Joe Fagan: “We weren't at that point.”

It wasn't a good look for him to stop being a Glasgow MSP and head to Westminster's upper chamber.

Too often, councils are asked to make impossible choices, but power is pulled upwards. If we're to rebuild trust, we should start from the places where people actually experience politics.

Scotland should be leading the energy transition, but that will happen only if we keep skilled workers in employment, support them into the jobs of the future and ensure that the wealth created here benefits communities here.

It’s time to reach out beyond the Holyrood bubble and shake up Scottish politics.