Just seen @HumzaYousaf with a massive smile on his face

He said not to read anything into that

🤔 Kate Forbes is here with her baby, Naomi

She said she was feeling “fine”

Think there’s been a lot of nervous anticipation in all three campaigns because they have found it “impossible” to gauge how SNP members have been voting

“You don’t have to be a great supporter of the monarchy … to have huge respect for the Queen”

FM ⁦@NicolaSturgeon⁩ says everyone in the UK owes a “deep debt of gratitude” to HM for 70 years of service #jubilee 👑 ⁦@RoyalFamily⁩ Nicola Sturgeon’s power-sharing partners @scottishgreens refused to take part in jubilee tributes at Holyrood on Wednesday

FM said it was right in a democracy that people were able to express "very strong republican sentiment and support" if they wished bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

Balancing the books?

This graph seems to sum up @_KateForbes approach to avoiding a funding gap

Protect and grow spending on priorities like NHS and social security, while flatlining cash available to other areas (equivalent to a cut) until near the end of this Holyrood term Here’s what that means for local government for instance - no new money until 2026/27

“It will be for the @scotgov to fund Scottish pensions”

@NicolaSturgeon says SNP position on state pension after independence not changed since 2014

But she says pensions would be part of initial negotiation with UK over assets and liabilities FM was responding after SNP’s Westminster leader @Ianblackford_MP told @ITVBorderRB the UK government would have an “obligation” to pay pensioners in an independent Scotland who had contributed to UK national insurance over many years

I interrupt the eating of chocolate and watching of movies to bring you some fishing news 🐟 #Brexit

Here is page 909 of the UK-EU trade deal granting “full access” to each others waters until 30 June 2026 Continued access is subject to changes in quota shares over time

For instance, the EU fleet’s 47% share of the North Sea cod catch in 2021, reduces to 43% by 2026

“We have finally found an agreement” - @vonderleyen EU commission President says deal is “fair and balanced”, Downing St says “everything that the British public was promised during the 2016 referendum and in the general election last year is delivered by this deal”

FM @NicolaSturgeon confirms easing of 5 mile leisure travel restriction from tomorrow

But on a precautionary basis that limit will continue in Annan, Gretna, Dumfries, Lockerbie and Canonbie while contact tracing carried out in connection with cross-border outbreak Social distancing rule changes

▪️2m rule continues in general
▪️phase 3 exemptions for hospitality, retail and transport
▪️mitigations will be required eg improved ventilation, screens, customer flows, collection of customer details

New: Scottish government repeatedly raised concerns about living conditions for asylum seekers in Glasgow during pandemic

Communites secretary @ClydesdAileen Campbell wrote three times to @ukhomeoffice about circumstances of those in hotel accommodation In a letter to @CPhilpOfficial on 8 May, the communities secretary questioned the lack of financial allowances, phone credit and access to digital technology for those in hotel accommodation

Joint news conference on #Brexit underway in London

⁦@NicolaSturgeon⁩ ⁦@MarkDrakeford⁩ NS: we do not consent to EU withdrawal bill

Hard to imagine a #Brexit deal more damaging to Scotland

Backs general election as route to another EU referendum

Amazed the power a 1988 bombing has to bring people together thirty years on. Thread. 1/25 The story behind this picture is quite something. But let me fill in some of the background first. 2/25