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🔴NEW: The Scottish Government changed key parts of the official record of Angus Robertson’s controversial Israel meeting after a backlash, raising questions about government secrecy.

Our latest: https://t.co/D0g3ZEnSjZ

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The full minutes, released after a two-year FOI battle, show Angus Robertson and Daniela Grudsky discussed Israeli technology for NHS Scotland and Israeli tourism.

Read the full minutes here: https://t.co/D0g3ZEnSjZ

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Carole Ewart, of the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland, said the draft minutes opened a “window on the art of minute taking to manage the news”
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🔴NEW: The Scottish Government changed key parts of the official record of Angus Robertson’s controversial Israel meeting after a backlash, raising questions about government secrecy.

Our latest: https://t.co/D0g3ZEnSjZ

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“We tried hospitals, community mental health and addiction services. There were no other doors for us. Where were we meant to go?”
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“These experiences are not isolated incidents but reflect a system under significant strain. For many families, these deaths feel preventable, and we must do more to ensure that people in crisis receive the care and support they need”
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Campaigners claim lives are being lost as a result of the "broken" system
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🔴 NEW: Lives are being lost because people are failing to get mental health support when they most urgently need it, a Ferret investigation has found.

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“Their shameful and constant demonisation of New Scots and racialised communities has contributed to people being targeted, intimidated and abused while empowering the thugs who are doing it” 
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Grant Calder was pictured outside Glasgow Royal Concert Hall holding a “white lives matter” banner at a protest also attended by Patriotic Alternative.

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“There are going to be protests and there’s going to be trouble,” Grant Calder wrote on Facebook, adding that migrants would be “put out of houses and hotels”.

Our latest: https://t.co/3KMhbL3pTj

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What did ministers spend two years trying to keep hidden?

Previously secret minutes show Scottish Government talks with an Israeli diplomat about:

▪️ Israeli tech in NHS Scotland
▪️ Tourism
▪️ Renewable energy
▪️ Future diplomatic visits

Full story 👉 https://t.co/a1wVYCuMih

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🔴 NEW: Russian oligarchs, billionaires, foreign governments, international royalty, and banking giants are among those behind nearly 1,000 offshore entities who are illegally flouting the land control registry.

Our latest: https://t.co/5BiRRFdH9G

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🔴NEW: A senior activist with Reform UK claimed to have prior knowledge that migrants in Northern Ireland would be targeted by rioters who set fire to family homes last week.

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Castles, sporting estates and prime city-centre property worth tens of millions of pounds are among the assets missing from Scotland’s land control register.

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Land and anti-corruption campaigners claimed the register had “failed” and required an overhaul with proper checks and enforcement
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“A failure to introduce a compliance monitoring mechanism completely undermines the credibility and effectiveness of the register,” said Spotlight on Corruption’s James Bolton-Jones
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🔴 NEW: Russian oligarchs, billionaires, foreign governments, international royalty, and banking giants are among those behind nearly 1,000 offshore entities who are illegally flouting the land control registry.

Our latest: https://t.co/5BiRRFdH9G

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After a near two-year FOI battle, The Ferret has forced the Scottish Government to release previously secret minutes from Angus Robertson's meeting with an Israeli diplomat.

Today we're publishing what they show and the documents themselves 👉 https://t.co/a1wVYCuMih

[The Ferret @FerretScot]

What did ministers spend two years trying to keep hidden?

Previously secret minutes show Scottish Government talks with an Israeli diplomat about:

▪️ Israeli tech in NHS Scotland
▪️ Tourism
▪️ Renewable energy
▪️ Future diplomatic visits

Full story 👉 https://t.co/a1wVYCuMih