Holyrood 538 / 11 November 2024

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Seeking justice
Interview with Angela Constance

5 Editor’s note
The barstool commentators are as myopic as the Trump voters they decry

6 Roundup  
Pictures and numbers from the past two weeks

7 Talking Point
What can Labour learn from Donald Trump’s win?

8 In Context
The Climate Change Bill

10  spotlight: Stars and Strife
Donald Trump’s victory has profound implications for US democracy and the wider world

12  Overview: Crime & Punishment
Issues of resourcing and policy make reform far from straightforward

14  political Interview: Angela Constance
As a former social worker, the justice secretary is acutely aware that there are no quick fixes to social ills

20  Feature: INTERPOL
Mandy Rhodes talks to senior policing leaders on the challenges and opportunities of the digital age 

23  Interview: Ruth Charteris KC
From Cumbernauld to Alabama, the solicitor general reveals the places and people that shaped her

26  Feature:  Regeneration
They were named the “most dismal” towns in Scotland. But a lot has happened since then.

30  political interview: Liz Smith
The Mid Scotland and Fife MSP on the 11-year campaign for justice for the victims of Professor Sam Eljamel

33  event report: Showcasing Scotland
Holyrood gathered Scottish MPs, peers, and staff to welcome in the new session of parliament

36 Getting to Know You
Elaine Stewart MP on growing up as a punk and living in New York

38 Comment
James Mitchell asks what the Scottish Tory leader offers beyond populist soundbites

39 Political SpinColin Beattie SNP MSP on his poor dancing skills

40 Diary
Spooky costumes and spoofed X accounts

41 Local Politics
What’s so great about Blantyre? Councillor Mo Razzaq tells us

42 Last Word
Sketch: What’s in Alexander Burnett’s lunch box?