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Chancellor set to scrap two-child benefit cap in win for The Herald campaign
26 Nov 2025 at 12:01am
It is increasingly likely Chancellor Rachel Reeves will scrap the two-child benefit cap in the budget, following intense campaigning from The Herald


Reeves faces Bru Budget backlash as industry warns of 'severe' sugar tax cons...
26 Nov 2025 at 12:00am
The Government?s tighter sugar-tax threshold will pull Irn-Bru and other major soft drinks into the levy for the first time, prompting warnings of higher prices and claims ministers are ?shifting the goalposts?.


Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves to set out tax and spending plans
26 Nov 2025 at 7:30am
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her second budget today, promising "fair and necessary choices" on tax and spending. Follow for live updates.


Greens accuse Scottish Government of breaking promises over gender clinic waits
26 Nov 2025 at 5:00am
Patrick Harvie urges urgent action from the government as Scotland?s gender clinic waiting lists reveal many people may never be seen.


Scots high streets 'on brink of collapse' as Budget nerves kick in
25 Nov 2025 at 6:00pm
Retail chiefs declare 'inequality' with England on rates is pushing businesses to the brink


Constance insists she ?accurately quoted? expert on grooming gangs despite co...
25 Nov 2025 at 5:59pm
Justice Secretary Angela Constance says she ?accurately quoted? Prof Alexis Jay after admitting a correction to comments made during a debate on grooming gangs.


Kate Forbes rejects 'spat' claims with UK Government over Mossmorran closure
25 Nov 2025 at 5:33pm
Kate Forbes has rejected claims there is a spat with the UK Government over the threatened closure of the Mossmorran plant.


Forbes launches bid to build on Scotland's foreign investment success
25 Nov 2025 at 5:01pm
Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes launches InvestScotland portal at major conference in Edinburgh


How a 2018 Kyiv trip drew a Scottish politician into Putin's orbit
25 Nov 2025 at 5:10pm
Nathan Gill?s sentencing has illuminated a disinformation pipeline running from Moscow to Brussels ? and how British politicians became part of it. Court papers, CPS material and police evidence now cast fresh scrutiny on Reform UK and former Scottish MEP David Coburn.


New recipe Irn-Bru in firing line as Rachel Reeves tightens sugar tax threshold
25 Nov 2025 at 4:15pm
Irn-Bru will be hit by the sugar tax for the first time after ministers confirmed a major tightening of the levy ahead of Wednesday?s Budget.


Glasgow firm secures seven-figure funding to help 'save countless lives'
25 Nov 2025 at 12:03pm
Backing from the Gates Foundation comes as the treatment moves towards testing in humans


Young Glasgow women in 'billboard takeover' to highlight everyday sexism
25 Nov 2025 at 1:19pm
Young Glasgow women have mounted a ?billboard takeover? to call out the everyday sexism and coercive behaviour they experience. Thirty young women from local schools, youth organisations and community partners designed artworks which will be seen more than 25 sites across the city.


Scotland?s shoplifters getting 'bolder and more aggressive' as crimes surge
25 Nov 2025 at 11:52am
Shoplifting in Scotland has risen sharply over the past year, with new official figures showing a 15% jump in cases and levels now 129% higher than during the pandemic.


Sexual crime rises sharply across Scotland as rape and online offending increase
25 Nov 2025 at 11:22am
Scotland recorded a sharp rise in sexual crime last year, with rape, online offending and image-based abuse all increasing, new figures show

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Rachel Reeves says she is ?pushing ahead with biggest drive for growth? ahead...
26 Nov 2025 at 7:36am

Scottish Cabinet minister Mairi McAllan welcomes minimum wage rise but warns against ?piecemeal approach? from Chancellor

The Deputy First Minister has suggested plenty of work goes on from ministers behind the scenes to help struggling companies stay out of trouble.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) accused STV managing director Bobby Hain of not being fully open with the Scottish Affairs Committee over STV North?s viewing share.

Scotland should do more to celebrate St Andrew?s Day and ensure the Saltire is a flag for everyone, not just nationalists or anti-immigration protesters

The Scottish Tories called the error ?appalling?

UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed the levy will now be put in place at a level which will apply to Scotland?s other national drink.

