SNP

Salmond’s critics can’t ignore his lasting legacy

13 October 2024 8:30 am

When he lost his Gordon seat in the 2017 general election, Alex Salmond told his count and those watching –…

Alex Salmond was an unstoppable force of nature

13 October 2024 6:15 am

It is hard to believe that I will no longer wake up on Monday mornings to the sound of Alex…

The Scottish Tories need a better election strategy

25 June 2024 7:37 am

It is no surprise that the Scottish Conservative manifesto launch was centred on independence. While Scotland’s Tories talk about the…

Humza Yousaf has irreparably damaged the independence project

14 October 2023 9:04 pm

As the SNP gathers for its conference in Aberdeen this weekend, Humza Yousaf faces a sea of trouble. But worst…

Will the SNP ditch ‘fringe extremist’ Greens?

13 August 2023 10:27 pm

Is First Minister Humza Yousaf at risk of sacrificing crucial SNP votes by refusing to ditch his party’s coalition with…

Can Labour win back Scotland?

24 June 2023 9:00 am

When the political cabinet met on Tuesday, by-elections were on the agenda. The Prime Minister is facing four of them.…

The timing of Sturgeon’s arrest couldn’t be worse for the SNP

12 June 2023 3:37 am

The arrest of Nicola Sturgeon by police investigating allegations of fraud within the SNP was hardly unexpected. After all, her…

Nicola Sturgeon’s arrest was inevitable

12 June 2023 1:37 am

There was an air of inevitability about the arrest today of Nicola Sturgeon. The SNP had been braced for it.…

The SNP leadership race has turned into the mother of all culture wars

22 February 2023 10:55 pm

Bring back Nicola Sturgeon. The race to replace her as SNP leader and first minister has turned into the mother…

Money won't keep the Union together

25 August 2022 5:43 pm

Despite its name, Gers Day is not an annual celebration of the Ibrox side that makes up one half of…

The gender debate is getting nastier

20 August 2022 2:43 am

Elaine Miller is one of the grown-ups. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, with a specialism…

Sturgeon isn't an 'attention seeker'

3 August 2022 2:40 am

There is a lot of pearl-clutching over Liz Truss’s dismissive remarks about Nicola Sturgeon. Much of it involves conflating a…

Nicola Sturgeon has put Boris Johnson in a tight corner

29 June 2022 2:22 am

Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she will not contemplate breaching the rule of law by holding an independence referendum was pretty blatant…

Another Scottish independence referendum is coming

29 June 2022 12:50 am

Despite what the SNP and its supporters insist, Nicola Sturgeon did not ‘announce’ a second referendum on independence today. Far…

Nicola Sturgeon’s secret state

9 April 2022 9:00 am

Holyrood is one of the most opaque regimes in the democratic world

Ian Blackford's six step guide to untold riches

31 March 2022 11:15 pm

Inflation. Energy spikes. Tax hikes. Low growth. It’s a tough time for hard-pressed Britons at present. The cost of living…

No, Scottish independence is not like the war in Ukraine

2 March 2022 8:43 am

Perhaps it’s the absence of any oppression of their own country that compels Scottish nationalists to latch onto the oppression…

Nicola Sturgeon’s last laugh

12 February 2022 9:00 am

I was delighted to discover that the University of Bristol has been advising students how to address those who identify…

Women-only carriages are a bonkers idea

11 February 2022 12:01 am

Here we go again. Another suggestion, this time by the SNP transport minister, Jenny Gilruth, to introduce women-only carriages on…

SNP councillor: 'Prosecute Jimmy Carr's audience'

8 February 2022 1:13 am

Oh dear. It seems that the most illiberal party in Great Britain is at it again. In the nationwide haste…

Sex, trans rights and the Scottish census

22 January 2022 2:20 am

It takes some doing to make a census interesting. So congratulations to the National Records of Scotland (NRS). NRS, which administers…

To save the Union, ignore Gordon Brown

12 January 2022 10:38 pm

As he blasts his way through the remaining support beams of the UK constitution, Gordon Brown is doing more to…

What’s the evidence for Scotland’s vaccine passports?

18 November 2021 2:00 am

Nicola Sturgeon is considering extending vaccine passports to Scotland’s cinemas, theatres and pubs. ‘We are also considering whether an expansion…

Why Boris is losing his fight against Sturgeon

5 October 2021 5:38 pm

Gavin Barwell has made a good point, albeit inadvertently. Theresa May’s former chief of staff has a book out, imaginatively…

Will Scottish independence really be 'Brexit times ten'?

18 September 2021 4:00 pm

Scottish civil servants are to start work on a ‘detailed prospectus’ for independence so the Scottish government can hold another…