Holyrood 518 / 27 Nov 2023

Own Goal: How the SNP played its way into danger over Michael Matheson’s iPad

3 Editor’s note: Matheson should have been a poster boy for an SNP government that self-declares as progressive
5 Roundup : Pictures and numbers from the past two weeks
7 Talking Point: Without the option of assisted dying, many people are deprived of a good death
8 In Context: Where now for the UK Government’s Rwanda asylum policy?
9 Political Spotlight: Roaming Aimlessly - The scandal over Michael Matheson’s iPad is indicative of a government lurching from crisis to crisis
12 Overview: Skills gap - Will the Scottish Government be radical enough to implement the Withers report in full?
16 SKills: Digital workforce shortage - Can Scotland bridge the gap in time for the tech sector’s economic boom?
20 Political Interview: George Foulkes - The Labour grandee reveals his disappointment over how devolution has been ‘hijacked’ by the SNP
24 Public sector: Reshaping services - In a difficult fiscal climate, the Scottish Government has committed itself to change – again
27 Interview: David Nutt - The former government adviser on why politicians continue to misunderstand the debate around illegal drugs
29 Scottish Greens: Robin Harper - Calls for leadership ‘cabal’ to be ousted as the Scottish Green Women’s Declaration on Sex-Based Rights launches
32 Getting to know... SNP chief whip Owen Thompson discusses his Star Wars collection
34 Event spotlight: Holyrood’s roundtable on the usability conundrum of electronic patient records
38 Comment: Andy Wightman on the need for community wealth building
39 Local politics: Labour councillor Nurul Hoque Ali gives us a tour of Dyce in Aberdeen
40 Diary: It was all a dream... David Cameron returns to frontline politics
41 Political spin: Christine Jardine on why Maria by Blondie is a karaoke favourite
42 Last Word: Sketch - John Mason leaks some WhatsApp messages

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