The Creative Scotland review was ordered last year

Rachel Reeves will unveil her tax and spending plans in the Commons

The independent review was ordered to be carried out in September 2024

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Craig Murray

Judicial Malfeasance and Palestine Action
26 Nov 2025 at 2:56am

The Scottish judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action – funded so far by readers of this blog – has been simply shelved by delay tactics that plainly break the Scottish legal system’s own rules. Our case was ruled competent for us to serve the petition on the UK government. They replied in the …

Judicial Malfeasance and Palestine Action

The Beat of the War Drums
20 Nov 2025 at 6:34am

In fascist lockstep, the entire British media, broadcast and print, corporate and state, is leading with a Ministry of Defence press release about a “Russian spy ship” inside “British waters”. No British media appears to have been able to speak to anybody who knows the first thing about the Law of the Sea. Here are …

The Beat of the War Drums

UN Reform and Scottish Independence
14 Nov 2025 at 11:06am

Scottish Independence is an extremely attractive prospect to states at the United Nations, and for reasons that you might not expect. Every state knows that the current UN structure is outdated and indefensible, with five states – US, China, Russia, UK and France – having a permanent seat and a total veto on the Security …

UN Reform and Scottish Independence

The Four Mentors of King Charles
6 Nov 2025 at 3:40pm

As Godfather to Prince William, heir to the British throne, Prince Charles chose his close friend and adviser Laurens van der Post. A paedophile. Van der Post raped a 14 year old girl who had been given into his care for the sea voyage from South Africa to London. He then installed her in a …

The Four Mentors of King Charles

UK Government Opposes Application for Scottish Judicial Review of Palestine A...
30 Oct 2025 at 5:27pm

The UK government – in the undistinguished shape of Baroness Smith of Cluny, Labour party hack, youngest daughter of John Smith and Advocate-General for Scotland – has responded to the court in our request for a Scottish judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action. The Government asks that the judicial review be denied on …

UK Government Opposes Application for Scottish Judicial Review of Palestine Action Terrorist Proscription

Urgent ? We Need a Federal Your Party
29 Oct 2025 at 2:34pm

The draft Your Party constitution is for a highly centralised, London-based party which echoes the Labour Party. It “devolves” – they literally use the word – power from the centre to non-autonomous entities in Scotland and Wales. We need a Federal party – a completely different approach – where authority lies with the members, and …

Urgent – We Need a Federal Your Party

BBC Scotland

North Sea exploration rules to be relaxed in new Labour plan
26 Nov 2025 at 8:44am
The chancellor will unveil the North Sea Strategy in her Budget speech, the BBC understands.

'I would love to be doing this in my 60s' - the debate over selling sex in Sc...
26 Nov 2025 at 6:01am
Porcelain Victoria is concerned that a potential change in law in Scotland could drive sex workers into poverty.

Emergency bill to avoid £400m refund for business rates 'blunder'
25 Nov 2025 at 5:45pm
A mistake in a 2020 law means owners of up to 34,000 properties may have paid tax they did not need to.

What do businesses want from a balancing act Budget?
25 Nov 2025 at 11:29am
The pressure on the chancellor from industry leader is to get inflation down and generate growth.

Creative Scotland 'should take risks and be more ambitious' - review
25 Nov 2025 at 5:29pm
The independent review said the quango is "too bureaucratic" and has a narrow interpretation of the opportunities in its remit.

Budget cuts are ripping the heart out of our college - principal
25 Nov 2025 at 6:07am
Dundee and Angus College faces £2.5m of cuts, including withdrawing from its Arbroath sporting campus.

No 'route to profitability' for Mossmorran, says UK minister
24 Nov 2025 at 6:11pm
Ministers from both Holyrood and Westminster have held talks on plans to close the Fife chemicals plant.

Scotland cannot rely on migrants to fill social care jobs - Sarwar
22 Nov 2025 at 5:17pm
Anas Sarwar said the UK's "broken immigration system" needed to be fixed, and better wages were needed to attract Scottish workers.

Immigration changes will 'profoundly impact' Scottish care workers
21 Nov 2025 at 2:28pm
The UK government is proposing that workers on post-Brexit health and social care visas wait 15 years before permanent settlement.

Sturgeon excluded ministers from Covid decisions, inquiry says
20 Nov 2025 at 6:32pm
An inquiry criticises the former first minister for making decisions within a small group of ministers and advisers in response to the pandemic.

What could be coming in the UK Budget - and what it means for Scotland
25 Nov 2025 at 6:08am
Rachel Reeves' budget is the first of two which will set the context for the 2026 Holyrood election.

'This area is really struggling - Mossmorran closure is bad news'
21 Nov 2025 at 6:20am
The closure of the petrochemical plant could hit the already struggling town of Cowdenbeath.

Scot Goes Pop

Landmark YouGov poll shows how SNP could win independence by holding the bala...
26 Nov 2025 at 6:08am
* .* .*With just over one month of the year left to go, the 2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser is still short of its target figure.  If you'd like to help keep the lights on during the several months it...

Scotland becoming a "YouGov democracy" is not the road to independence
25 Nov 2025 at 6:19am
* .* .*With just over one month of the year left to go, the 2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser is still short of its target figure.  If you'd like to help keep the lights on during the several months it...

Nothing succeeds like secession
24 Nov 2025 at 4:45pm
Just a quick note to let you know I am one of the interviewees in Dani Garavelli's Radio 4 documentary If At First You Don't Secede..., which is about the epic saga of the ever-elusive Indyref 2.  ...

