Will rebellious Ross do a disappearing act?

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‘Deeply disappointed’: Douglas Ross vows to rebel on windfall tax

Firstly he was threatening to quit. That has now been downgraded to “rebel”. Next stage is to roll over quietly then do one of his disappearing acts for a couple of weeks. There is a pattern here.

Alan MacDonald

His bosses in London will be quaking in their boots, with laughter probably.

David McDougall

A great idea from the Tories to retain the windfall tax to pay for the green transition. Oh wait a minute, it’s not to pay for the green transition, it’s to fund tax cuts which mainly help those on higher incomes, and buy votes. As usual, plundering Scotland’s resources to bale out the English economy, yet many Scots still can’t see colonialism when it’s staring them in the face.

Ian Roberts

Ross is discovering he’s not leader of the non-existent “Scottish Conservatives” but just one of 348 Tory MPs. Perhaps a taste of how Scotland feels. Flora Robertson

New SNP branding ‘part of tactical voting election strategy’, MP hopeful says

Tory support is plummeting in Scotland. The reason it was so high was because Ms Davidson convinced Unionists of all hues to “hold their noses and vote Tory” to keep out the SNP. I never thought I’d say this, but maybe that’s a message that the SNP now need to echo – hold your noses and vote SNP for independence.

John MacDonald

Jeremy Hunt makes changes to ‘unfairness’ of Child Benefit rules

I think child benefit should be means-tested to be able to provide more to low-paid families that really rely on it. Two parents earning £48k each have just short of £100k to raise their families. Why should they receive Child Benefit at the same rate as a couple where both are earning less than £20k, which is the standard salary for a care worker? The system is wrong. Lorna Muir

‘Insulting’: Home Office blocks visa for award-winning poet before Scottish visit

Perhaps another indication that the Tory government sees utterly no value in the arts, and has no appreciation of any art form other than that which meets the little Englander definition they apply to them.

The arts are universal and speak to everyone. I’d bet most of them hated poetry at school, except perhaps the more jingoistic poets, those who extol the values of their dead empire. It’s obvious also in their denigration of arts subjects in schools and universities.

On the other hand, it may be their usual xenophobia, which doesn’t seem to extend to their own ministers. Wonder why. Jess Mitchell