Chris Marshall
@chrismarshll.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Holyrood magazine, Edinburgh. Writing about Scottish politics mostly || Journalism here: https://medium.com/@chrismarshall_ https://substack.com/@holyroodchris
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They really don't want to share any interior shots but when they do, you just know that unspeakable acts have been committed within... www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale on Rightmove
3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale in 75 Camden Mews, Camden, London, NW1 9BY, NW1 for £925,000. Marketed by Auction House London, Hampstead
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November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
They really don't want to share any interior shots but when they do, you just know that unspeakable acts have been committed within... www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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A good, detailed and informative article on where Scotland's men stand with respect to prostate cancer diagnosis and care. I'm surprised to learn that it's almost common in men as breast cancer is in women.
'The prostate cancer support groups are filled with men who tried to get a test and couldn’t'
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
'The prostate cancer support groups are filled with men who tried to get a test and couldn’t'
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagno...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A good, detailed and informative article on where Scotland's men stand with respect to prostate cancer diagnosis and care. I'm surprised to learn that it's almost common in men as breast cancer is in women.
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'The prostate cancer support groups are filled with men who tried to get a test and couldn’t'
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
'The prostate cancer support groups are filled with men who tried to get a test and couldn’t'
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagno...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
'The prostate cancer support groups are filled with men who tried to get a test and couldn’t'
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Fox among the tombstones #Edinburgh
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Fox among the tombstones #Edinburgh
Scotland's victory the other night was joyous and all about the fans, in complete contrast to those determined to crush football's soul www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Uefa orders Scotland fans to remove celebration videos from X
European football's governing body claimed clips of fans cheering Scotland's World Cup qualification in front of TV screens breached copyright.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Scotland's victory the other night was joyous and all about the fans, in complete contrast to those determined to crush football's soul www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"It’s batshit crazy. The party has turned into a 1970s tribute act that nobody wants to see"
Alex Salmond started Alba to advance Scottish independence. A year after his death & with an election ahead, the party is struggling to move on www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Alex Salmond started Alba to advance Scottish independence. A year after his death & with an election ahead, the party is struggling to move on www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Hard Partying: Alba's difficult year
A year after Alex Salmond's death, the Scottish independence vehicle is struggling to move on
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November 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
"It’s batshit crazy. The party has turned into a 1970s tribute act that nobody wants to see"
Alex Salmond started Alba to advance Scottish independence. A year after his death & with an election ahead, the party is struggling to move on www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Alex Salmond started Alba to advance Scottish independence. A year after his death & with an election ahead, the party is struggling to move on www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
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I've written extensively for @holyroodmag.bsky.social about the failures and gaps at Grangemouth, and the wider transition. Much of this also applies to Mossmorran.
Latest here & in most recent mag: www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Latest here & in most recent mag: www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Grangemouth: 'We could still clutch victory.... but you need to hurry up'
The failure to ensure a just transition at Grangemouth has caused alarm. But not all hope is lost
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November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I've written extensively for @holyroodmag.bsky.social about the failures and gaps at Grangemouth, and the wider transition. Much of this also applies to Mossmorran.
Latest here & in most recent mag: www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Latest here & in most recent mag: www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Suede, Stereolab and Pulp among the best albums of 1993, sorry 2025
November 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Suede, Stereolab and Pulp among the best albums of 1993, sorry 2025
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I hadn't been watching the football and then I turned on the football to watch Denmark be handed a penalty and scored, so I genuinely thought I had cursed the nation. So I turned it back off.
What I'm saying is, you're welcome.
What I'm saying is, you're welcome.
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I hadn't been watching the football and then I turned on the football to watch Denmark be handed a penalty and scored, so I genuinely thought I had cursed the nation. So I turned it back off.
What I'm saying is, you're welcome.
What I'm saying is, you're welcome.
The enshittification of local news
This has become the normal ‘local news website’ reading experience.
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The enshittification of local news
Waterstones asked to "reconsider" opening in Leith beside independent bookshop www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Waterstones asked to "reconsider" opening in Leith beside independent bookshop www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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"It’s batshit crazy. The party has turned into a 1970s tribute act that nobody wants to see."
A year after Alex Salmond's death, the Alba Party is struggling to move on www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
A year after Alex Salmond's death, the Alba Party is struggling to move on www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Hard Partying: Alba's difficult year
A year after Alex Salmond's death, the Scottish independence vehicle is struggling to move on
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November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"It’s batshit crazy. The party has turned into a 1970s tribute act that nobody wants to see."
A year after Alex Salmond's death, the Alba Party is struggling to move on www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
A year after Alex Salmond's death, the Alba Party is struggling to move on www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
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In his first major interview since defecting, Graham Simpson told me that while his relationships with most MSPs had not changed, one Tory MSP was “not even looking at me, let alone talking to me”.
