Hello and welcome to The Midge, the e-bulletin that takes a bite out of politics in Scotland and elsewhere. 

Front pages

The Herald:

In The Herald, social affairs correspondent Stephen Naysmith reports on testimony given to the National Confidential Forum, the body set up to document the experiences of abuse victims. 

“What is Jeremy on about?” asks The National as it looks at the Labour leader’s speech on migration. 

The Mail leads on the death of seven-year-old Katie Rough in York. 

The Herald:

The Evening Times highlights film director Ken Loach’s backing for the paper’s campaign to save Jobcentres. 

The Times says the Royal College of Emergency Medicine for Scotland wants an overhaul of Christmas and New Year NHS and social services to avoid “ridiculous” shutdowns. 

The Telegraph pictures a young Clare Hollingworth, who gave the paper the “scoop of the century” when she reported on the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939. 

The Herald, Scotsman and FT report on warnings from the chief executive of the London Stock Exchange Group that uncertainty over Brexit could lead to an exodus of more than 200,000 jobs. 

Camley’s cartoon

The Herald:

Camley trumpets Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s plan for a maximum wage. 

FFS: Five in five seconds

What’s the story? It’s a goodbye/hello kind of day for US presidents past and president. 

How? Barack Obama gave his farewell address in Chicago, saying he has left America a safer and more prosperous nation, while Donald Trump is to hold his first press conference as president-elect today. 

Hot topics? There could have been many, but one has arrived front and centre overnight - unsubstantiated claims that the Russians hold compromising material on him. The information, which is said to have come from a former British intelligence agent,  was contained in an intelligence agencies report passed to Mr Obama and Mr Trump last week. 

His reaction? He’s gone into capital letters on Twitter, denouncing media reports on the claims. 

What is the FBI saying? Director James Comey, who announced a fresh inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails 11 days before the presidential elections, told a Congressional hearing: “I would never comment on investigations - whether we have one or not - in an open forum like this so I can't answer one way or another.” 

Afore Ye Go

The Herald: Indycampers lodge appeal against eviction ruling

"We hope the protesters will accept the court's ruling so we can bring matters to a close.”

A Scottish Parliament spokeswoman after judges at the Court of Session refused the evicted indycampers permission to take their appeal to the UK Supreme Court in London. 

The Herald: Alison Thewliss

"Permitting asylum seekers to work would allow them to integrate better into society, develop their English and make friends in what can often be a lonely and new environment. Many are professionals with skills they would love to put to use."

SNP MP Alison Thewliss, above, who will today call on the UK Government to overturn a 15-year ban on asylum seekers doing paid work. The National

The Herald:

“We do think that the Russian state - the Putin Kremlin - is up to all sorts of very dirty tricks, such as cyber warfare, but it would be folly for us further to demonise Russia or to push Russia into a corner, so a twin-track strategy of engagement and vigilance is what is required.”

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The Herald:

The "scoop of the century", as obtained by British war correspondent Clare Hollingworth, who died on Tuesday at the age of 105 in Hong Kong. The Daily Telegraph/PA Wire 

The Herald:

"Labour is not wedded to freedom of movement for EU citizens as a point of principle, but I don't want that to be misinterpreted, nor do we rule it out.”

Jeremy Corbyn makes clear his position on migration post Brexit. Or does he? What was billed by party briefers as the Labour leader's "relaunch" led to much mockery on Twitter:  

The Labour leader did a round of interviews. 

Danny Blanchflower, a former economic adviser to Corbyn, rubbishes the Labour leader’s call for a maximum pay cap for high earners, including top footballers. A party spokesman later said Mr Corbyn “misspoke”. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

But it could have been worse, the Sun's Harry Cole reminds us:

The Herald:

"@realDonaldTrump Your staff have asked me to sing at your inauguration, a simple Internet search would show I think you're a tyrant. Bye.”

Charlotte Church, above left, becomes the latest singer, after former X Factor contestant Rebecca Ferguson, above, to refuse to perform at the January 20 ceremony. PA Wire

The Herald:

"Are you OK, ma’am?"

A Downing Street policeman to Home Secretary Amber Rudd after she caught her heel in a gap in the pavement. An aide helped to free her. Leon Neal/Getty Images

Sky's Beth Rigby on a sprint for answers, but not everyone appreciated her efforts:

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