Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
The first minister has been criticised online for staying with Mandelson on a trip to the US last year. We looked at the truth behind the claims.
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FFS explains: How well is Scotland doing on reducing climate emissions?
Scotland’s approach to tackling climate change has come under criticism in recent years. A key target to reduce greenhouse
Claim Scottish abortion law bans praying silently in your own home is False
So-called ‘buffer zones’ around abortion clinics in Scotland came into force legally in September, with the aim of stopping those
Anti-war protests: a year in pictures
In October 2023, pro-Palestinian and anti-war protests began to take place in Edinburgh and Glasgow, in response to Israel’s
Far right community councillor condemned for comments about black Britons
An Angus community councillor and member of the far right Homeland Party has been accused of “abhorrent racism” for arguing
‘Sickening’: Grangemouth owners set for £6m closure windfall
The owners of the Grangemouth oil refinery are set to earn a multimillion pound windfall when the plant closes next
Far right European politicians join Homeland UK conference
A far right party in the UK hosted controversial European political parties including one designated as “extremist” and whose regional
Billionaire family linked to trade unionist blacklisting scandal are Tory donors
A billionaire family once headed by a key player in an operation which blacklisted trade unionists and others from employment
Photo essay: Glasgow’s anti-immigration protest
Last Saturday in Glasgow, far right activists were among an estimated 350 protestors who descended on George Square for an
Scottish Government refuses to release minutes of ‘secretive’ Israel meeting
The Scottish Government has refused to release minutes of Angus Robertson’s ‘secretive’ meeting with an Israeli diplomat, prompting accusations
Claim Scottish child payment already lifted more than 100,000 kids out of poverty is False
The Scottish Government has announced its policy plans for 2024-25, with first minister John Swinney saying the eradication of child
From Moscow to Glasgow: Twenty years of tracking far right hate
It was 2009 when I met the far right activist Tommy Robinson. After several weeks of negotiations, Robinson, whose real
Far right figure who posed with weapons is Scots party activist
A member of a white supremacist fight club who posed with weapons and performed the Nazi salute is an activist