'Before Christmas' was what I had for a 2nd resignation.

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Amanda Bland (MSP for Central Scotland and Lothians West) has become the first MSP to quit Reform, for reasons as yet unknown. Telt ye's the numbers would be down before Christmas! (I am back from holiday now but catchup on by-elections in that period will come after I'm rested up)

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Find it just so typical that rather than Scotland's media explore what public ownership of busses means to the public, or how it works outside of Scotland - or even how it works in our own capital city - the amplified central voices are reactionary businessmen.

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A consequential choice will be made soon by government and companies as they are increasingly flooded with agentic AI inquiries that overcome the frictions that gated access (see the graphs - it has already started!) Two options: do you make services worse or better as a result?

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The European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2026 is now in force with important implications for the future of local government. Will blog more on my return from the Pyrenees at end of October. www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/11

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