"War is not a Hollywood movie. Living, breathing people are the ones who mus...
23 Nov 2025 at 6:23pm
Iuliia Mendel on Twitter: "Every subsequent deal for Ukraine will only be worse ? because we are losing. We are losing people, territory, and the economy.The EU (which by the way has paid Russia mo...

My response to Chris McEleny's allegation that I defamed him in reference to ...
22 Nov 2025 at 4:10am
I received an unsolicited email out of the blue a few hours ago from the Alba Party's disgraced former General Secretary, Chris McEleny, who was sacked and then expelled from the party due to his "...

BREAKING: Stew ducks the debate - it turns out he's NOT a Charlie Kirk type a...
21 Nov 2025 at 4:12pm
After issuing my video debate challenge to controversial blogger Stuart "Stew" Campbell, I said this: "Please do let me know your thrilling excuses for ducking / ignoring this debate challenge at y...

A challenge to Stew: you claim to be a debate-loving Charlie Kirk type, so it...
21 Nov 2025 at 4:16am
Stew on Twitter: "Ultimately this Bindel-Webberley thing is like when I foolishly tried to engage in a debate with James Kelly. Just like him, Webberley doesn't really want to engage and is incapab...

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh: the ego has landed
20 Nov 2025 at 10:07pm
If the history books even bother telling the story of how the Alba Party died, their verdict will probably be a paradoxical one: that the party failed because it was fundamentally un-Salmondite in ...

STV Politics News

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MSP seeks ?consensus? at Holyrood on Bill to criminalise those who buy sex
26 Nov 2025 at 7:36am
Independent MSP Ash Regan has brought forward a member?s Bill at the Scottish Parliament.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to unveil tax-hiking budget
26 Nov 2025 at 7:00am
The chancellor is due to deliver her second budget in the House of Commons on Wednesday.

Nigel Farage insists he did not racially abuse fellow pupils after interview ...
25 Nov 2025 at 9:08pm
Allegations from more than a dozen school contemporaries suggested the Reform leader engaged in alleged incidents of deeply offensive behaviour.

Scottish ministers accused of ?failure of leadership? on North Sea oil and gas
25 Nov 2025 at 8:28pm
Environmental Standards Scotland chair Dr Richard Dixon said the current government had 'gone a little backwards from the rather strong position'.

Glasgow Labour MP goes viral after explaining UK debt with custard creams
25 Nov 2025 at 3:08pm
Gordon McKee's video had been viewed almost two million times.

Milkshakes and lattes expected to be hit by Government sugar tax
25 Nov 2025 at 10:47am
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced plans to extend the sugar tax in her autumn budget last year.

Defence firm could look at employing some Mossmorran workers, Alexander says
24 Nov 2025 at 9:29pm
Douglas Alexander said Monday?s meeting with the Scottish Government, Fife Council, trade unions and local employers to find alternative futures for the workers was 'constructive'.

US Justice Department renews bid to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury materials
24 Nov 2025 at 8:41pm
The Justice Department stated that the congressional action overrode existing law in a manner that permits the unsealing of the grand jury records.

Scottish Government to work with UK ministers in bid to help Mossmorran workers
24 Nov 2025 at 11:49am
Deputy first minister Kate Forbes said the Scottish Government would be involved in talks today with Scottish secretary Douglas Alexander.

?Scotland must not be left an afterthought?, Finance Secretary warns ahead of...
23 Nov 2025 at 3:13pm
Robison says Holyrood is 'not happy' after the UK Government failed to hold a meeting with them before the Budget.

Scotland?s Finance Secretary lays out demands ahead of Budget
23 Nov 2025 at 11:18am
Shona Robison urges UK Government to deliver more funding for Scotland?s public services, infrastructure, and cost-of-living support.

Sarwar outlines Scottish Labour plans for mental health emergency service
22 Nov 2025 at 11:57am
The party leader declared Scotland?s mental health services are in 'crisis' and accused the SNP of 'neglect'.

Scottish sport organisations warn they are ?running on empty?
21 Nov 2025 at 4:41pm
Leaders from various sports are calling for urgent reassurances from John Swinney.

Charity ball in Glasgow to honour life of late SNP MSP Christina McKelvie
21 Nov 2025 at 10:51am
The Christina McKelvie Ball is to take place on April 4, 2026 at Hilton Glasgow.

Daily Record

Daily Record - Politics

Rachel Reeves Budget LIVE as Chancellor set to announce tax hikes
26 Nov 2025 at 8:59am
Scots could face a range of tax hikes as the Chancellor tries to plug a multi-billion pound blackhole in the nation's finances.

Rachel Reeves to announce UK Budget after weeks of speculation over tax rises
26 Nov 2025 at 4:30am
Reeves told Labour MPs the Budget was "a package, not a pick-and-mix. You can't say you like the cola bottles but you don't like the fruit salad".

Rachel Reeves urged to cut fuel bills for Scots in 'crucial' cost of living B...
26 Nov 2025 at 4:30am
EXCLUSIVE: Civic Scotland groups want Rachel Reeves to help families heat their homes.

