Aug 2, 2020

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A round up of the most popular news stories this week.


	We cannot allow the SNP to rewrite history of the Covid pandemic in Scotland – Brian Wilson

	Mistakes can be forgiven but not attempts to misrepresent the truth about the Scottish Government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, writes Brian Wilson

Dame Barbara Windsor moved to care home as dementia advances

Heartbroken husband of former EastEnders star says his wife’s condition has worsened during lockdown

Labour MP Rosie Duffield embroiled in transphobia row after cervical cancer tweet

MP locks her Twitter account following outcry

The next Scottish Conservative leader must move fast with the UK’s future at stake – John McLellan

Ruth Davidson, Douglas Ross and Michael Gove look set to spearhead the Scottish Tories’ campaign ahead of the 2021 Holyrood election, writes John McLellan

Ruth Davidson says she’s ‘proud and excited’ to call Douglas Ross her new boss

Ex-Scots Tory leader keen to see Ross take up top post

Edinburgh Festival: City still puts on a show – Janet Christie

No fireworks but the views are banging @JanetChristie's Mum's the Word

Mirror, mirror on the wall, when will party leaders dare ask themselves if they are up to the job? – Brian Wilson

There’s less shame in recognising you don’t have what it takes to be a leader, than carrying on, pretending that you do, writes Brian Wilson.

Rupert Murdoch’s son James quits News Corp over editorial ‘disagreements’

James Murdoch resigns from board of media empire with immediate effect

Writing on the wall for Scottish Tories despite Ruth’s return – Chris Green

The suggestion that Ruth Davidson will return to the front line of Scottish politics as interim Conservative leader has sent a ripple of excitement through the beleaguered party.



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