Last week, the Lord Advocate came under fire for tipping off the First Minister about the charges against Peter Murrell weeks before they were public.
But now, new files reveal she had already told him nine months earlier ⬇️
www.thenational.scot/news/2588250...
Yes it would be perfectly normal to follow up a story by getting more info and publishing that as an exclusive.
What might not be perfectly normal is writing a big thread about not getting credited without crediting where it first appeared
Yeah, tell me about it. We broke this story last September:
www.thenational.scot/news/2550403...
BBC's false equivalence in its reporting on both this and Renee Good's killing was shocking in its callousness and disregard for the facts, instead favouring what the known liars at the WH had to say. I'm surprised they've acknowledged it. Let's hope it does have an impact. Thank you for speaking up
Labour minister claims No 10 'did not know' of Matthew Doyle's links to a paedophile before putting him in the Lords.
But in December, No 10 said they did know, and investigated.
So, who's telling fibs? And will there be any accountability?
Peter Mandelson has tried to gag the press. We will not let him
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Did the US just ignore a Scottish court order and 'abduct two people from Scotland'? Did the UK Government 'knowingly assist' them?
As the US tramples over international law, is it flouting Scotland's as well? ⬇️
www.thenational.scot/news/2580376...
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An SNP by-election win has raised key questions: Is Reform UK's surge in Scotland helping the SNP to victory? Are Labour a 'busted flush'?
Here's what polling expert Mark Diffley had to say ⬇️
www.thenational.scot/news/2579153...
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Douglas Alexander and John Swinney are locked in a row over UK Govt briefings to Scottish ministers (or the lack of them)
At the centre of it all are four letters. Here, we publish all of them in full ⬇️
NEW: Scottish Labour insist they've not paid for bots to boost social engagement, but the experts we spoke to aren't having it. Their verdict 👇
"Something seems a bit off"
"Not particularly organic"
"Co-orindated, inauthentic behaviour"
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
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There has been some seriously odd activity on Anas Sarwar's Instagram in recent weeks. Scottish Labour deny paying for bots to boost his posts. But it seems something is up.
So, we asked some experts ⬇️
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Biggest story today? Oh just the US military flying over our heads to seize a Russian-flagged tanker off the Scottish coast after breaking the Venezuela oil blockade
Full recap of our live reporting 👇
Much political hay has been made of Scottish Labour's theatrical split with Keir Starmer - but absent from reporting is any scrutiny of who's running the party's election campaign🤔
www.thenational.scot/news/2574498...
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Scottish Palestine activists accused of 'terrorism' are being offered £100 fines instead of a trial ...
'It feels like the Scottish criminal justice system is exploring imaginative ways to avoid handing some of us terrorist convictions', one said ⬇️
www.thenational.scot/news/2565626...
🚨A Gaza student is warning he faces losing his scholarship to study in Glasgow without urgent UK Government action.
Ibrahim was one of 40 students left out of Home Office plans to bring people to study in the UK. Why?
Please read his story ⬇️
www.thenational.scot/news/2542399...
🚨 The UK Govt told the BBC it had approved 40 Gaza students to study in the UK before it told any of the students.
The issue? There are 80 waiting for a decision, all now 'desperately' waiting to see if the media reports mean them.
Full story: www.thenational.scot/news/2541763...
🚨Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty has been charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly wearing a T-shirt in support of Palestine Action
www.thenational.scot/news/2541481...
Difficult not to read this as yet more trouble at BrewDog ...
Great exclusive ⬇️
www.thenational.scot/news/2541040...
There is cowardice and then there's this.
As the US attacks international law, the UK remains deathly silent, literally refusing to say even a single word
www.thenational.scot/news/2540828...
NEW: The National is launching a new series highlighting positive stories of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland.
The increasingly hostile political commentary and media coverage is appalling. We have a duty to correct misinformation and stand up for those without a voice
The SNP's accounts are out - and show the party still owes Peter Murrell £60k (though it doubts it will ever repay it).
The notorious £100k motorhome is also impounded and now worth just £40k 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2540755...
EXCLUSIVE: Scottish Labour are in a row with the Society of Editors over a fake newspaper the party is distributing to voters
🗣️ 'It is damaging to democracy and insulting to the electorate who deserve to be communicated with in an open and transparent manner'
Back in April, David Lammy held a secret meeting with Israel's foreign minister in London. Since then, we've been in an Freedom of Information battle with the UK Govt.
On Monday, we got a FOURTH rejection. Here's everything you need to know so far ⬇️
www.thenational.scot/news/2540262...
It also came just hours after we asked COPFS about all of this for a story about people's court dates getting cancelled ... but that's not getting published till tomorrow #buyapaper