Budget 2025: Labour has to have a relentless focus on the cost of living crisis
25 Nov 2025 at 6:20pm
Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says voters are sick of making sacrifices and want to be better off financially.

Boost for Scots workers as Rachel Reeves confirms rise in National Minimum Wage
25 Nov 2025 at 6:00pm
The National Living Wage will rise by 4.1 per cent to £12.71 an hour for eligible workers aged 21 and over.

SNP Justice Secretary denies misrepresenting expert on Scottish grooming gang...
25 Nov 2025 at 5:59pm
EXCLUSIVE: Angela Constance said she gave an ?accurate? account of Professor Alexis Jay?s views despite the Government issuing a clarification.

Irn-Bru hit by UK sugar tax as tough new rules on soft drinks announced
25 Nov 2025 at 1:47pm
AG Barr joined other soft drinks giants in warning against an extension of the sugar tax, which it claimed could push prices up by five per cent.

Sex crimes including rape and revenge porn at four year high
25 Nov 2025 at 1:08pm
New Scottish Government figures show sex crimes in Scotland at a four year high including rape, attempted rape and revenge porn

Scottish Labour MP goes viral after using biscuits to explain the UK's nation...
25 Nov 2025 at 10:12am
Gordon McKee, the MP for Glasgow South, has won praise for his humour and originality in explaining the country's ballooning debt pile.

Five Budget changes that could affect Scots when Rachel Reeves makes big anno...
25 Nov 2025 at 9:51am
The Chancellor will announce the long-awaited Budget on Wednesday.

The National

The National | Politics

STV boss accused of trying to 'pull wool over the eyes' of MPs over viewing f...
26 Nov 2025 at 8:15am

AN STV boss has been accused of attempting to ?pull the wool over the eyes? of MPs over viewing figures for a programme it plans to axe ...

SNP call on Rachel Reeves to ?help, not hammer? families in Budget
26 Nov 2025 at 5:00am

THE SNP have urged Rachel Reeves to ?help, not hammer? families when she delivers her Budget ...

Michael Russell: There is overwhelming support for more land reform
26 Nov 2025 at 5:00am

A NEW national survey has found that 96% of people say Scotland needs more land reform ...

Rachel Reeves set to announce Budget ? how to watch
26 Nov 2025 at 5:00am

RACHEL Reeves is due to deliver her second budget in the House of Commons today, and here's all you need to know ahead of the statement

What we can and can?t expect from Nigel Farage?s visit to Scotland
26 Nov 2025 at 5:00am

NIGEL Farage has announced he plans to visit Falkirk for a Reform UK rally next week ? a place he?d struggle to locate ...

We must embrace reality and lower our bills with cheap green energy
26 Nov 2025 at 5:00am

WHEN a pavilion at the COP climate summit in Brazil caught fire, it was hard not to think of this as a perfect metaphor in itself ...

Four things Scots should look out for in Rachel Reeves's Budget
25 Nov 2025 at 6:46pm

WE thought this moment would never come.

Forget romantic nationalism ? independence is clearly a class issue
25 Nov 2025 at 6:30pm

AS Your Party members in Scotland head to Liverpool this coming weekend for the party?s founding conference, there is one crunch factor that must be borne in mind. The Scottish Parliament election is just six months away, and any party to do well must clarify its position on Scottish independence.

Despite our differing views, indy supporters must all pull together
25 Nov 2025 at 6:30pm

JAMES Murphy writes much with which I agree, but disappointingly in his letter of November 21 he misconstrued my words of the previous day.

Rachel Reeves announces increase in minimum wage rates
25 Nov 2025 at 6:00pm

MINIMUM wage rates are to increase next year, giving a pay rise for millions of workers, the UK Government has announced

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Rachel Reeves to deliver tax-raising UK budget
26 Nov 2025 at 6:00am
The chancellor has pledged to make ?fair and necessary choices"

Scottish ministers urged to establish grooming gangs inquiry after NSPCC inte...
25 Nov 2025 at 5:48pm
A minister said she wanted to ensure an inquiry was the best use of resources

UK budget must 'ease taxes' for Scottish tech firms
25 Nov 2025 at 5:00pm
The chief executive of ScotlandIS, Karen Meechan, has called for Rachel Reeves to lower taxes on Scottish tech firms

Creative Scotland ?too bureaucratic? and must take more risks, review finds
25 Nov 2025 at 11:58am
It said the national arts body is ?distant and impersonal?

