No evidence of viral Richard Tice quote on Reform's plans for Scotland
A quote attributed to Reform UK's Richard Tice has gone viral in recent weeks.
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How is climate change impacting Scotland?
Climate change is often spoken of as a future threat to humanity. But Earth’s climate has already been warmed
Claim that climate change is caused by natural cycles not human activity is False
One of the most enduring claims about climate change looks at global warming cycles. A widely repeated suggestion by climate
Scottish Government urged to reject boycott ban bill
Human rights groups, unions and environmentalists have urged Scottish ministers to reject a UK Government bill which bans public bodies
FFS explains: Drug decriminalisation policies
The Scottish Government last week called on the UK to allow it to decriminalise drug possession. In a reform paper,
Scotland’s Far Right: A timeline
Ahead of Spain’s general election next week and the prospect of a far right party entering a coalition government,
UK regulator failed to publish sea pollution report because expert retired
A UK government regulator has failed to publish a key survey of oil and chemical spills in British seas for
Former Thatcher aide behind campaign to prevent ban on electric shock collars for dogs
A former assistant to Margaret Thatcher has been running an alleged astroturf campaign lobbying governments to prevent a ban on
Abrdn’s shares in polluters caused millions of tonnes of climate emissions
An Edinburgh financial giant’s investments in 20 firms indirectly caused nearly five million tonnes of climate pollution in 2022
For Fact’s Sake podcast: Why is the far-right spreading disinformation about French unrest?
Images and videos of the unrest in France have dominated international news in recent weeks. But many of the claims
Alarm at Shetland spaceport climate pollution
Plans to launch rockets into space from the north of Shetland are facing allegations they could increase climate pollution by
Spycops infiltration of Scots anti-nuclear groups unjustified, says inquiry
Undercover operations by so-called spycops to infiltrate Scottish anti-nuclear groups were not justified, an independent inquiry has concluded. Retired judge
New freedom of information tsar under fire on FoI abuse claim
Scotland’s newly-appointed freedom of information (FoI) commissioner has run into criticism because he previously accused the media of FoI