Libby Brooks
@libbybrooks.bsky.social
Guardian Scotland correspondent
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insta: @libbyjbrooks
extracurricular: books, hills, standing stones, gingerbread, Labradors
contact: [email protected]
insta: @libbyjbrooks
extracurricular: books, hills, standing stones, gingerbread, Labradors
John Swinney is the first of three party leaders speaking to supporters this morning as Scottish politics gets set for Holyrood elections in May, which will be a measure of how successful Reform has been in building support in Scotland and a likely test of Kier Starmer’s leadership
January 5, 2026 at 10:22 AM
John Swinney is the first of three party leaders speaking to supporters this morning as Scottish politics gets set for Holyrood elections in May, which will be a measure of how successful Reform has been in building support in Scotland and a likely test of Kier Starmer’s leadership
Sandie Peggie’s lawyer confirms she will be appealing the “highly problematic” tribunal decision - Peggie herself says “I won’t be giving up the fight anytime soon”
December 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sandie Peggie’s lawyer confirms she will be appealing the “highly problematic” tribunal decision - Peggie herself says “I won’t be giving up the fight anytime soon”
Storm Bram = wet dog
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Storm Bram = wet dog
SNP leader John Swinney launching ‘It’s Scotland’s energy’ campaign - after screening a new film contrasting how Norway & UK managed their oil wealth, he says only voting for independence in next May’s Holyrood elections will ensure the country benefits from renewable energy resources
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
SNP leader John Swinney launching ‘It’s Scotland’s energy’ campaign - after screening a new film contrasting how Norway & UK managed their oil wealth, he says only voting for independence in next May’s Holyrood elections will ensure the country benefits from renewable energy resources
I’m at the Cladhan Hotel, Falkirk ahead of the Reform UK rally happening nearby later. Anti-immigrant protesters are already gathering - one group of women say the mood in the town is ‘sadder and angrier’ since a hotel resident appeared in court on sexual assault charges earlier this week
December 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I’m at the Cladhan Hotel, Falkirk ahead of the Reform UK rally happening nearby later. Anti-immigrant protesters are already gathering - one group of women say the mood in the town is ‘sadder and angrier’ since a hotel resident appeared in court on sexual assault charges earlier this week
This story landed just as I had completed my own - far less complicated - bunnet project
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This story landed just as I had completed my own - far less complicated - bunnet project
Panel of MSPs questioned by young people at the Just Transition Summit in Edinburgh this afternoon: how do you challenge misinformation about energy transition?
October 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Panel of MSPs questioned by young people at the Just Transition Summit in Edinburgh this afternoon: how do you challenge misinformation about energy transition?
FM John Swinney speaking at @ipprscotland.bsky.social 10th anniversary conference in Edinburgh: argues that after a pattern of undermining devolution by Westminster “our parliament is not strong enough to protect us from a UK government led by Nigel Farage”
October 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
FM John Swinney speaking at @ipprscotland.bsky.social 10th anniversary conference in Edinburgh: argues that after a pattern of undermining devolution by Westminster “our parliament is not strong enough to protect us from a UK government led by Nigel Farage”
Family of Sheku Bayoh respond to resignation of Lord Bracadale, chair of inquiry into his death in custody - they describe the pressure put on the chair by police and crown as “final act of sabotage”
October 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Family of Sheku Bayoh respond to resignation of Lord Bracadale, chair of inquiry into his death in custody - they describe the pressure put on the chair by police and crown as “final act of sabotage”
Delighted to take part in @jrf-uk.bsky.social @savethechildren.org fringe at #SNP25 on how third sector, politicians & media need to tell a different story about child poverty as far right narratives and misinformation capture public attention
October 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Delighted to take part in @jrf-uk.bsky.social @savethechildren.org fringe at #SNP25 on how third sector, politicians & media need to tell a different story about child poverty as far right narratives and misinformation capture public attention
SNP delegates assembling in Aberdeen for the key debate of conference: winning independence. Will they support the leadership’s motion or a rebel amendment?
October 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
SNP delegates assembling in Aberdeen for the key debate of conference: winning independence. Will they support the leadership’s motion or a rebel amendment?