Russell Findlay was asked about that comment today.
Russell Findlay was asked about that comment today.
Russell Findlay has accused former Conservative MSP Graham Simpson of committing an “act of treachery” for defecting to Reform UK. www.holyrood.com/news/view,to...
Tory leader accuses Reform defector of ‘act of treachery’
Russell Findlay said Graham Simpson was “clearly is a bit of a reformed snowflake”
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November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In his first major interview since defecting, Graham Simpson told me that while his relationships with most MSPs had not changed, one Tory MSP was “not even looking at me, let alone talking to me”.
Russell Findlay was asked about that comment today.
Russell Findlay was asked about that comment today.
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Great to see that the White House and the Daily Mail are as excited by the upcoming publication of my BBC Reith Lectures as I am!
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Great to see that the White House and the Daily Mail are as excited by the upcoming publication of my BBC Reith Lectures as I am!
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"The SNP’s election pitch seems to be yes, we have a record of failure, but we are the least bad option. And for many voters that might just be enough," writes @chrismarshll.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...
After nearly two decades in power, the SNP has embraced 'project fear'
The party which once decried ‘project fear’ during the independence referendum is now employing the same tactic to maint...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"The SNP’s election pitch seems to be yes, we have a record of failure, but we are the least bad option. And for many voters that might just be enough," writes @chrismarshll.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...
Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot falsely claims Trump won the 2020 US presidential election www.holyrood.com/news/view,el...
Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot falsely claims Trump won the 2020 US presidential election
Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI company, has claimed that Donald Trump won the 2020 US presidential elect...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot falsely claims Trump won the 2020 US presidential election www.holyrood.com/news/view,el...
Great piece by @ruaraidh0.bsky.social on the plan to ban greyhound racing in Scotland www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Going to the dogs: Is Scotland's greyhound racing ban the end for a working class sport?
With the Scottish Government now in support of proposed legislation to ban greyhound racing, is it the final nail in the...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Great piece by @ruaraidh0.bsky.social on the plan to ban greyhound racing in Scotland www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
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A tram lights up the gloom during the biting early winter of 1947. Amazingly, it's only 2.30pm on this November day as the freezing smog takes hold. Glasgow would endure frequent pea-soupers prior to the Clean Air Act of 1956.
📷 Newsquest
#Glasgow
📷 Newsquest
#Glasgow
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A tram lights up the gloom during the biting early winter of 1947. Amazingly, it's only 2.30pm on this November day as the freezing smog takes hold. Glasgow would endure frequent pea-soupers prior to the Clean Air Act of 1956.
📷 Newsquest
#Glasgow
📷 Newsquest
#Glasgow
Anas Sarwar says ‘deeply unhelpful’ leadership briefings in Westminster must stop www.holyrood.com/news/view,an...
Anas Sarwar says ‘deeply unhelpful’ leadership briefings must stop
He did not answer a question about whether he would rather have Keir Starmer or Wes Streeting by his side next May
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November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Anas Sarwar says ‘deeply unhelpful’ leadership briefings in Westminster must stop www.holyrood.com/news/view,an...
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NEW: Anas Sarwar has said he "absolutely" has confidence in Keir Starmer, and describes briefings against him and other ministers as "deeply unhelpful".
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
NEW: Anas Sarwar has said he "absolutely" has confidence in Keir Starmer, and describes briefings against him and other ministers as "deeply unhelpful".
The BBC is under political attack. The broadcaster is far from perfect, but in a world of lies and misinformation, we need to protect it from those who seek to do it harm. www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Breaking the news: Despite its obvious faults, we need to protect the BBC
Mired in crisis once again over its editorial decisions, the BBC’s political opponents are circling
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November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The BBC is under political attack. The broadcaster is far from perfect, but in a world of lies and misinformation, we need to protect it from those who seek to do it harm. www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: "President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC.
"Will [the Prime Minister] guarantee that President Trump will not get a single penny from British licence fee payers?" #PMQs
"Will [the Prime Minister] guarantee that President Trump will not get a single penny from British licence fee payers?" #PMQs
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: "President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC.
"Will [the Prime Minister] guarantee that President Trump will not get a single penny from British licence fee payers?" #PMQs
"Will [the Prime Minister] guarantee that President Trump will not get a single penny from British licence fee payers?" #PMQs
The MP whose tweets are the most boosted by the Twitter algorithm (according to this excellent investigation) just used PMQs to call for the return of the death penalty. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
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November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The MP whose tweets are the most boosted by the Twitter algorithm (according to this excellent investigation) just used PMQs to call for the return of the death penalty. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...