Supreme Court gender ruling drove up complaints over Scottish politicians, st...
25 Nov 2025 at 11:54am
Critics are spreading a 'false narrative' to 'undermine' watchdogs, MSPs are told

Tories narrowly beat Reform in council by-election
21 Nov 2025 at 3:53pm
This is the closest Reform has come to winning an election in Scotland so far

UK Government launches new AI growth plan
21 Nov 2025 at 12:20pm
The UK Government has launched a new plan intended to boost the growth of the artificial intelligence sector

UK armed forces test drone-destroying laser weapon ?
21 Nov 2025 at 10:34am
The UK armed forces have successfully tested a laser weapons system capable of destroying drones travelling at up to 400 miles per hour

Christina McKelvie Ball announced in memory of late MSP
21 Nov 2025 at 10:29am
The event will raise funds for cancer charities

UK Covid-19 Inquiry: Scottish Government response was 'too little, too late'
21 Nov 2025 at 7:07am
Official probe criticises all UK governments for lack of preparation

Guardian - Scottish Politics

Scottish politics | The Guardian

Uk politics: Streeting defends asylum policy, but says he?s not ?comfortable?...
19 Nov 2025 at 5:31pm
Health secretary still maintains that forced removals are ?right thing to do for the country?Healey is now taking questions.Q: How close are are we to war?It is Labour that is the party of defence. Continue reading...

Starmer stands by McSweeney and says he has been ?assured no briefings agains...
13 Nov 2025 at 6:06pm
This blog has now closed, you can read more on this story herePA Media has more on what the monthly performance figures from NHS England show. PA says:The data shows 180,329 people in England had been waiting more than a year to start routine hospital treatment at the end of September, down from ...

Scotland plans to issue £1.5bn of its own bonds ? ?kilts? rather than gilts
13 Nov 2025 at 12:48pm
Announcement by first minister John Swinney comes after Moody?s and S&P give country same credit rating as UKThe Scottish first minister John Swinney has said Edinburgh is on track to issue its own government bonds, nicknamed ?kilts?, after the country was given the same credit rating as the UK.T...

The Guardian view on Scottish land reform: vast estates remain feudal in scal...
9 Nov 2025 at 5:25pm
Half of the country?s privately owned countryside is held by just 421 owners. New legislation suggests democrats still fear powerful interestsNo other European country has such a narrow base of proprietorship as Scotland. Half of all privately owned rural land is held by 421 people or entities. T...

Nicola Sturgeon: I understand why people doubt my ignorance of alleged SNP em...
7 Nov 2025 at 3:20pm
?Trust me, I had no idea? about potential wrongdoing in Scottish National party, says former first ministerNicola Sturgeon on leadership, scandal and trolling the trolls ? podcastNicola Sturgeon has said she fully understands why many people find it hard to believe she had no idea about alleged e...

Nicola Sturgeon on leadership, scandal and trolling the trolls ? podcast
7 Nov 2025 at 5:00am
In a special, bonus episode of Politics Weekly, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey sit down with Scotland?s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon for a frank conversation about her time in office and the future of nationalist politics.Nothing is off the table: her leadership, Covid, the gender row tha...

Lammy says he was not ?equipped with the details? when facing questions on mi...
6 Nov 2025 at 5:22pm
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereDavid Lammy, the deputy PM and justice secretary, has welcomed the fact that Billy Smith is back in custody, but described the spike in release mistakes as ?unacceptable?.According to PA Media, Lammy said:William Smith is back in c...

Met police issue statement with more information about missing Algerian priso...
5 Nov 2025 at 6:18pm
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereDavid Lammy starts by saying the PM is in Brazil.He says the thoughts of all MPs are still with the victims of the appalling attacks in Huntingdon and Peterborough, where, he says, he was at school for seven years. Continue reading...

Reeves says she should have checked rental licence had been obtained as letti...
30 Oct 2025 at 6:50pm
No 10 releases redacted emails between Reeves? husband and letting agentRachel Reeves? rental error: standards adviser looking at new informationRobert Peston, ITV?s political editor, says he thinks it is a mistake for the Conservatives to be saying Rachel Reeves should have to resign over the re...

MPs vote down Farage?s proposal for UK to leave ECHR ? as it happened
29 Oct 2025 at 5:20pm
This blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereMark Sedwill, the former cabinet secretary and former national security adviser, goes next. He is now a peer, and a member of the committee.He says the deputy national security adviser, Matthew Collins, thought there was ...

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Wee Ginger Dug

Hope of a better Scotland can defeat the far right
25 Nov 2025 at 2:42pm
Racists complain that migrants don’t want to learn English and integrate, but when migrants do want to learn English and integrate, racists mount a protest outside the school where English language lessons are being given to the mothers of some of the pupils, insisting that they are “protecting our kids” from unvetted adults on school …

The Scottish media?s covid double standards
21 Nov 2025 at 1:37pm
Did Nicola Sturgeon get everything right during the Covid pandemic when she headed a devolved government limited powers at its disposal and she was faced with an anti-independence Scottish media that screamed she was politicising the pandemic in order to further the cause of independence whenever she sought to diverge from the line being taken …

