Holyrood 523 / 26 February 2024

Face Off: The battle for who best speaks up for Scotland has begun

3 Editor’s note: This is pure politics, less about world peace and more about parochial political point scoring
5 Roundup: Pictures and numbers from the past two weeks
7 Talking Point: Cuts to council funding means cuts to the things which anchor our communities
8 In Context: The ban on disposable vapes
9 Political Spotlight: Face Off - With an election looming, the battle is on to determine who speaks to Scotland
12 Overview: Held to Ransom - Cyber-attacks are a lucrative source of income for criminals – now AI is making them harder to stop
16 Interview: Jude McCorry - The head of the Cyber and Fraud Centre on Scotland’s fight against cybercrime
20 Polling: The Cybercrime Challenge - Exclusive Holyrood polling shows the public sector lacks the resources needed to face the evolving digital threat
24 Business Review Series: Reshuffled priorities - With his recent cabinet reshuffle, has the first minister lost the confidence of the business community?
27 Lord Provosts: Gang of Four - They’re the blingiest figures in Scottish politics. So what do they do, really?
30 Political Interview: Stuart C McDonald - The SNP’s money man on spearheading pay and leave reforms for new parents and his party’s fortunes
34 Getting to know... SNP MP Martyn Day on why signs of indigestion shouldn’t be ignored
36 Event spotlight: Holyrood hosted a series of topical fringes at Scottish Labour conference
38 Comment: Farming subsidies unfairly favour the biggest landowners, says Andy Wightman
39 Local politics: Labour’s Altany Craik takes us dinosaur spotting in Fife
40 Diary: The nationalists want rid of the Redcoats while Salmond dons a dog collar
41 Political spin: SNP MSP James Dornan on why his music tastes are stuck in the sixties
42 Last Word - Sketch: Captain Beige (Keir Starmer) comes to Scotland

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