Ferret Underground: Crowdfunded!

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The newsletter is going to be uncharacteristically positive this week.

That's because we have smashed our £10,000 target to help us find out Who Runs Scotland.

Thanks to hundreds of donations from our members and supporters, we're going to be able to find out where the power lies in Scottish politics and society.

We've decided to keep the crowdfunder open for a while longer, as any funding gained in the month of June will be matched thanks to Indie News Week. This means any money you give will be doubly as important! Pretty good deal, eh?

Conservative politician David Mundell has been urged to hand back a £10,000 donation from a Borders egg producer under investigation by the RSPCA for alleged animal welfare abuses.

Mundell, who is running to retake his former Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale seat, was handed £9,995 by Glenrath Farms in 2020, which operates in the constituency.

But in May, video footage captured by welfare charity Animal Justice Project, showed dead hens littering the “filthy” shed floor at one of Glenrath’s chicken sheds.