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Simon Johnson

Scotland

Scottish Political Editor at The Telegraph

I am the Daily Telegraph's Scottish Political Editor. Views are my own

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  • 1 week ago | msn.com | Simon Johnson

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Simon Johnson

    Maurice Golden, a Tory MSP, said the SNP Government's 2013 recycling targets "remain unmet" and pointed out that the ban would mean £75 million of landfill tax revenue going to the UK Treasury instead of the Scottish Government.

  • 1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Simon Johnson

    Pressed by Mr Hoy to specify what cuts would be made, he said: "Just swinging a big axe isn't going to deliver services. We've seen that across the Atlantic, where Elon Musk, who's no longer with the Trump administration precisely because he went in with a big axe and started cutting stuff and it immediately backfired because he didn't know what he was doing."Mr Hoy said: "There is still an astonishing lack of detail as to where these savings will be made, or what quangos will be axed.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Simon Johnson

    USMNT international Caleb Wiley is on the verge of rejoining Watford from Chelsea on a season-long loan. Chelsea signed Wiley from Atlanta United for around £8.5million ($11.4m) last July. He spent the first half of last season on loan at Strasbourg before moving to Watford for the second half of the campaign. The full back impressed in his 10 appearances for the Championship club after recovering from a shoulder problem sustained while in France.

  • 1 week ago | msn.com | Simon Johnson

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

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Simon Johnson
Simon Johnson @simon_telegraph
5 Jun 25

Reform sources also saying they expect to finish third. Richard Tice expected at the count shortly

Paul Hutcheon
Paul Hutcheon @paulhutcheon

A source at the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election count believes Reform will come third.

Simon Johnson
Simon Johnson @simon_telegraph
2 Jun 25

Sir Keir Starmer savages SNP’s call to scrap Trident nuclear deterrent https://t.co/2s9aA1Qgzg

Simon Johnson
Simon Johnson @simon_telegraph
30 May 25

The front page of today’s ⁦@Telegraph⁩ Scottish edition https://t.co/CFa1hZErQZ