Holyrood 529 / 20 May 2024

HOLYROOD 25:
STAYING POWER: Fiona Hyslop MSP - The only ‘99er who has served in the Cabinet of every SNP Government

3 Editor’s note: There’s nothing progressive about berating a young woman who can’t fight back
5 Roundup : Pictures and numbers from the past two weeks
7 Talking Point: All this iconic chat is making things progressively confused
8 In Context: An SNP minority government
9 Political Spotlight: Picking up the Pieces - John Swinney has pledged to reunite his fractured party but time is running out ahead of a general election
14 Transport: Overview - As legacy transport commitments run behind schedule, crucial decarbonisation targets are getting closer
18 Transport: Fiona Hyslop - The transport secretary on a road well travelled
26 Transport: Reconnecting rail - Stations are being opened and reopened across Scotland, bringing economic opportunities for communities
30 Mental Health: CAMHS - As waiting times for children’s mental health services remain high, should more attention be put on prevention?
36 Mental Health: Our parliamentarians - MSPs speak about prioritising mental health often, but some are better than others at following their own advice
40 Political Interview: Neil Bibby - He’s played a pivotal role in Scottish Labour. So what makes the West Scotland MSP tick?
44 Getting to know... Falkirk Council leader Cecil Meiklejohn on how her husband’s MS diagnosis shaped her political career
46 Comment: In politics, honesty is the best policy, says Joan McAlpine
47 Local Politics: Aberdeenshire’s Gillian Owen on the time she worked for Theresa May
48 Diary: Count Binface pledges to clean up Scotland
49 Political Spin: Tess White, Tory MSP for North East Scotland, on doing the twist
50 Last Word: Sketch - Fergus Ewing’s on the wind-up

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