Beyond the hot takes and hatchet jobs: I returned to Lochee a month after Musk and Robinson spread misinformation about the Dundee district
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September 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Beyond the hot takes and hatchet jobs: I returned to Lochee a month after Musk and Robinson spread misinformation about the Dundee district
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Meanwhile the flag sellers are coining it
September 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Meanwhile the flag sellers are coining it
Tense scenes in Glasgow city centre right now as hundreds of anti immigration protesters gather at the top of Buchanan Street, with counter protesters from trade unions and other anti racist groups massing further down the precinct
September 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Tense scenes in Glasgow city centre right now as hundreds of anti immigration protesters gather at the top of Buchanan Street, with counter protesters from trade unions and other anti racist groups massing further down the precinct
Anti immigration and anti racist demonstrators gathered outside an asylum hotel in Falkirk this afternoon
September 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Anti immigration and anti racist demonstrators gathered outside an asylum hotel in Falkirk this afternoon
Anas Sarwar speech in Glasgow this
morning: Scottish Labour leader jokes about SNP politicians with ‘tell-nothing memoirs’ and says SNP’s ‘noisy minority’ is holding back Scottish ambition
morning: Scottish Labour leader jokes about SNP politicians with ‘tell-nothing memoirs’ and says SNP’s ‘noisy minority’ is holding back Scottish ambition
September 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Anas Sarwar speech in Glasgow this
morning: Scottish Labour leader jokes about SNP politicians with ‘tell-nothing memoirs’ and says SNP’s ‘noisy minority’ is holding back Scottish ambition
morning: Scottish Labour leader jokes about SNP politicians with ‘tell-nothing memoirs’ and says SNP’s ‘noisy minority’ is holding back Scottish ambition
For followers who think ‘raising the colours’ hasn’t reached Scotland - this is Glasgow’s Maryhill Road with (albeit very rain-soaked) flags on every lamppost
August 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For followers who think ‘raising the colours’ hasn’t reached Scotland - this is Glasgow’s Maryhill Road with (albeit very rain-soaked) flags on every lamppost
Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay speaking in Glasgow this morning ahead of MSPs returning to Holyrood, which he says has become “irrelevant to most Scots” and “fixates on fringe issues the majority don’t care about”
August 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay speaking in Glasgow this morning ahead of MSPs returning to Holyrood, which he says has become “irrelevant to most Scots” and “fixates on fringe issues the majority don’t care about”
Never mind the day job: just got sent a press release for a new horror movie told from the perspective of a DOG
August 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Never mind the day job: just got sent a press release for a new horror movie told from the perspective of a DOG
Looking forward to starting this at the weekend, the latest in Birlinn Books’ brilliant Darkland Tales series
August 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Looking forward to starting this at the weekend, the latest in Birlinn Books’ brilliant Darkland Tales series
View of those “ugly windmills” that so irritate Donald Trump from Balmedie beach on Tuesday morning
July 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
View of those “ugly windmills” that so irritate Donald Trump from Balmedie beach on Tuesday morning
Protesters at Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, to greet Trump when he lands here later this afternoon
July 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Protesters at Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, to greet Trump when he lands here later this afternoon
Here at Turnberry, where the story so far is of a sweeping police presence, high fencing and some inconvenienced dog walkers ahead of Trump’s arrival later today.
Fun fact: a bird watcher tells me there’s another North American visitor, the Western Sandpiper, on the coast today
Fun fact: a bird watcher tells me there’s another North American visitor, the Western Sandpiper, on the coast today
July 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Here at Turnberry, where the story so far is of a sweeping police presence, high fencing and some inconvenienced dog walkers ahead of Trump’s arrival later today.
Fun fact: a bird watcher tells me there’s another North American visitor, the Western Sandpiper, on the coast today
Fun fact: a bird watcher tells me there’s another North American visitor, the Western Sandpiper, on the coast today
Kemi Badenoch speaking at Scottish Conservative conference in Edinburgh: “We have seen Scotland decline under left wing parties that stoke division & the politics of envy”
June 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Kemi Badenoch speaking at Scottish Conservative conference in Edinburgh: “We have seen Scotland decline under left wing parties that stoke division & the politics of envy”