BBC coverage of the No10 door now commenting on the posture of Larry the cat. This is almost a constitutional tradition now.

Jesse Owens of USA winning gold for the long jump in the summer Olympics in Germany, 1936.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

The man saluting behind Owens is Lutz Long, a German who shared training tips with Owens and was the first to openly congratulate him after his final jump in full view of Hitler.

Excellent paper from reformscotland on how to build a stronger Scottish Parliament

Our own report last year set out similar ideas: a cap on the number of Ministers and a salary for committee conveners.

25 years on from devolution, it's time to act

reformscotland.com/publication/a-…

Breast screening being considered for withdrawal due to cost pressures in the NHS. Shocking yet unsurprising.

Today marks 30 years since the death of The Rt Hon John Smith QC MP, and 10 years since the foundation of the Centre in his name to inspire future generations to dedicate themselves to public services.

#JohnSmithCentreAt10

🗣️ “𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀…” 🤯

Dreams became a reality, #OnThisDay in 2013! 🏆 🖤

#wafc ⚫️🟡

Entire country waking up tomorrow with a cricked neck #NorthernLights

We are thrilled to welcome Eddie Barnes @eddiebarnes23 as our new Director!

We are looking forward to working with you 🙌

johnsmithcentre.com/news/eddie-bar…

Eddie Barnes @eddiebarnes23 has been announced as director of our John Smith Centre

He brings extensive political experience to the role. Eddie succeeds Kezia Dugdale who is now Associate Director Centre for Public Policy

Congratulations and welcome to #TeamUofG !

📰 bit.ly/4bb3kR9

Latest in New Jobs for Bald Guys Week

heraldscotland.com/news/24307517.…

Alba's 1 seat suddenly becomes rather important (SNP+Alba = 64 seats). Maybe we'll get an independence thermometer after all

A motion has been raised in the Scottish Parliament to raise concerns about the devastating impact of reductions to Education in Glasgow schools.

DYW Scotland DYW Glasgow Glasgow City Parents Group (GCPG) MCR Pathways EIS

Good on Gordon Brown for coming out with a multi-billion pound call to tackle Britain’s growing destitution crisis. For all New Labour’s faults, Brown had a genuine moral drive to tackle poverty. Starmer should take notes. theguardian.com/society/2024/m…

Sign the petition!

Very much looking forward to this, and to setting out the ideas Our Scottish Future has put forward to improve parliamentary accountability in Scotland. Come!

eventbrite.co.uk/e/reform-at-ho…

✍️ NEW: The Union needs a new identity, which celebrates and embraces our rich diversity, declares Mark McInnes

ourscottishfuture.org/the-union-need…

'The leader of the future is going to have to be a collaborator. Is that just a jargon word? It absolutely isn’t.'

@vibrant_socks on how public service leadership needs to adapt and join together.

newlocal.org.uk/case-studies/l…

Magical.