)
First Reform lead over the Tories in a Survation Scotland poll.
SNP: 33% (+2)
Lab: 24% (-4)
RefUK: 15% (+2)
Con: 13% (-2)
LD: 9% (+3)
Others: 5% (-3)
First Reform lead over the Tories in a Survation Scotland poll.
January 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🏴📊 New @survation.bsky.social Scotland-only Westminster poll out for @holyroodsources.bsky.social & True North (+/- 1-15 Nov 2024):
SNP: 33% (+2)
Lab: 24% (-4)
RefUK: 15% (+2)
Con: 13% (-2)
LD: 9% (+3)
Others: 5% (-3)
First Reform lead over the Tories in a Survation Scotland poll.
SNP: 33% (+2)
Lab: 24% (-4)
RefUK: 15% (+2)
Con: 13% (-2)
LD: 9% (+3)
Others: 5% (-3)
First Reform lead over the Tories in a Survation Scotland poll.
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Insightful interview with the FM and deputy FM on @holyroodsources.bsky.social
#scottishindependence
@https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/holyrood-sources/id1673972192
#scottishindependence
@https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/holyrood-sources/id1673972192
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January 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Insightful interview with the FM and deputy FM on @holyroodsources.bsky.social
#scottishindependence
@https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/holyrood-sources/id1673972192
#scottishindependence
@https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/holyrood-sources/id1673972192
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Speaking to @holyroodsources.bsky.social, @johnswinney.bsky.social stressed that "if there is an acceptance that there is a route by which this can be addressed for Northern Ireland, there has to be an acceptance of a route for Scotland".
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www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
John Swinney: 'Scotland should have Northern Ireland-style trigger for independence referendum'
John Swinney has called for a Norther Irish style trigger point for a border poll to be accepted for Scottish independence.
www.scotsman.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Speaking to @holyroodsources.bsky.social, @johnswinney.bsky.social stressed that "if there is an acceptance that there is a route by which this can be addressed for Northern Ireland, there has to be an acceptance of a route for Scotland".
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
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Kate Forbes has rubbished Anas Sarwar's call for the Scottish Government to begin mitigating the two-child cap by April, telling @holyroodsources.bsky.social it is "not feasible" to set up systems in time. Shona Robison previously said payments could start before 2026 if it was possible to do so.
January 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Kate Forbes has rubbished Anas Sarwar's call for the Scottish Government to begin mitigating the two-child cap by April, telling @holyroodsources.bsky.social it is "not feasible" to set up systems in time. Shona Robison previously said payments could start before 2026 if it was possible to do so.
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Fascinating @holyroodsources.bsky.social episode (1hr25min) – recommend watching it on YouTube, good long-form depth of questions, with great facial expressions in parts 👇
A joint interview with the First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social and Deputy FM Kate Forbes. #ScotPol
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A joint interview with the First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social and Deputy FM Kate Forbes. #ScotPol
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EXCLUSIVE John Swinney & Kate Forbes on Donald Trump, Independence, Election 2026, Elon Musk
YouTube video by Holyrood Sources
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January 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Fascinating @holyroodsources.bsky.social episode (1hr25min) – recommend watching it on YouTube, good long-form depth of questions, with great facial expressions in parts 👇
A joint interview with the First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social and Deputy FM Kate Forbes. #ScotPol
youtu.be/hfoPx6sCDoI?...
A joint interview with the First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social and Deputy FM Kate Forbes. #ScotPol
youtu.be/hfoPx6sCDoI?...