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🧵Every year The National does a series investigating Scotland's lost energy wealth - reporting on the McCrone Report, the resources exploited by Westminster, and looking at the Norwegian wealth fund to show how Scotland's immense capital was frittered away
‘We'd have a British sovereign wealth fund now that will be worth probably a trillion pounds’
Chancellor @JohnHealey_MP suggests what Britain could have gained if it had set up an energy wealth fund like Norway’s back in the 1980s
#Peston
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Websites around the world – including in Scotland – remain offline after a 'critical security issue' was found in a programming language used by most websites thenational.scot/news/266592…
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BREAKING: The UK Government has reportedly rejected John Swinney's plea for a new North Sea energy wealth fund to be ringfenced for the north east of Scotland
The fund was announced as the Jackdaw gas field, off the coast of Aberdeen, was approved by ministers
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Read here: thenational.scot/news/266592…
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Military in Israel have detained around 80 US, Israeli and UK volunteers helping Palestinians harvest olives, with some released and others remaining in custody thenational.scot/news/266590…
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John Swinney has demanded the UK Government’s new North Sea Energy Wealth Fund be ringfenced for the north east of Scotland after the Jackdaw gas field was approved thenational.scot/news/266574…
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A region in Scotland has been named one of the world’s best destinations to visit for 2027 by National Geographic 👀 thenational.scot/news/266537…
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Tomorrow's front page 📰
Labour accused of 'climate vandalism' after approving Jackdaw gas field
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The latest episode of Media Watch is live 🚨
Host Lucy Jackson is joined by political reporter Adonis Storr to discuss major developments including BBC Scotland moving to iPlayer and and media accountability 👇 piped.video/watch?v=m5cFZl…
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Scottish comedian Daniel Sloss has issued an apology after failing to call out fellow comedian Vittorio Angelone, who has been criticised for making a rape 'joke'
You can see his full statement here 👇 thenational.scot/news/266590…
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NEW: The BBC has been accused of showing it 'doesn’t give a toss about Scotland' after incorrectly plotting Aberdeen on a map during coverage of the Jackdaw gas field
🗣️ 'It’s hard to imagine London being dumped in the middle of Cornwall'
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The BBC have been 'very compliant to Israel, reporting their arguments even where it’s screamingly obvious, even to viewers, that what's happening in Gaza is an international scandal,' a BBC insider has said
Adonis Storr has the exclusive interview ✍️
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Sinn Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill have been interviewed by police officers investigating their participation in an allegedly unlawful protest in Portadown last month 👇 thenational.scot/news/266589…
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'Every single penny needs to be invested directly in renewables in Scotland'
SNP MSP Jack Middleton says the Jackdaw gas field can't just be about making money for the UK Government
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@ScotNational Watch The National Podcast on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts piped.video/watch?v=tjV18c6m…
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