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It’s a mistake for Scottish Labour to stand by SNP policies

11.02.2025 5

The Spectator

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: SNP government policy is biggest contributor to Dundee University malaise

The role of the SNP government in this crisis has, so far, largely gone unnoticed.

30.01.2025 4

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

The dilemma facing Scottish Labour MPs

18.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Humza Yousaf may have Dundee option in 2026 – but he could have fight on his hands

The process of selecting the SNP’s candidates for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election was always going to be amusing. Dozens of recently...

15.11.2024 2

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: How jobs and pay packets in Tayside and Fife could be impacted by Donald Trump victory

Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election was a tremendous shock, but there was always that lingering hope that it was an...

07.11.2024 8

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Alex Salmond’s failure to use talent for anything worthwhile is a tragedy

There are few things nationalists and unionists would agree on about Alex Salmond, but one point of consensus is that he was a colossal political...

17.10.2024 2

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: SNP should be begging for forgiveness over IndyRef

The SNP should not be celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the independence referendum. It should be using it as an opportunity to beg for...

20.09.2024 3

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

What was Labour’s role in stopping Scottish independence?

Scottish independence became such a difficult issue for Labour that it is easy to forget the party was once the UK’s staunchest defender. As voters...

18.09.2024 2

The Spectator

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: SNP’s bribery machine is to blame for budget cuts

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...

29.08.2024 3

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Israel fiasco exposes gross hypocrisy at heart of SNP

In her long career as a diplomat representing the State of Israel, Daniela Grudsky surely never anticipated that her most controversial act would be...

22.08.2024 2

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

10 years on, the SNP has no ‘plan B’ for Scotland’s economy

Scottish independence has always been economic lunacy, but rarely has that reality been exposed as well as by Alistair Darling. Ten years ago this...

09.08.2024 1

The Spectator

Andrew Liddle