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It is astonishing that Amnesty International has chosen to brand organisations defending women’s rights and supporting female survivors of sexual violence as ‘anti-rights’.

Instead of reining in Scotland's out-of-control benefits bill, Swinney and his new finance secretary Jenny Gilruth are clearly intent on raising tax even further on people and business to fund their endless profligacy.

John Swinney was clearly ignoring the warnings from business leaders and economists that continually hiking taxes kills growth.

This is a deeply worrying sign for hard-pressed Scots, who are already being clobbered by sky-high SNP taxes.

When it comes to crucial tax policy the SNP have had enough of experts.

I really struggled to find the words to say following Miss Widdecombe’s death.

I don’t understand how someone could do something so horrific to an elderly person. It was a nasty, horrific attack and my heart is breaking for her family.

This would help to gather data on absences so that targeted interventions can be made to support young people re-engage.

SNP ministers refuse to take responsibility for tackling persistent absences among pupils.

Too many kids and families are being let down by an education system that doesn’t work for them.

Scotland’s education system was one the envy of the world – but under the SNP, it has been allowed to decline.

Those who are absent from school are most vulnerable in our communities.

I’d also like to see Highland Council working more with families and communities to address absences.

The Scottish Government needs to do more to tackle the harms that have persisted following the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly around social isolation.

It is very concerning that the Highlands have some of the highest absence rates in the country.

Earlier detection of bowel cancer is strongly associated with improved outcomes, and I would welcome a review by the UK NSC to determine whether the evidence would support extending bowel screening to younger age groups in order to improve…

We have already committed that, if the UK NSC does not agree to a review, we will establish a pilot in Scotland to trial bowel cancer screening in younger people.

Your voice is your power, so go out and use your voice, but do not turn to fists.