A Labour vote in Scotland is a vote not to matter
19 Nov 2025 at 5:01pm
You’ve got to hand it to the Labour party, they are certainly consistent, consistent in their shafting of Scottish workers. It’s almost as though, despite Labour’s protestations to the contrary, Scottish votes don’t matter to the Labour party and its strategists. We’ve seen a party which campaigned on the slogan vote Labour to save Grangemouth …

Starmer?s Labour enables fascism
17 Nov 2025 at 6:58pm
When the race baiting far right criminal Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and the hard right Reform UK are praising Labour’s policies, you know that something has gone profoundly wrong in a party which purports to be on the centre-left. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a set of measures which are aimed at making the lives of …

Just get your boots off our necks, Westminster
14 Nov 2025 at 3:23pm
In an interview with The National newspaper, the actor Alan Cumming, who currently hosts the US version of the popular show The Traitors and who is outspoken in his support for Scottish independence, demanded “Get just get your boots off our necks, Westminster.” He made the powerful call for Scottish self-determination in connection with the …

No, independence supporters? compaints about BBC bias are nothing like Trump
12 Nov 2025 at 3:01pm
There is certainly no love lost between supporters of Scottish independence and the BBC. It is however egregious I’m-not-a-nationalist-I’m-British bollocks to suggest, as former Labour party hack Carlos Alba writes in Wednesday’s Herald newspaper, that Yes supporters are now on the side of Donald Trump as he threatens the Corporation with a billion dollar lawsuit …

Believe in Scotland?s path to independence, the routemap we need
10 Nov 2025 at 7:25pm
I have previously blogged about my view that the UK is entering a terminal phase crisis which it is unlikely to survive in its current form. The pro-independence campaign group Believe in Scotland is of a similar opinion and believes that this crisis provides Scotland and Wales with a unique opportunity to seize independence and …

Labour?s doomed attempt to paint the SNP as a threat to national security
6 Nov 2025 at 3:34pm
The oil is running out, all the banks will leave, you won’t have a pension, you can’t use the pound, the EU won’t let you back in, and now we have – the SNP are a threat to national security. This wasn’t an off the cuff remark from a harried Labour minister being put under …

The need for iGERS
4 Nov 2025 at 5:13pm
The pro-independence campaign group Believe in Scotland has proposed a replacement for the discredited GERS (Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland) figures which are published every year to the delight of British nationalists up and down the land. These statistics, which as Professor of Accountancy Practice Richard Murphy regularly points out, are based on unreliable and …

Migrant hysteria, the lie driving the rise of the far right
31 Oct 2025 at 6:30pm
The far right is on the rise, and it’s on the rise due to an artificial panic manufactured by rich and powerful interests in order to distract public attention from the greed and avarice of the wealthiest in society, a tiny segment which has hoarded ever greater wealth over the past few decades even as …

The Courier

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Could Rosyth-Europe ferry set sail thanks to Brexit reset?
27 May 2025 at 6:01am
Hopes have been raised for a simple solution to a cross-border problem.

Kirkcaldy MP demands pro-suicide forum is torn down
26 May 2025 at 6:01am
Around 100 suicides have been linked to the sickening forum which provides guidance to people on ending their life.

UHI Perth aviation students warn of ?unsettling times? after training firm?s ...
26 May 2025 at 6:00am
Worried Samuel Hughes, 19, is among students sharing their fears at a time of crisis for Perth College.

Fresh Dundee University strike begins over compulsory Levehulme Centre job cuts
26 May 2025 at 6:00am
University staff are taking five days of industrial action as the institution pushes ahead with plans to axe the forensic research hub.

NHS Fife nurse at centre of controversial trans tribunal suing her own trade ...
25 May 2025 at 2:32pm
A&E medic Sandie Peggie is now taking legal action against the Royal College of Nursing.

EXCLUSIVE: Dundee University still to strike rescue deal with government
23 May 2025 at 5:46pm
Opposition MSPs have expressed concern at the time taken to agree a deal almost a month after the fresh recovery plan was unveiled.

6 senior figures who left Dundee University during financial crisis
23 May 2025 at 5:10pm
Several university chiefs have moved on since £30m financial black hole emerged.

Dundee University activist artist leads degree show protest over financial cr...
23 May 2025 at 4:45pm
Duncan of Jordanstone student Finn Millar says he wants to play a part in "keeping the university alive".

John Swinney admits constituents have expressed Perth leisure concerns to him
23 May 2025 at 6:01am
The first minister wants further talks between both sides of Perth leisure debate.

EXCLUSIVE: Dundee University chief operating officer Jim McGeorge quits
22 May 2025 at 1:58pm
Dr Jim McGeorge ? who was responsible for good governance - had been on a period of extended leave.

Talking up Scotland

Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz'

SNP Government initiatives leading to plummeting waiting lists with overall l...
26 Nov 2025 at 9:10am
Professor John Robertson OBA From NHS waiting times – stage of treatment published yesterday, the above impressive signs of progress. with increasing numbers treated yet plummeting longer waits. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/nhs-waiting-times-stage-of-treatment/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times-inpatients-day-cases-and-new-outpatients-25-november-2025/ Important note – These...

