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Scottish SNP government announces popular AI data centre moratorium

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:7 July 2026
Post last modified:7 July 2026

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has announced plans to support a pause on all new AI data centre developments, the National has revealed. The move comes after many months of community protests against proposed sites across the country. There has been both grassroots and political pushback, including from several MSPs from various parties. The SNP-run government of Scotland will join calls from the Scottish Greens to support a moratorium on AI data centre developments. The moratorium will be accepted following a vote by the SNP’s National Council, a key decision-making body in the party’s organisation. The two parties hold a clear…

SNP ‘breaching Israel boycott vote’ over bank bond plans

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:7 July 2026
Post last modified:7 July 2026

The SNP is breaching a historic Holyrood vote for an Israel boycott, amid preparations to issue new government bonds. The government is also accused of allowing “secrecy” around a government agency, Scottish Enterprise, which “refused to publish key information” on preventing genocide in Gaza. The Zionist occupation entity continues murdering Lebanese, Iranian and especially Palestinian civilians en-masse, largely unchecked by Western governments. Scotland’s government was among few to have taken meaningful steps in line with the global Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement’s urgent call. The SNP-run Scottish government confirmed nine banks chosen to support a £1.5 billion issuance of bonds. Expected…

Plaid Cymru, SNP mark 10 years of Brexit with pro-EU messages

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:23 June 2026
Post last modified:24 June 2026

Welsh sovereigntist party Plaid Cymru has marked 10 years since Britain voted to leave the European Union with an urge to strengthen ties between the British island and the European continent. Now the nation’s governing party for the first time in its Senedd history, Plaid Cymru staked its pro-EU leanings on the significant anniversary of the fateful 23 June 2016 Brexit vote. Plaid Cymru’s official account posted on X: 10 years since Brexit – but what was it all for? The video features a number of Plaid Cymru politicians speaking about the broken promises of Brexit: 10 years on Brexit hasn’t…

SNP ex-chief Peter Murrell sentenced to five years for embezzlement

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:23 June 2026
Post last modified:23 June 2026

The Scottish National Party (SNP)’s former chief executive Peter Murrell has finally been sentenced for his conviction of embezzlement. The SNP bigwig was handed a five-year custodial sentence, or prison time, for the crime to which he pleaded guilty. Murrell is the estranged husband of SNP ex-party leader and former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon. He accepted responsibility for embezzling £400,000 of SNP party funds for personal purchases over 12 years. The 61-year-old had doctored invoices and falsified SNP accounting records to cover up how he was misusing party funds. He embezzled money to buy luxuries (like a £3500 silver wine…