Alasdair Clark

No one is coming out of it well

Your Party conference thrown into chaos as Zarah Sultana boycotts first day Sultana skips Saturday’s proceeding in solidarity with delegates expelled over links to other parties

Jeremy Corbyn’s intense paranoia and inability for self-reflection seems destined to destroy anything he’s attached to as a leader. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Dining across the divide: ‘I said Trump’s a bit of a despot and shouldn’t have had a state visit to the UK’ — The Guardian One’s a Keir Starmer believer, the other a reluctant Labour voter. Could this GP and teacher agree on public sector pay rises and Andy Burnham?

The Guardian’s dining across the “divide” this week is two lifelong Labour voters who have a disagreement about whether Trump should have had a state visit. That’s not even trying apple.news/ALPzYEpGpT0-...

Fife shipbuilder forced to 300 Filipinos because they couldn't find enough Scots qualified to take up the well-paid jobs.

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

Thanks, Ian. Hope all is well with you

SNP government told to 'pull finger out' over Rosyth-Europe ferry The campaign to establish a direct passenger and freight line from Fife to France has been tied up in months of "red-tape wrangling".

SNP government told to ‘pull finger out’ over Rosyth-Europe ferry www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK figures linked to fake Kilgraston School asylum hotel rumours A councillor for Nigel Farage's Reform UK shared a petition claiming the former private school would be turned into housing for asylum seekers.

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK figures linked to fake Kilgraston School asylum hotel rumours www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

'Unprepared' funding council chief grilled about Dundee University crisis by politicians Richard Maconachie, the Scottish Funding Council's Dundee University recovery unit director, was unable to provide key details about the interim principal's contract extension.

'Unprepared’ funding council chief grilled about Dundee University crisis by politicians www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

EXCLUSIVE: Perth and Kinross Council leader quits after embezzlement charge Grant Laing will be reported to the Crown for allegations spanning a period of eight years.

EXCLUSIVE: Perth and Kinross Council leader quits after embezzlement charge www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5336...

EXCLUSIVE: Perth and Kinross Council leader quits role after embezzlement charge Grant Laing will be reported to the Crown for allegations spanning a period of eight years.

EXCLUSIVE: Perth and Kinross Council leader quits role after embezzlement charge www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5336...

‘We didn’t take Elon Musk’s bait’: community spirit shines on in Dundee’s Lochee despite billionaire’s comments Musk amplified anti-immigrant misinformation about a local arrest, but the Dundee town is focusing on inclusivity

My colleague @libbybrooks.bsky.social has done a really fantastic job here telling a difficult story about a community left to recover after Tommy Robinson and others whipped up chaos www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Zarah Sultana consults defamation lawyers after spat with Jeremy Corbyn over party funds MP says she faced ‘baseless attacks’ over paid membership portal, which Corbyn told supporters not to use

Jeremy Corbyn seems to be both a bad team player and intensely paranoid. It would be surprising if anything he’s attached to in a leadership role can work www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Not the most insightful paragraph i’ve ever written but I do my best

The thing about Emily Thornberry for deputy leader is she’s the camp choice. And never underestimate how much our politics loves camp.

Thanks Ian

EXCLUSIVE: Dundee University in fresh crisis as government reject plan for more job losses The Scottish Government has blocked restructuring and redundancy plans put forward by Dundee University bosses as the only way to save the institution,.

EXCLUSIVE: Dundee University in fresh crisis as government reject plan for more job losses www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

EXCLUSIVE: Dundee's Maggie Chapman on personal abuse and losing top spot at Holyrood The North East MSP spoke exclusively to The Courier after she lost out in the race to be her party's top candidate - making a return to the Scottish Parliament unlikely.

EXCLUSIVE: Maggie Chapman has hit back at claims she is a “roadblock” to her party’s progress after losing a bruising selection fight. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

Although my mum’s lab has taken to sunbathing until her ears get too hot, dipping her head in water bowl and then resuming position on the garden chair

Aw. I feel so sorry for the dugs when it’s like this.

It’s very good. The prison diary is really harrowing because of how much hope he still obviously had

EXCLUSIVE: SNP education chief holds recovery talks at Dundee University as 600+ job cuts proposed Education secretary Jenny Gilruth met Dundee University chiefs to discuss the proposed recovery plan which includes more than 600 job cuts.

EXCLUSIVE: SNP education chief holds recovery talks at Dundee University as 600+ job cuts proposed www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

EXCLUSIVE: Dundee University recovery plan proposes further job losses It is understood the proposed route to recovery suggests further redundancies beyond the 300 already announced.

EXCLUSIVE: Dundee University recovery plan proposes further job losses www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

ALASDAIR CLARK: Why Sandie Peggie trans row tribunal failed everyone 'The result is a courtroom cadence that feels like a dial-up internet connection.'

ALASDAIR CLARK: Why Sandie Peggie trans row tribunal failed everyone www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/5...

EXCLUSIVE: How two words shaped John Swinney's success with Donald Trump A source close to the first minister insisted he had “done Scotland’s business” with the US president.

EXCLUSIVE: How two words shaped John Swinney’s success with Donald Trump www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

EXCLUSIVE: Fife Labour chief failed to order formal probe into complaints about disgraced councillor David Graham A list of complaints about the councillor's behaviour was passed to council leader David Ross in 2017 but the matter was dealt with informally.

EXCLUSIVE: Fife Labour chief failed to order formal probe into complaints about disgraced councillor David Graham www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

Sandie Peggie grilled on racist posts at NHS Fife trans row tribunal - as next steps confirmed The employment tribunal revealed what would happen next with a decision likely to be months away. Warning: This article contains offensive language.

Sandie Peggie grilled on racist posts at NHS Fife trans row tribunal – as next steps confirmed www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

That’s an idea above my pay grade but it’s a good suggestion.

Jam, Jute and paywalls.

Hi Matthew. Good journalism costs money. It isn’t free to produce. If you don’t want to pay, there are many free alternatives for high quality news. The publication I work for chooses to provide a premium product at a cost