Nearly three times as many more in England waiting for a social care assessme...
26 Nov 2025 at 9:03am
Professor John Robertson OBA From People requiring a social care assessment and care at home services, published yesterday: The number of people estimated to be waiting on a social care assessment for a package of care was 7,806 on 3 November 2025. This is an increase of 30% from the estimated number of people waiting this time last year (4 November 2024). https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/...

Scotland?s universal and generous IVF system costs nothing in the longer term...
26 Nov 2025 at 9:00am
Professor John Robertson OBA From IVF waiting times in Scotland Quarter ending 30 September 2025 published yesterday: During the quarter ending 30 September 2025, 362 patients were screened. The 90% standard was met, with all patients attending a screening appointment within 52 weeks of referral. All patients were screened within 26 weeks at the Aberdeen IVF Centre, and most patients at the Dun...

NHS Scotland has 3 000 more beds, 30% more per head, than NHS England, to ena...
26 Nov 2025 at 8:58am
Professor John Robertson OBA From Acute hospital activity and NHS beds information (quarterly) Quarter ending 30 June 2025, published yesterday: There were on average 13,681 available staffed beds per day for all acute specialties in the quarter ending 30 June 2025 ? a 0.3% decrease compared to the same quarter in the previous year. An available staffed bed is a bed which is resourced for inpat...

Shocking contrast as nearly twice as many Scots have access to an NHS dentist...
26 Nov 2025 at 8:54am
Professor John Robertson OBA The above table from Public Health Scotland today, reveals a very high level of access to free NHS dental treatment in Scotland – 90% of children and 97% of adults with 100% access for some age groups. Source: https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/nhs-dental-data-monitoring-report/nhs-dental-data-monitoring-report-quarter-ending-september-2025/ When I s...

Community owned assets surge in Scotland up to 14% higher than in England
25 Nov 2025 at 4:15pm
Professor John Robertson OBA From Community Ownership in Scotland 2024, published today, the above and: This publication reports the number of assets in community ownership which are recorded by the Scottish Government. There are several initiatives which have been put in place to enable community ownership.  There are several initiatives which have been put in place to enable community ownersh...

Number of properties for private rent in Scotland increases for second month ...
25 Nov 2025 at 3:42pm
Professor John Robertson OBA From Housing statistics: Scottish Landlord Register data published today, the above data reveal an increase in the number of private properties for rent in Scotland by around 700 in October 2025, on top of around 900 in August 2025: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-landlord-register-data/ The total of 349 817 has now returned to 99.7% of the April 2025 fig...

Scotland sees major falls in violent crime, housebreaking and drug possession...
25 Nov 2025 at 2:51pm
Professor John Robertson OBA The Herald has an agenda and it’s so clear above – Crime is rising and the SNP is to blame. I have an agenda too but unlike the MSM I’ve never sought to hide it – some things are improving and we need media balance so that people can correctly assess the quality of their lives under the SNP. They’re selective to paint a dark picture. I’m selective to try and balance...

An new Scots Wha Hae by Bill Warren with a fantastic catalogue of TuS links a...
25 Nov 2025 at 11:29am
Bill Warren sent me this today. I’m stunned, deeply impressed. I was further stunned when I found the above by another Warren whom I cannot trace – any connection Bill? The same theme was allegedly played in 1429 by the Franco-Scots army at the siege of Orléans in front of Joan of Arc. ScotsWhaHae.OnlineBest viewed in Landscape on your mobileLinks to evidence at end of line with a ctrl click WH...

There is NO evidence that NHS Scotland directed pregnant women to controversi...
25 Nov 2025 at 10:37am
Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian today, the above and: The NHS has been directing pregnant women to a website that connected them to the Free Birth Society, an organisation that has been linked to baby deaths around the world after promoting labour without medical support. A number of NHS trusts are directing women who are contemplating a ?free birth? to a charity website that until...

Scotland and Independence

"scotland independence -guardian" - Google News

The new hero of Scottish independence? Nigel Farage - politico.eu
13 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
The new hero of Scottish independence? Nigel Farage  politico.eu

Will X sharing where users log in from help with spotting disinformation? - BBC
24 Nov 2025 at 10:46am
Will X sharing where users log in from help with spotting disinformation?  BBC

X feature exposes Iranian-run pro-Scottish independence accounts - UKDJ - ???...
24 Nov 2025 at 2:33pm
X feature exposes Iranian-run pro-Scottish independence accounts - UKDJ  ????? ??????????

