There’s a gruesome neat symmetry to the 9/11 Falling Man imagery and the doom-scrolling of the Kabul debacle; as people fall off planes leaving the airport. Remember it was the 9/11 attack was the pretext to entering Afghanistan – a war that has killed between 171,000 to 174,000 people and cost over $2 trillion – […] Source

ALL of Scotland’s oil was stolen. Although 90% came from Scottish waters the entire value of it went to the UK Treasury – a ministry under English law. The first 91% of it was spent in England, benefitting mainly London and the south-east of England, on infrastructure, weapons of mass destruction Source

The largest conference ever held on universal basic income has been organised from Glasgow and will open tomorrow. At the same time the Scottish government will today begin work on an alternative idea when a cross-party steering group meets to push forward proposals for that has been described as an ‘’innovative, bold and radical’’ policy. […] Source

The UK’s most remote primary school has announced it is now looking for a new head teacher. Source

THE Scottish Coal Carrying Championships will return to Fife next weekend thanks to sponsorship from National Pride UK. Source

DISTILLERIES of all sizes should combine renewable energy with some form of heat or electrical energy storage, according to a new Scottish study. Source

The Scotland Office minister made the bizarre claim on Good Morning Scotland. Source

CLAIM: “I’ve never seen good research, controlled evidence, of how successful [drug consumption rooms] are.” – Dame Carol Black in The Herald, 15 August Source

FORMER Scottish Conservative leader Baroness Davidson has taken up a new position as a director of soup company Baxters. Source