Ministry of Defence under pressure on Trident balloon accident
Local people filmed a large balloon meant to provide last-ditch communications in a nuclear war deflating and crashing. But the Ministry of Defence won’t say anything about it.
Politics and power
The Ferret investigates how power structures impact Scotland.
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The FFS Show episode 5: The STV leaders debate
The Scottish party leaders came face-to-face in the second televised leaders’ debate on STV, and in episode 5
Fact check: The STV Scottish party leaders’ debate
The second debate between leaders of Scotland’s main political parties took place just weeks before Scots cast their ballots
Farmers and landowners raising funds to back beaver killing
Farmers and landowners have joined forces to help a Scottish Government agency defend itself for handing out licences to kill
Douglas Ross slammed for ‘two-bit tank rider’ stunt with arms firm linked to Yemen bombings
Scots Tory leader Douglas Ross has been condemned by critics of the arms trade for a “two-bit tank rider”
Claims SNP funding ‘paedophile charter’ lobbying groups are FFS
A blog post alleging that the SNP has channelled public funding to voluntary groups that advocate lowering the age of
‘Sleekit’ increase in Trident nuclear warheads on the Clyde
The UK Government has secretly boosted the number of Trident nuclear warheads stored on the Clyde over the last five
Fact check: the BBC Scottish leaders debate
The leaders of Scotland’s main political parties took part in the first televised debate ahead of the 2021 Scottish
College sell-off deprives west Scotland of rural education, says MSP
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has deprived future generations in the west of Scotland from developing agricultural skills by selling
Teachers could earn less than minimum wage for extra exam work
Some teachers may end up earning less than the minimum wage for extra work around exams, prompting an accusation the
‘Dark money’ fears raised over anti-SNP Facebook adverts run by Unionists
A UK Government advisor and senior figure at the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) has funded adverts for a campaign group
Far right group linked to neo-Nazis applies to register as a political party
A far-right group recruiting in Scotland with links to neo-Nazis has applied to register officially as a political
FFS explains: The Scottish election system
The Scottish Parliamentary election is taking place on 6 May and recent focus has been placed on the unique electoral