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.