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There is no doubt the state of public finances across the UK is bleak. Not since Bram Stoker published Dracula in 1897 has the opening up of books...
In her long career as a diplomat representing the State of Israel, Daniela Grudsky surely never anticipated that her most controversial act would be a...
Scottish independence has always been economic lunacy, but rarely has that reality been exposed as well as by Alistair Darling. Ten years ago this...
The SNP has lost the battle at the general election, and the question now is whether it can avoid the civil war. The early signs are not good. As many...
In the aftermath of the SNP’s general election humbling, John Swinney enacted the first rule of leadership and took “full responsibility” for...
In the aftermath of the SNP’s general election humbling, John Swinney enacted the first rule of leadership and took “full responsibility” for...
On Sunday, Sir Keir Starmer made Scotland the first stop on his inaugural tour of the UK since becoming Prime Minister. The trip was nominally about...
There are many things that the SNP does not want you to believe. It does not want you to believe that this election was about independence. This is...
The SNP has been saved by an old leader, coaxed from retirement out of love for his party and his country. After decades on the political front line...
Dundee is the city where the era of SNP dominance began. It all started with the nationalists’ narrow council victory in 2003, quickly followed by...
It is a measure of the extent of the SNP’s decline that nationalist activists have seized on a new Ipsos poll that shows the party is now neck and...
Few political ideas have gained as much traction with the public as Project Fear. Its genesis came during the 2014 independence referendum as a...
Just as there is (apparently) more than one way to skin a cat, the last week has shown there is more than one way to run an election campaign....
It is a measure of just how far the SNP has fallen that no one now wants to lead it. John Swinney has, of course, put himself forward and is now the...
Given the SNP’s abject disarray, it is no surprise to see Scottish Labour demanding a snap Holyrood election. After all, for the first time in more...
As political miscalculations go, this was a major one. Of course, we know what Humza Yousaf was trying to do in scrapping his power-sharing agreement...
When facing a difficult situation, it is human nature to try and seek a silver lining. For nationalist strategists regularly reviewing steadily...
Over 25 years of devolution, MSPs have proved themselves more than willing to wrestle with contentions issues. In recent years alone, the Scottish...
There is never a good time to be told you have cancer but receiving the news as a 35-year-old was a particular shock. It all began with some mild,...
As Douglas Ross and his colleagues gather for the annual Scottish Tory conference in Aberdeen this weekend, there are good reasons for the Scottish...
There is a lot of righteous anger from the SNP over this week’s Gaza ceasefire debate in the House of Commons. Senior nationalists would like us to...
It was never supposed to be this way. For supporters of Nicola Sturgeon – and, it seems, such people do still exist – the Covid-19 pandemic was...
Humza Yousaf has fired the starting gun on the next election, but his strategy has left his SNP colleagues scratching their heads red raw, and it is...
In an age of nepotistic knighthoods, dodgy peerages and now even returned CBEs, it is easy to understand the general cynicism around the honours...
Few legislative issues, it is fair to say, can quite capture the popular imagination like whether to ban killer dogs. Since serious concerns first...
Few politicians had a better 2023 than Anas Sarwar. The Scottish Labour leader began last year with his party still in the doldrums, languishing...
2024 will be a year of significant electoral change but also one of significant political realignment in Scotland. The significant electoral change...
The SNP government’s budget may well be terrible economics, but it is certainly terrible politics. Rarely has an event been so inadequately...
The SNP is, by definition, ideologically nationalist, but much of its recent electoral success has also been rooted in its populism. First Alex...
Under the SNP it seems children in Scotland are no longer taught much but they surely still learn it is always best to own up to your mistakes. This...
Once upon a time, Sir Keir Starmer was Scottish Labour’s greatest asset. In the dark days following the party’s 2019 general election drubbing,...