Margo MacDonald may yet get her final wish. The Torygraph suggesting it beyond Holyrood's purview however.

Very little newsworthy today. So here's a lovely photo instead for the 1st of October. Feeling very autumnal across the land now, with russet reds and auburns everywhere you look. Glenfinnan itself has a fascinating history, not just Harry Potter. This was where Bonnie Prince Charlie first raised his banner in 1745 on the mainland of Britain, and there stands a memorial on that spot today still

£1.30 for a pint tinnie of Tennents. Have definitely had Williams' Joker for close to that in the recent past too

A nice little speach from sausage fingers. He plainly loves Scotland as a country, but little of its peoples. Given it has been 25 years, what are its biggest achievements? Answer with a comment, I'll start

Up early as I'm aff oot drinkin later. Any plans tae share?

The real title: Scottish Tories with fewer members than Alba

End fish farming now. Dreadful for all involved

Nothing yet essentially. No news on what they will own or do day to day, are they a bank? Developers? Insurers? Builders? Importers? Architects? Project planners? Grid operators? All of the above? Regulators???

How many jobs? Where in Aberdeen? Who is in charge? How is it incorporated? Wholly owned by HMG? Jointly with the SG? So many question!

Good news in theory for sure, but I'm left with wanting lots more details

Robotic snakes, welcome to the future!

Austerity 2.0 not going well for Kid Starver. Combined with a phenomenal amount of donations and gifts for his whole cabinet, has any incoming government gone down so badly? Holyrood in 2026 a far from done deal you have to be saying today.

And Flynn is absolutely right, these are idealogically driven decisions - not economic. Literally the Tax Payers Alliance and IEA agree with these policies, there's the clue

Yes! In places. Aberdeen is nearly grey free! The strategy seems to be push that line southwards. Tayside and Dundee has to be next, but the map on the page clearly indicates a chance of defending in the borders too. Great Sunday read for us all

Hullo boys and girls, how are we this week?

Fantastic news, 2014 was genuinely great to be in Glasgow. And Glasgow has many venues ready to roll, so the reduction to 10 different disciplines makes lots of sense. I attended a fair bit of the rugby sevens, so hoping to see that again, but swimming, cycling, and athletics are all no brainers for Glasgow to host, as would badminton, indoor bowls, and curling potentially. Exciting times!

Back Doune the Rabbit hole, the first iteration was very highly rated, but I do suspect Scotland has enough wee festivals, and with prices only ever increasing for attendees - will this one be able to break even? Find out next year!

Anyone make it to a festival this year in Scotland?

A literal monorail. I bet the council approves it and then Holyrood has to step in. Surely national parks need differing planning standards, this is madness!

What a fuck up. The man in charge at the time, has now been rewarded with a Labour seat in Edinburgh. Labour: rewarding failure since time immemorial

How are we this week folks? Onybidy wi weekend plans?

Poor Grangemouth, big blow to the area. Leaving Scotland without a refinery forcing us to rely on English production an obvious defenestration to independence ambitions too. Really tragic to see under a Labour government, combined with port Talbot - just what is Starmer doing???

Well done Unite and GMB! Diageo have been extracting profit for decades now, they can pony up for staff

Poor Midge and Oats. Sadly as we add more to the wild, more will die, but it's good to hear that some are doing well all the same

Not just the council. No confidence in the highland health board either

How's it going folks? Anybody else been lied tae by the weatherman?

Whatever happened to the midge burger?