Holyrood 556 / 17 November 2025

Dog gone: The starting gun is fired on banning greyhound racing, page 30

3 Editor’s note
Mandy Rhodes

6   Opinion:
   Louise Wilson
   Chris Marshall
   Jeremy Grant

10 Spotlight:
BBC in crisis

13   Opinion:
   Kirsteen Paterson
   Ruaraidh Gilmour
   Andy Wightman

16 Spotlight:
Alba

20 Energy:
Grangemouth

26 Michael Shanks

27 Committee:
Scottish Affairs

28 The Huddle

30 Cover story:
Greyhound racing

38 Interview:
Frances Guy

44 Housing:
Empty Homes

48 Committee:
Local Government,
Housing and Planning

48 Housing:
Insider

49 Mairi McAllan

50 Interview:
Graham Simpson

56 Connect:
Cyber Strategy

58   Event Report:
   Transforming
   Scotland’s Health

62 Getting to Know You
Davy Russell

64 Diary

65 Political Spin
Michael Matheson

66 Last Word:
Sketch