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Weekend rewind: The top 10 Scottish politics stories you need to read July 24 2021, 6.00am
Just in time for the weekend, here’s a look at the top 10 political must-reads from the last seven days:
1. John Swinney apologises after being reported to statistics watchdog over ‘fake news’ Covid tweet
Covid recovery secretary John Swinney had to apologise this week after being reported to the UK Statistics Authority over his use of a “fake news” infographic. On Monday morning Mr Swinney tweeted a badly cropped image used in a well-known meme with claims about mask protection. Those figures have been strongly disputed by international fact checking websites. As Derek Healey reports, by Wednesday the Scottish Conservatives had written to the UK’s National Statistician to flag up the problematic graphic and Mr Swinney – who is also deputy first minister – deleted the post from his Twitter account with an apology. Read the full story here.
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LONG READ: Should Scotland introduce directly-elected city mayors like Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan?
Could Scotland introduce directly-elected city mayors like Sadiq Khan, Andy Burnham and Tracy Brabin?
Scotland should introduce directly-elected city mayors to help boost economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and improve transparency and accountability, a leading expert on the constitution has argued.
Adam Tomkins, a professor at Glasgow University and former Conservative MSP, called on Scottish policymakers to look south of the border to the success of leaders in areas such as London, Greater Manchester and the Tees Valley.
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