NEW: Reform councillor Audrey Dempsey, who shared a stage with neo-Nazis this weekend in Glasgow, has actually been "advising" a far-right vigilante street patrol group in the city The National can reveal that she has been guiding the group on going to the "next level"

Look who stopped by The National Podcast studio today for a special interview episode! Lara Bird and I discussed how she has managed to piss off the worst people in UK politics, why her accent has caused such a drama, as well as lots of important politics. Not to be missed; out tomorrow 🎧

NEW: The man who had a cone thrown at him during far-right disorder in Glasgow this weekend has spoken to The National about his experience. Muhammad Jawad, 31, was working his delivery job when he was racially abused in the Tradeston area.

🚨 A whole year of The National for just £20! It's a tough industry we're in - billionaires control what folk see on their algorithms, encourage people to stop leaving the platforms, and Google steals our journalism for AI overviews. We need your support to exist

Meanwhile Kaukab is very new to the team! A teacher for nearly 30 years and keen indy supporter for decades, Kaukab was an MSP in the last parliament and served as equalities minister. We are very pleased to welcome her expertise to Team National.

Professor Alison will already be known to National readers for her insightful writing on issues from everything to refugees and immigration to Scottish history and heritage. We welcome her as a regular columnist from Wednesday.

🚨 Big announcement for The National tonight... I'm thrilled to announce that we have two new columnists joining us beginning next week. Please join me in welcoming @kaukabstewart.bsky.social and @alisonphipps.bsky.social

Tomorrow's front page of @scotnational.bsky.social Reform's bid to criminalise election materials in anything but English and Welsh - including Scots and Gaelic - is pure ignorance in any language.

NEW: Reform have responded to backlash after publishing an amendment trying to criminalise Gaelic and Scots on election materials. Despite the amendment stating specifically (twice) that it would apply in Scotland, they say this is an error and blamed an "administrative mess up"

Tomorrow's front page: Career politician drags UK into cynical stunt * we're not picturing the MP in question - to deny him any more of the free advertising he craves

NEW: Stacy Lentz and Kurt Kelly, the owners of The Stonewall Inn (considered the birthplace of the modern gay pride movement) have accused JK Rowling of "doing damage" to the LGBT+ community globally. Story from @emmagraeauthor.bsky.social

NEW: Andy Burnham's Scotsman article pitching to Scottish voters is a "tartanised copy and paste job" of yesterday's statement complete with major errors about Scotland, it has been claimed Let's take a look ...

NEW: Andy Burnham is not even PM yet and he's already U-turning The Labour MP has U-turned on plans to tear up how Scotland is funded after The National's report prompted major backlash He now says he will keep fighting "for the nations and regions"

What a great night at the Scottish Refugee Council Media Awards - fantastic to see so many journalists being recognised for their commitment to accuracy and challenging hateful misinformation. Very proud that The National won best feature and runner up for best news story.

NEW: The Reform candidate in an upcoming Aberdeenshire by-election is under fire for misogynistic social posts, including a meme complaining about women's jaws hurting 2 minutes into oral sex.

NEW: Andy Burnham, likely to be the UK's next prime minister, wants to "tear up" the funding mechanism for the Scottish Parliament, The National can reveal. Burnham wants to bin the Barnett Formula, which he argued is discriminatory towards northern England

🚨Exciting news: Plaid Cymru are joining The National. From tomorrow, various members of the Senedd for the party will be writing a monthly column, designed to share information about Wales's constitutional journey with a Scottish audience.

NEW: A Reform UK activist who campaigns with top party figures joined the racist rioters in Glasgow on Tuesday and has claimed that “Jews" are trying "to dilute our Protestant stock and shatter the Union”, The National can reveal.

We haven't forgotten this - Keir Starmer's government rolling out the red carpet for Israeli president Isaac Herzog. A UN commission said the man incited genocide. Herzog was welcome in the UK under Labour. Meanwhile, streamer Hasan Piker is banned. The optics are dreadful.

🧵Something historic is happening. Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are all governed by parties that want to leave the UK. So, to dig deeper into this new Celtic Alliance phenomenon, The National is heading to Belfast and Cardiff next week!

Our brilliant @laurapollock.bsky.social is launching a newsletter on the Celtic Alliance - the partnership forming between the political parties leading Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - and how it is working together to challenge the Union It's completely free to receive every week

That's me back at work after an amazing week exploring the Highlands - and pleased to say there's still time to pick up our limited post-election offer of 73p for 3 months as we celebrate 73 pro-indy MSPs - the most ever elected!

Thought I wouldn't be posting much on my annual leave but I bring exciting news from the top of Beinn Sgritheall ... A very pleasant surprise at the summit this afternoon after several hours ascending in the hail and strong wind. Travis and I v excited for what comes next! ♥️

That's me wrapping up for my first week-long break in a year, after a v full-on few months of election madness 😴 So proud of the whole team for their efforts over this period - and for producing the best election coverage in Scotland hands down. Now off to the Highlands!

🚨BREAKING: We've run the numbers. Independent Green Voice, a "fascist front" for Holocaust denier Alistair McConnachie, cost the Scottish Greens an MSP

You can celebrate the fact that Scotland just elected its largest ever cohort of pro-independence MSP by getting full access to Scotland's only pro-independence paper for a whole year for £20

Tomorrow's front page This is the main story of these elections. It will only surprise you if you haven't been paying attention. Westminster parties can bury their heads in the sand all they want: The truth is the UK's days are numbered. "A future beyond the constraints of the Union" 🙏

🚨The Results Day live blog is here Your source for all of today's Scottish election news, declarations etc Keep it bookmarked and you can dip in and out throughout the day

🚨As election day draws to a close, I'm reflecting on all the hard work the brilliant @scotnational.bsky.social team has put into this campaign. Fantastic investigative reporting, brilliant analysis, agenda-setting articles and engaging video and podcast content ... I couldn't be more proud

Where are you getting your election coverage from over the next few days? I have a strong argument for it being The National ... Our team has a comprehensive plan to bring you super speedy, in-depth coverage as well as insider information from the counts and expert analysis