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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 6

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 a...

22.08.2024 10

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 8

The Spectator

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Can SNP avoid civil war? Early signs are not good…

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...

18.07.2024 6

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Nicola Sturgeon puts person first, party second and independence third

In the aftermath of the SNP’s general election humbling, John Swinney enacted the first rule of leadership and took “full responsibility” for...

11.07.2024 3

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Nicola Sturgeon puts person first, party second, independence third

In the aftermath of the SNP’s general election humbling, John Swinney enacted the first rule of leadership and took “full responsibility” for...

11.07.2024 5

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

The newfound power of Anas Sarwar

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...

08.07.2024 4

The Spectator

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Dundee Central election result shows dangerous reality facing SNP

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...

05.07.2024 4

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: SNP relying on Nigel Farage for party’s last hurrah

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...

27.06.2024 5

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Dundee was jewel in SNP crown – what happened?

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...

21.06.2024 10

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

The SNP shouldn’t celebrate being tied with Labour

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...

12.06.2024 10

The Spectator

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: SNP’s Project Fear shows party is irrelevant in General Election

Few political ideas have gained as much traction with the public as Project Fear. Its genesis came during the 2014 independence referendum as a...

06.06.2024 10

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: John Swinney looking as incompetent as Humza Yousaf but without the youthful exuberance

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....

31.05.2024 20

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: No wonder nobody is fighting for SNP top job – it’s a disaster zone

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...

02.05.2024 9

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

Does Scottish Labour really want an election?

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...

30.04.2024 30

The Spectator

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Humza Yousaf buried independence and his government by booting out Greens

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...

25.04.2024 20

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: SNP’s problem is nobody cares about independence anymore

When facing a difficult situation, it is human nature to try and seek a silver lining. For nationalist strategists regularly reviewing steadily...

11.04.2024 10

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Can parliament that failed to organise functioning recycling scheme be trusted with matters of life and death?

Over 25 years of devolution, MSPs have proved themselves more than willing to wrestle with contentions issues. In recent years alone, the Scottish...

05.04.2024 10

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: My cancer diagnosis at 35 is life-threatening but it has also been life-affirming

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,...

07.03.2024 10

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

There is still hope for the Scottish Tories

As Douglas Ross and his colleagues gather for the annual Scottish Tory conference in Aberdeen this weekend, there are good reasons for the Scottish...

01.03.2024 10

The Spectator

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: The truth about SNP’s House of Commons outrage – and what happens next

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...

22.02.2024 7

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Nicola Sturgeon, her cronies and minions have shattered illusion of honesty

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...

25.01.2024 8

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Humza Yousaf is throwing SNP MPs under the bus to save his own skin

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...

18.01.2024 3

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

In praise of Labour’s Dame Jackie Baillie

In an age of nepotistic knighthoods, dodgy peerages and now even returned CBEs, it is easy to understand the general cynicism around the honours...

17.01.2024 10

The Spectator

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Next XL Bully attack will be down to SNP’s failure to act quickly

Few legislative issues, it is fair to say, can quite capture the popular imagination like whether to ban killer dogs. Since serious concerns first...

11.01.2024 4

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

Anas Sarwar should do nothing

Few politicians had a better 2023 than Anas Sarwar. The Scottish Labour leader began last year with his party still in the doldrums, languishing...

08.01.2024 3

The Spectator

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: SNP faithful will turn to Kate Forbes for salvation in 2024 – heralding return of Tartan Tories

2024 will be a year of significant electoral change but also one of significant political realignment in Scotland. The significant electoral change...

04.01.2024 10

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: SNP budget is a tragedy – and Shona Robison could win an Oscar playing rabbit in headlights

The SNP government’s budget may well be terrible economics, but it is certainly terrible politics. Rarely has an event been so inadequately...

21.12.2023 10

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Humza Yousaf’s Scotland is like Lapland without Santa

The SNP is, by definition, ideologically nationalist, but much of its recent electoral success has also been rooted in its populism. First Alex...

14.12.2023 10

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

ANDREW LIDDLE: Education decline is national disgrace – why won’t any SNP politician address it?

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...

07.12.2023 20

The Courier

Andrew Liddle

Keir Starmer’s popularity is declining in Scotland

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,...

06.12.2023 3

The Spectator

Andrew Liddle

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