Twenty-five years of data shows how link between identity and views on Scotti...
9 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
Twenty-five years of data shows how link between identity and views on Scottish independence has grown stronger  The Conversation

A Fresh Start with Independence - The Scottish Government
8 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
A Fresh Start with Independence  The Scottish Government

Independence can 'restore Scots standard of living' as rankings show UK plumm...
9 Nov 2025 at 8:00am
Independence can 'restore Scots standard of living' as rankings show UK plummet  TheNational.scot

Scotland casts fresh eye on independence vote as UK's political landscape shi...
24 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
Scotland casts fresh eye on independence vote as UK's political landscape shifts  Courthouse News

?Proud Scots? for independence exposed as Iran-based troll network - The Times
24 Nov 2025 at 9:50pm
?Proud Scots? for independence exposed as Iran-based troll network  The Times

Proof Scottish pro-Indy account network operated from Iran - UK Defence Journal
23 Nov 2025 at 12:26pm
Proof Scottish pro-Indy account network operated from Iran  UK Defence Journal

In the United Kingdom, prime minister rejects possibility of Scotland indepen...
3 Jun 2025 at 8:00am
In the United Kingdom, prime minister rejects possibility of Scotland independence referendum  ConstitutionNet

SNP

"SNP" - Google News

Carmichael: SNP ?control-freakery? costing Scottish fishermen - Fishing News
25 Nov 2025 at 4:52pm
Carmichael: SNP ?control-freakery? costing Scottish fishermen  Fishing News

'Mossmorran workers are victims of net zero zealots' - The Herald
25 Nov 2025 at 5:41pm
'Mossmorran workers are victims of net zero zealots'  The Herald

SNP calls on Chancellor to ?help, not hammer? families in Budget - lbc.co.uk
26 Nov 2025 at 7:04am
SNP calls on Chancellor to ?help, not hammer? families in Budget  lbc.co.uk

SNP calls on Chancellor to ?help, not hammer? families in Budget - The Indepe...
26 Nov 2025 at 12:01am
SNP calls on Chancellor to ?help, not hammer? families in Budget  The Independent

SNP rushes to correct 'appalling' £400m 'drafting error' in legislation - The...
25 Nov 2025 at 4:56pm
SNP rushes to correct 'appalling' £400m 'drafting error' in legislation  The Scotsman

SNP leader John Swinney: ?Scotland and England are going in completely differ...
25 Nov 2025 at 5:03am
SNP leader John Swinney: ?Scotland and England are going in completely different directons?  The Irish Times

SNP ordered separate NHS app as ?it would look bad to use English one? - The ...
24 Nov 2025 at 7:43pm
SNP ordered separate NHS app as ?it would look bad to use English one?  The Telegraph

Nicola Sturgeon: I understand why people doubt my ignorance of alleged SNP em...
7 Nov 2025 at 8:00am
Nicola Sturgeon: I understand why people doubt my ignorance of alleged SNP embezzlement  The Guardian

Shared SNP effects across breeds increase the genomic prediction accuracy for...
26 Aug 2025 at 8:00am
Shared SNP effects across breeds increase the genomic prediction accuracy for numerically small breeds  Nature

Plaid Cymru and SNP leaders discuss forming 'progressive alliance' - BBC
30 Oct 2025 at 7:00am
Plaid Cymru and SNP leaders discuss forming 'progressive alliance'  BBC

Referendum (Google News)

"Scotland referendum -guardian -telegraph" - Google News

Swinney sets out latest plan for an independence referendum - BBC
4 Sep 2025 at 8:00am
Swinney sets out latest plan for an independence referendum  BBC

Scottish political snapshot, November 2025 - YouGov
17 Nov 2025 at 8:00am
Scottish political snapshot, November 2025  YouGov

The new hero of Scottish independence? Nigel Farage - politico.eu
13 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
The new hero of Scottish independence? Nigel Farage  politico.eu

In the United Kingdom, prime minister rejects possibility of Scotland indepen...
3 Jun 2025 at 8:00am
In the United Kingdom, prime minister rejects possibility of Scotland independence referendum  ConstitutionNet

Scotland casts fresh eye on independence vote as UK's political landscape shi...
24 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
Scotland casts fresh eye on independence vote as UK's political landscape shifts  Courthouse News

Why Alberta?s push for independence pales in comparison to Scotland?s in 2014...
27 May 2025 at 8:00am
Why Alberta?s push for independence pales in comparison to Scotland?s in 2014  The Conversation

First Minister John Swinney sets out latest plan for independence referendum ...
4 Sep 2025 at 8:00am
First Minister John Swinney sets out latest plan for independence referendum  Sky News

Part Two: What an independent Scotland could look like - A Fresh Start with I...
8 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
Part Two: What an independent Scotland could look like - A Fresh Start with Independence  The Scottish Government

John Swinney's independence strategy backed by SNP members - BBC
11 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
John Swinney's independence strategy backed by SNP members  BBC

One Cause, Many Voices: Scotland?s Divided Independence Movement Strategy - A...
4 Sep 2025 at 8:00am
One Cause, Many Voices: Scotland?s Divided Independence Movement Strategy  Australian Institute of International Affairs