Scottish Tories handed nearly £100k by billionaire family behind tax haven firm
The Scottish Conservatives have been given £96,000 by members of an influential billionaire family behind a company ultimately owned in an offshore tax haven.
Flamingo Land: £186,000 Tory donor firm failed to pay minimum wage, claims UK Government
The company behind the controversial Flamingo Land proposed development at Loch Lomond, which has given nearly £200,000 to…
Scots Reform candidates slammed for ‘liking’ conspiracy theorists’ posts
General election candidates in Scotland for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party have been slammed for ‘liking’ social media posts from conspiracy theorists.
Mark Fortune faces 89 criminal charges including theft and threatening tenants
Mark Fortune is facing 89 criminal charges including unlawful eviction and harassment, theft, threatening or abusive behaviour, fraud, and extortion.
Tory politician urged to return £10k donation to alleged animal cruelty firm
Tory MP David Mundell has been urged to hand back a £10k donation from an egg producer under investigation by the RSPCA for alleged animal welfare abuses.
Racist group founder fronts new far right party’s Scottish arm
The founder of a chat group which featured Nazi, racist and antisemitic material fronts the Scottish arm of a far right political party led by a Hitler lookalike.
‘Invasive’ sitka spruce threaten Scottish species and habitats, say experts
A North American tree that kills native species and threatens protected habitats vital to fight climate change now makes up nearly half of Scotland’s forests, The Ferret can reveal.
Far right ‘terrorist’ and ‘racist’ posts broke rules, election watchdog staff claimed
Election watchdog staff accused senior figures in the far right Homeland party of breaking their code of conduct with “terrorist literature” and “racist” posts.
Farming and forestry pollution sees hundreds of waterways downgraded
Endangered species are being put at risk by pollution from farming and forestry industries, which has led to poorer quality in hundreds of Scottish waterways.