Blue Screen of Democracy Death?

Why is the #ScotParl MSP voting system, critical to the running of parliamentary democracy, even using outsourced (extra-territorial?) Microsoft systems? #SelfHost #ScotPolitics #BSOD

“business at Scottish Parliament was suspended because of technical issues with the parliament's online voting system.
The outage prompted a postponement of debate…
A senior source [said] they believed the problems were related to the Microsoft outage.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rj45n4x5eo

Microsoft Azure outage: Websites come back online

Microsoft 365 and its Azure cloud computing platform were hit with DNS issues, similar to the recent AWS outage.

BBC News
My two favourite graphs for today. The labour party is in a real hole and it's not getting any shallower. #scotpol #scotpolitics #ukpol #ukpolitics #ScottishGreens #scottishgreenparty #greenparty

"The SNP’s Westminster leader has urged the Scottish Labour leader to apologise for “misleading” voters, or directly set out why Sir Keir Starmer’s economic plans will not result in cuts."

#UKpolitics #ScotPolitics

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/scottish-labour-john-swinney-westminster-snp-first-minister-b2561403.html

Flynn urges Sarwar to clarify Labour’s position on austerity

It comes after the SNP and Labour leaders clashed over potential public service cuts during a televised debate.

The Independent

Yousaf is mistaking himself as the problem, they're after the whole Govt. Weariness with a Govt that's run too long isn't just a Tory problem.

#SNP #ScotPolitics

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, Peter Murrell, arrested in SNP funding inquiry

Police Scotland say Murrell ‘released pending further investigation’ after officers search his and Sturgeon’s home

The Guardian
@tf Agreed. Dualling the #A9 and NOT incorporating wildlife crossings is abjectly crass.
#scotpolitics #snp #sgp

@SNP I’ll be happier sharing such if it’s got a Content Wrapper.

E.g. #ScotPolitics Sturgeon : independence only route back to EU membership

Wee intro. Retired college lecturer/e-learning specialist who latterly worked for the SQA (don't ask!). Into #motorcycles #traveling #internationalpolitics #scotpolitics #equity #scottishindependence #portugal where I live most of the year, #elearning #computing #tech #antitory #ScottishRepublican #socialist #reading

A lot more but that'll do for now!