The Holyrood Establishment don't seem to get it - do they? If you come here illegally you should be deported, not given priority for housing or allowed to work.

This graph is why Reform has no confidence in the SNPs hopeless Drugs Minister. I'll never stop fighting for working-class Scots dying at the hands of SNP policy.

Reform would slash regulation, speed-up planning and cut tax to unleash Scotland's potential 🏡

Glasgow is lawless - enough is enough. glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasg…

You say that drugs minister Maree Todd has failed, and yet you wouldn’t back a vote of no confidence in her yesterday. Talk is cheap.

And there it is. Not one other party will back the motion sufficiently to allow a vote of no confidence in Scotland’s Drugs Minister to reach the chamber. They don't have to like Reform. They don't have to endorse Reform. They don't even have to vote for no confidence. But after 1,133 drug deaths, an 11% increase in a single year, apparently they cannot bring themselves even to facilitate the parliamentary process because of who lodged the motion. STV News Only days ago @michaeljmarra said that “just because we do not agree on everything does not mean that we cannot agree on anything.” @RussellFindlay1 has previously said: “We can forget party allegiances sometimes and work for the common good.” This was the opportunity to demonstrate exactly that. If they believe Maree Todd retains their confidence, then debate the case and vote accordingly. Instead, the motion dies before that argument can even take place. And that is what depresses me most. The dead did not have party memberships. There were 1,133 reasons to put tribalism aside today. Apparently none of them was enough.

Maree Todd looks likely to be saved due to Tory and Labour MSPs. Let that sink in. Reform said we have "no confidence" in her after an 11% increase in drug deaths - the oppositions response is they do. It really speaks volumes. Shame on them.

In his Members’ Business today, Thomas Kerr MSP will lead a debate on the findings of the independent inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes. 📑 Full motion: ow.ly/UWCq50ZQu8V 📺 Watch live from 5pm: ow.ly/zMB050ZQu8R

Maree Todd has failed working-class Scots. She must be held responsible. People are dying due to SNP failure.

Shameless Swinney has wrecked Scotland - and his record is coming home to roost at #FMQs. He's a national disgrace.

People who defended our country should be given MORE support than the strangers invading our country.

Over 1,200 illegal migrants crossed the Channel since Monday. Multiple boats even arrived undetected. It's insane! Labour have totally lost control of our borders. Reform will put the Royal Navy in the Channel and return every illegal to France.

The SNP's Kate Campbell having a woeful appearance on #bbcdn. Her "understanding" of education attainment is pure misinformation and Scotland's young people deserve better.

Scotland’s drug death crisis cannot be ignored. Behind every statistic is a life lost, a family devastated and a community left asking how this was allowed to continue. The numbers demand answers. Scotland deserves better.

We don’t want condolences. We want action.

I’m fed up listening to politicians, academics and commentators tell us how “heartbroken” they are about Scotland’s drug deaths. Because if you’re truly heartbroken, you don’t just talk about it - you act. The figures released today are not just statistics: they’re lives. They are families ripped apart. They are empty chairs at kitchen tables, unanswered phone calls, funerals, grief and trauma that never simply goes away. And as the son of addiction, I cannot put into words the anger I feel watching this happen year after year while governments debate, politicians make statements and commentators endlessly claw at the problem. What we haven’t seen is the urgency that this crisis demands. While they lecture us, communities like mine are being devastated. And let’s be absolutely clear about something: behind every single figure is a human being. That's a son or daughter, a mother or father, a brother or sister and a friend. Someone who was loved - and someone whose death leaves people behind who will carry that loss for the rest of their lives. So spare us the carefully crafted statements and the obligatory expressions of sorrow. Spare us another round of politicians telling us how “heartbroken” they are. If you are truly heartbroken, how about doing something about it. Declare a national emergency. Treat these deaths with the urgency they deserve. Because while politicians talk, commentators debate and academics produce yet another analysis of a crisis we already know is spiralling beyond our control, working-class people are paying with their lives. Enough is enough - it's time for action.

Reform won't play John Swinney's game.

Headed back to my office to get on with the day job! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

Good to pledge my support to @poppyscotland in the Scottish Parliament this morning. If you can spare an hour or so to help the poppy appeal, sign up here: poppyscotland.org.uk/get-inv…

Let's burst John Swinney’s "mandate" bluff. Today, the SNP will claim they have a mandate for another independence referendum. They don’t. In May, they recorded their lowest vote share since 2007 and actually lost ground in the number of MSPs they hold. That’s not a blank cheque from the Scottish people. It’s an election result that demands much more honest reading. Because politics is ultimately about choices. And when it comes to the SNP, the choice seems to be the same time and time again: more division, more constitutional wrangling and more attempts to rewrite the political reality, rather than focusing on delivery and the issues that matter to people every day. Don't let them gaslight us. Scotland deserves better than another round of constitutional politics dressed up as a mandate. The SNP should stop pretending voters gave them a mandate, they didn’t.

Why is Britain so popular as a destination for bogus 'asylum seekers'? Because Tory and Labour governments roll out the red carpet and never show anyone the door. Let's walk through the pros and cons facing a would-be foreign fraudster: Almost immediately on breaking into Britain, you're rewarded with free food and housing, perhaps even in a luxury hotel. In Portsmouth you're treated to a police escort. You apply for asylum, activist lawyers at your side. You have a 38% chance of being approved on the first decision, and a 64% chance of overturning a rejection on appeal. After that? You're on a glide path to Indefinite Leave to Remain in Britain. You pay no application fee. You do not have to prove you can speak English. You do not have to demonstrate any knowledge of British culture. You can even apply while claiming welfare. But let's say, somehow, you manage to fail these stages. That you're so hopeless you can't even sell your sob story to the woke maniacs in the Civil Service. Only 5% of asylum seekers are ever deported anyway. What’s more, nearly 1,000 failed asylum seekers with CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS are living here in taxpayer funded accommodation. Reform will turn this sick equation on its head. We will deploy the Royal Navy to the Channel, deport EVERYONE who broke into this country, no matter their asylum status, and crack down on companies employing illegals with fines and prison sentences. We will make Britain the toughest country IN THE WORLD to be an illegal migrant. Until there is not a single one left in Britain.