Scotland’s then FM N Sturgeon withdrew from that Edinburgh conference when Bannon was platformed citing she did not want to be part of any process that risked legitimising far right or racist views. Despite this or because of it perhaps,he was given an ‘free speech’ platform by several journalists

Remembering when Scotland’s then FM pulled out of a BBC media conference that belatedly platformed Bannon because she ‘would not be part of a process that risked legitimising far right or racist views. She was criticised but others chose to platform him ( and the rest is history)

Murray Foote ‘No shit Sherlock’ . The point being if Labour MPs do not give a fuck about Holyrood they will not give a fuck about the people of Scotland as witness the behaviour of the SoS and his predecessor

That might explain why a lawyer ( often referenced by various GC groups) who was previously described as a ‘Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange’ was at pains recently to distance himself

This is particularly true when claimant anonymity is at risk. So I am relieved that the Court rejected their application to live tweet. And I think that they had to apologise for their inaccuracies in Court today even when *not* live tweeting should be taken into account by judges in future.