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Politics and Education Correspondent | @thetimesscot | Enemy Of The [Dishonest] People | mark.mclaughlin@thetimes.co.uk | Formerly @AFP and @PA | DMs open
Sep 15, 2022 12 tweets 11 min read
Today the @timesscotland confirms teachers' concerns that education reform is being steered by the bosses at @sqanews and @EducationScot that failed them

Here's a thread on my 3 month slog to obtain the Education Reform Board membership

STORY HERE:
thetimes.co.uk/article/failed…

🧵 Let's go back to the @OECD Report

It warned reform is being stymied because a small cabal of government officials rotate around the top jobs

"If the same people are constantly involved where do new ideas come from?"

Sound familiar?

thetimes.co.uk/article/nicola…

THREAD
Aug 9, 2022 9 tweets 6 min read
Today I took a look at @theSNP's secret Scotland today

As well as seeking over 200 confidentiality clauses from disgruntled staff, Scottish ministers make contractors sign "adverse publicity" contracts banning firms from embarrassing them

A LONG THREAD

thetimes.co.uk/article/millio… You see, we don't really know where taxpayers' money goes because Scottish ministers sign contracts with offshore firms and ban them from speaking out.

Check out SCOT ROADS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED which did the M8-M74 link

thetimes.co.uk/article/millio…
Jul 27, 2019 6 tweets 8 min read
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So it turns out Alister Jack tells Scotland one thing and his business friends another.

He became @ScotSecofState this week, but he’s also the director and main shareholder of Cantco Limited, and insurance underwriter for @LloydsofLondon

THREAD

thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotla… @ScotSecofState @LloydsofLondon The @ScotSecofState tells Scotland that Brexit will make the UK "better off, and less exposed to risk".

But Alister Jack's accounts say Brexit carries "various risk factors" which "could lead to financial loss"

thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotla…