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The Herald
The Herald | Politics

John Swinney refuses to say if Fergus Ewing should run for Holyrood in 2026
17 Feb 2025 at 5:50pm
John Swinney has refused to say if rebel backbencher Fergus Ewing should stand for the SNP in next year?s Holyrood election

Bus gate saga another feather in Aberdeen's dunce cap
17 Feb 2025 at 3:30pm
With the SNP bleeding support in the city at the last general election, a quick fix is undoubtedly needed to shore up their Holyrood chances next year.

Scottish Government told to clean up 'sheer mess' over single sex spaces
17 Feb 2025 at 3:21pm
New guidance is needed on single sex spaces because of the ?sheer mess? the SNP ministers have created on the issue, Scottish Secretary Ian Murray has insisted

Ash Regan and Kenny MacAskill secure backing for Alba leadership race
17 Feb 2025 at 3:05pm
Both Alba members have secured enough nominations to run in the pro-independent party?s leadership race.

UK Government confirms £2.6 million funding for V&A Dundee
17 Feb 2025 at 5:00am
The Scottish Secretary will confirm capital funding of £2.6 million from the UK Government for the V&A museum in Dundee.

?Skills shortage fuelling housing emergency?, says Scottish Labour
17 Feb 2025 at 5:00am
A ?dysfunctional? skills system is contributing to Scotland?s housing emergency, says Scottish Labour.

Analysis: now Scotland's exam system needs a better leader
17 Feb 2025 at 2:57pm
Following the resignation of Fiona Robertson, the Chief Executive of the SQA and the Chief Examiner for Scotland, has resigned

Roz Foyer: It is well past time for tax reform to create a fairer Scotland
17 Feb 2025 at 11:30am
The SNP?s promise to abolish the Council Tax is 20 years old. That?s all the time that they have been in power, plus some. For most of that period, rather than reform it, they have imposed council tax freezes. It is well past time for tax reform to create a fairer Scotland

John Swinney to visit set of Channel 4 drama filmed in Scotland
17 Feb 2025 at 12:32am
The First Minister of Scotland will visit the set of a new Channel 4 drama, with £2 million pledged for the screen sector in an upcoming budget.

'Urgent and targeted': charities call for council action on homelessness
16 Feb 2025 at 8:00am
Leading homelessness charities have called on Glasgow City Council to take ?urgent and targeted action? amidst a city-wide housing shortage.

'I don't want this f*****g condition': How Scottish disabled community are br...
16 Feb 2025 at 6:44am
Our Writer at Large learns about the reality of life for disabled people in 2025. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT

Water bills in Scotland £113 cheaper than England and Wales despite price hike
16 Feb 2025 at 5:00am
Water bills in Scotland have been estimated to be £113 cheaper on average than in England and Wales, despite Scottish Water confirming an almost 10% rise.

Teething problems or too late to save? Scottish Labour?s bid to regain momentum
16 Feb 2025 at 5:00am
With 16 months until the 2026 election, Anas Sarwar must rally a party bruised by Keir Starmer?s ?teething problems,? including controversial decisions on winter fuel payments and Grangemouth. Polls suggest a tough battle ahead, as the SNP steadies under John Swinney. Can Sarwar fix Labour?s cracks and prove they?re ready to govern?

Neil Gray failed to act after early warning NHS Fife had acted illegally in t...
16 Feb 2025 at 5:00am
Health Secretary Neil Gray was warned in June last year that NHS Fife's handling of a trans doctor?s use of a female-only changing room may have broken the law. Tribunal costs are now in the hundreds of thousands.
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The Scotsman
The Scotsman Politics

Scottish MPs demand details after Sir Keir Starmer suggests sending troops to...
17 Feb 2025 at 6:27pm
The Prime Minister has said the UK and Europe are facing a ?generational challenge?

Why it's wrong to paint Generation Z as unpatriotic snowflakes
17 Feb 2025 at 6:00pm
The way to respond to young people?s complaints about life in modern Britain is present them with a future they can believe in

Why Chief Constable was right to act over threat to reopen Sheku Bayoh case a...
17 Feb 2025 at 6:00pm
A last-minute attempt to change the remit of the inquiry into Sheku Bayoh?s death, so that it could reconsider whether to prosecute police officers, prompted a highly unusual, but justified, move from the Chief Constable

Why Labour's popularity soared in Scotland ? until the party actually got int...
17 Feb 2025 at 6:00pm
One of Anas Sarwar?s biggest problems is the reality of life under the UK Labour government

New single-sex space guidance needed to clear up 'sheer mess' left by SNP min...
17 Feb 2025 at 3:29pm
Scottish Secretary Ian Murray has spoken out after the NHS Fife tribunal case involving transgender doctor Beth Upton was paused

Ash Regan and Kenny MacAskill secure backing to stand for Alba leader
17 Feb 2025 at 1:23pm
Nominations to stand to be the leader of the Alba Party have opened.
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Sandie Peggie: Nurse at centre of trans employment tribunal threatened with sack
17 Feb 2025 at 8:35am
Sandie Peggie is due to attend a conduct hearing later this week for ?misgendering? Dr Beth Upton.

Progress made on court delays but outlook is challenging
17 Feb 2025 at 6:01am
Head of Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service says system has ?no short-term capacity?

V&A Dundee lands £2.6 million investment from UK Government
17 Feb 2025 at 6:00am
Since the design museum opened in 2018, tourism has increased by more than 50 per cent

UK must not give China the power to switch off our windfarms
17 Feb 2025 at 6:00am
In dealing with Chinese companies involved in renewables, the UK and Scottish governments must ensure wind turbines are under local control for the sake of our energy security
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Wings over Scotland
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Craig Murray

UN Peacekeepers Watch Civilians Massacred
12 Feb 2025 at 8:52pm
On 26 January, 26 unarmed civilians were shot dead by Israel and 147 wounded in a massacre observed by heavily armed UN Peacekeepers who did not intervene. I asked the UN the very hard questions which nobody else is asking them. The civilians were simply attempting to return to their homes in accordance with both …
UN Peacekeepers Watch Civilians Massacred
United Nations Censures UK Over Abuse of Terrorism Act Against Journalists an...
6 Feb 2025 at 5:39am
Four UN Special Rapporteurs have written jointly to the UK government demanding explanation of its inappropriate persecution of journalists and political activists under the Terrorism Act. They state that those persecuted: appear to have no credible connection to “terrorist” or “hostile” activity The cases taken up by the United Nations are those of Johanna Ross …
United Nations Censures UK Over Abuse of Terrorism Act Against Journalists and Activists
Israel Slaughters and Destroys in Southern Lebanon
31 Jan 2025 at 1:24pm
We could very easily – in fact more easily – have made these mini-documentaries featuring the bodies of children slaughtered by Israel and the hideous aspect of the maiming of tens of thousands, or focusing on the tears of the bereaved and orphaned. We chose to go a different way and make that unavoidably implicit, …
Israel Slaughters and Destroys in Southern Lebanon
Israeli Atrocities in Lebanon
27 Jan 2025 at 12:24pm
Yesterday, not only did Israel fail to evacuate its army from Southern Lebanon as stipulated in the ceasefire agreement, Israel also shot over 130 Lebanese civilians attempting to return home in accordance with the deal, killing 23 and wounding 109 (of whom some are in critical condition). This included a 12 year old boy wounded …
Israeli Atrocities in Lebanon
Real Reporting Appeal
18 Jan 2025 at 4:36pm
Our new mini-documentary from the Middle East shows again the kind of reporting that no Western media either can or will do. We hope to visit Damascus where Western media is giving entirely sycophantic and false coverage to the new HTS regime, praising the return of Pringles to the shops while ignoring massacres. But we …
Real Reporting Appeal
A Ceasefire is Not an End
16 Jan 2025 at 1:21pm
The Genocide of the Palestinian people began 76 years ago. What may be drawing to a close is merely a particularly intense phase in the Genocide. Gaza is destroyed. 92% of its housing has gone. Its water treatment and sanitation, electricity generation, food processing, farming, and fishing are all now incapable of sustaining much life. …
A Ceasefire is Not an End
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BBC Scotland


Will 'radical' talk finally speed up public service reform?
17 Feb 2025 at 5:31pm
Fourteen years after ministers were told "urgent" action was needed, obstacles remain in the way of change.

Ministers open to 'radical' public sector reform
17 Feb 2025 at 5:34pm
The Scottish government is hosting a summit of councils, public bodies, third sector organisations and business figures.

JD Vance abortion buffer zone comments 'dangerous'
15 Feb 2025 at 11:56am
The American vice-president said people praying in their homes could be arrested under Scots law.

Warning over 'unacceptable' A&E waiting times
15 Feb 2025 at 9:41am
Patients waiting over 12 hours in A&E has increased by 99 times since 2011, according to analysis.

Victims being ignored by early release, says charity
14 Feb 2025 at 6:24am
A support organisation says victims feel "deprioritised" as almost 400 prisoners are set to be released early.

Should teacher numbers drop as school rolls fall?
14 Feb 2025 at 12:10pm
Pupil numbers are set to fall by 90,000 by 2040, but ministers want to maintain school staffing.

Teacher strikes halted as council to drop job cuts
13 Feb 2025 at 4:41pm
Members of the EIS union were due to walk out on 20 February unless cuts were halted and reversed.

Are 10% council tax rises on the way in Scotland?
12 Feb 2025 at 6:12am
Local tax rates have been frozen or capped for much of the last 20 years, but look set to increase.

New law to lift ban on Catholics in Kirk role
13 Feb 2025 at 6:14pm
Roman Catholics will be given the right to become lord high commissioner of the Church of Scotland general assembly.

Assault charge against ex-council leader dropped
11 Feb 2025 at 10:17am
The former Inverclyde Council chief resigned in November after denying assault and threatening behaviour.

Scottish Borders plans 10% council tax increase
11 Feb 2025 at 11:10am
The local authority says it had "no choice" but to make the move to generate an extra £7m.

Grangemouth response 'not good enough' - Sarwar
10 Feb 2025 at 5:29pm
The Scottish Labour leader says there has been "nowhere near enough progress" on supporting refinery workers.
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Scot Goes Pop
Natty Norstat poll is yet another to show the SNP and Greens on course to ret...
15 Feb 2025 at 9:25pm
I was just about to give you the full figures from tonight's new Norstat poll, but the archived page I was relying on has stopped working (probably temporarily). What I can tell you for now from m...
Reform's Scottish votes are coming from unionist parties to a much greater ex...
15 Feb 2025 at 12:07pm
Yesterday people were looking at the result of the Kirkintilloch by-election, and because there was a Reform surge and an SNP collapse, they were rather simplistically assuming there must have been...
ALBA CLUEDO, THE SEQUEL: So who did it to Tasmina, with the mobile phone, in ...
14 Feb 2025 at 8:48pm
The remaining members of the Alba Party, colloquially known as NYEs (Not Yet Expelleds), have been gripped once again today by Whodunnit fever after yet another catastrophic leak of sensitive infor...
Strange happenings on Twechar Beach as Labour flatline but still make a by-el...
14 Feb 2025 at 12:38am
So let me once again take you by the hand and try to navigate you through the wacky world of STV by-elections. The Liberal Democrats were technically defending the seat in Kirkintilloch and Twecha...
Nigel Farage on course for Downing Street as cataclysmic Find Out Now poll se...
13 Feb 2025 at 8:47pm
GB-wide voting intentions (Find Out Now, 12th February 2025):Reform UK 29% (-)Labour 23% (-2)Conservatives 21% (+3)Liberal Democrats 12% (-1)Greens 9% (-1)SNP 3% (-)Plaid Cymru 1% (-)Scottish subsa...
Second YouGov poll in a row shows Reform ahead - with an enormous SNP lead in...
13 Feb 2025 at 11:02am
When Reform UK took the lead in a recent YouGov poll, I pointed out the oddity that in doing so, they hadn't quite matched their all-time high vote share with YouGov. Or at least not technically, ...
Alba members have finally been sent the report of the Constitution Review Gro...
12 Feb 2025 at 12:41am
I went to my first SNP branch meeting tonight since rejoining the party, and while no political party will ever be perfect, it was something of a relief to symbolically 'turn the page' on my horrif...
After McEleny's firing, Alba's biggest remaining problem is spelt T-A-S - so ...
10 Feb 2025 at 10:44pm
Among the large number of people, some of them quite senior, who have been bullied out of the Alba Party, there is a difference of view over whether the party's most baleful influence has been Chri...
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STV Politics News
Latest Politics News | STV News
SNP ministers told to ?clear up mess? on single sex spaces by UK Government
17 Feb 2025 at 4:33pm
Scottish secretary Ian Murray was speaking in the wake of an employment tribunal brought by a nurse who had to share a changing room with a transgender doctor.
The world changed at Munich ? now British troops could go to Ukraine
17 Feb 2025 at 4:18pm
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he would send soldiers to keep the peace if a deal is struck with Russia.
Trump?s steel tariffs would damage UK and US, says business secretary
17 Feb 2025 at 9:36am
US President Donald Trump?s planned tariffs on imports of UK steel will cause damage on both sides of the Atlantic, business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said.
John Swinney to visit set of Channel 4 drama filmed in Scotland
17 Feb 2025 at 6:48am
The First Minister and and Culture Secretary Angus Robertson are due to visit the set of Summerwater.
Ex-PM Major warns of ?dangerous world? if US does not stand behind allies
16 Feb 2025 at 3:44pm
John Major said democracy is under threat and ?tin-pot dictators? would be emboldened if Donald Trump rushes into a peace deal that leaves Vladimir Putin in control of Ukrainian territory.
Sarwar vows to ?fix? NHS amid rise in patients opting for private health care
16 Feb 2025 at 11:45am
The Scottish Labour leader said patients could no longer 'rely on the service in their time of need' under the SNP.
Health Secretary Neil Gray says Vice President JD Vance ?wrong? amid ?ludicro...
15 Feb 2025 at 2:51pm
Donald Trump?s deputy criticised Safe Access Zones in Scotland during a speech in Munich.
US Vice President JD Vance attacks Scotland?s anti-abortion buffer zones
14 Feb 2025 at 5:43pm
Donald Trump's deputy was accused of spreading 'total nonsense and dangerous scaremongering'.
Yousaf brands PMQs exchange on Palestianian refugees as ?sickening?
13 Feb 2025 at 5:20pm
Yousaf said the exchange reflected 'institutional racism' within the UK Parliament.
Rocky path ahead if politicians kowtow to Trump and Farage, warns Sturgeon
13 Feb 2025 at 5:14pm
The former Scottish first minister urged ?progressive, liberal people? to fight back.
I am not in the game of being pressured by men, says SNP MSP standing down
13 Feb 2025 at 10:56am
Audrey Nicoll?s Aberdeen South and North Kincardine seat had briefly been targeted by SNP colleague Stephen Flynn.
Yousaf: My wife?s family are facing ?hell on Earth? after Gaza devastation
13 Feb 2025 at 7:10am
The former first minister said any prospect of his parents-in-law returning to Gaza is a 'very distant dream'.
First Minister spends half-term with King Charles at royal sleepover
12 Feb 2025 at 5:42pm
The First Minister will join leaders from across the UK for the dinner with the monarch on Wednesday.
Starmer to face PMQs after 11 councillors suspended over WhatsApp scandal
12 Feb 2025 at 11:50am
Keir Starmer will take questions from the opposition on Wednesday afternoon.
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Daily Record
Daily Record - Politics

Flooding defences could be hit after Scottish Water staff back strike action
17 Feb 2025 at 5:05pm
The workforce are angry over the pay rise they have been offered.

Ian Murray tells SNP ministers to ?clear up mess? on single sex spaces
17 Feb 2025 at 4:54pm
Murray said ministers needed to ?clear up the sheer mess that they?ve made of this whole this whole issue?.

Labour Government's delivery 'will turn the polls around', claims Ian Murray
17 Feb 2025 at 3:50pm
The Scottish Secretary was speaking after a poll predicted the party?s worst result in Scotland since devolution.

Jerry Seinfeld tells activist 'I don't care about Palestine'
17 Feb 2025 at 3:31pm
The 70-year-old comedian - known for the TV show Seinfeld - was asked for a photo by influencer Subway DJ in New York on Sunday night.

Alba urged to pull Alex Salmond tribute video featuring convicted internet troll
17 Feb 2025 at 2:29pm
EXCLUSIVE: David Llewellyn also wrote that a recent story made him wish a "fire would break out at Record headquarters with all their staff inside".

Blow for John Swinney as education chief quits ahead of new body being set up
17 Feb 2025 at 1:07pm
Fiona Robertson announced her resignation from the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) on Monday.

Council tax rises in Scotland - more affected areas confirmed
17 Feb 2025 at 11:49am
The Daily Record reveals the council tax rises local authorities are considering from April.

Most Scottish voters against John Swinney's plans to boost immigration
17 Feb 2025 at 10:55am
Less people who answered the Norstat poll said they wanted immigration to go up than go down.

Council tax latest as SNP Minister admits system 'could have been changed bef...
17 Feb 2025 at 10:31am
The SNP said last week that it would make the Council Tax system "fairer" 18 years after promising to scrap it altogether.

Scots councils threaten staff with 'fire and rehire' in row over employee ben...
17 Feb 2025 at 4:30am
The GMB warned the threat to enforce changes to terms and conditions on workers mirrored the kind of tactics deployed by the worst employers in the private sector.
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The National
The National | Politics
Wee Ginger Dug: Pigs will fly before a Republican donor criticises JD Vance
17 Feb 2025 at 6:00pm

THE US embassy has been urged to correct the bare-faced lies about the Scottish Safe Zones Access Act told by American vice-president JD Vance last week during his speech in Munich.
Ian Murray demands SNP 'clear up mess' of single-sex spaces amid tribunal
17 Feb 2025 at 6:02pm

IAN Murray has demanded the Scottish Government to update their policies on single-sex spaces, claiming the SNP had to ?clear up the sheer mess that they?ve made of this whole issue?.
Labour ask UK Government departments to model for 11 per cent cuts ? reports
17 Feb 2025 at 5:51pm

THE Labour Government has warned departments that they face cuts of up to 11 per cent ...
John Swinney fails to back Fergus Ewing to stand for SNP in 2026 elections
17 Feb 2025 at 5:30pm

FIRST Minister John Swinney has declined to back his former Cabinet colleague Fergus Ewing amid questions about whether he can stand for the SNP in the 2026 elections ...
Donald Trump must not 'impose' peace in Ukraine, say Greens
17 Feb 2025 at 5:35pm

DONALD Trump must not impose a peace deal in Ukraine without the involvement of Volodymyr Zelensky, the Greens have argued.
SNP ring 'alarm bells' as Labour back for-profit private investment in NHS
17 Feb 2025 at 5:19pm

LABOUR?S Health Secretary has ?set alarm bells ringing? after backing private, for-profit investment in the NHS, the SNP have warned.
We're investigating Scotland's energy scandal as the McCrone Report turns 51
17 Feb 2025 at 5:42pm

It's 51 years since the McCrone Report detailed Scotland's incredible oil wealth ? yet Scotland has some of the highest energy bills in Europe ...
UK peacekeeping force for Ukraine must be voted on, says John Swinney
17 Feb 2025 at 5:27pm

FIRST Minister John Swinney has called for a vote on any decisions to put UK peacekeeping forces into Ukraine if there is a deal to end the war with Russia.
Former top Trump aide warns against investigating his Scottish businesses
17 Feb 2025 at 4:41pm

A FORMER close aide of US president Donald Trump has cautioned against issuing an unexplained wealth order to investigate his business dealings in Scotland ...
BBC apologises for wrong claim about Anas Sarwar and two-child benefit cap
17 Feb 2025 at 4:03pm

THE BBC has apologised and issued a correction after wrongly claiming that Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar ...
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Holyrood Magazine
Holyrood Website
Scottish Government seeks National Insurance U-turn as business confidence hi...
17 Feb 2025 at 7:45am
Federation of Small Businesses releases 'worrying' results
UK Government unveils new plans to tackle AI-powered child abuse?
14 Feb 2025 at 1:42pm
A new criminal misuse team will?investigate?a range of crime and security issues, one of which will be the use of AI to create child sexual abuse material
Scotland?s per pupil spending highest in UK, study finds
14 Feb 2025 at 7:00am
The IFS report also predicts a decrease of 90,000 pupils in Scottish schools by 2040.?
A quarter of young Scots gamble while playing video games, research finds
13 Feb 2025 at 3:05pm
The survey found that more than a third of those gaming reported negative effects on their mental health, relationships, schoolwork and finances
Jim Skea: If I felt despair, I wouldn?t be able to get up in the morning
12 Feb 2025 at 6:01am
A career devoted to climate science has given Professor Jim Skea a sense of equilibrium. He tells Chris Marshall why he remains hopeful despite everything
Scottish mother lost ?17,000 in ?nightmare? online romance scam
11 Feb 2025 at 4:52pm
Speaking anonymously, ?Alison? said that she suffered a suspected heart attack following the ?nightmare? cyber fraud.?
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek ?failed every security test?, cybersecurity expert w...
11 Feb 2025 at 11:20am
DeepSeek, which is already one of the world?s most downloaded apps since its unveiling, has been viewed as a competitor to US-based software such as OpenAI.?
Assault charges dropped against former Inverclyde Council leader
11 Feb 2025 at 10:58am
Decision confirmed by prosecutors
Anas Sarwar: Labour government would keep free tuition and Scottish Child Pay...
10 Feb 2025 at 5:05pm
The Scottish Labour leader said his party would keep a number of SNP policies in place should it win the next election
Digital Exclusion: How the SNP?s efforts to bridge the gap are falling short
10 Feb 2025 at 6:00am
As both the UK and Scottish governments accelerate the adoption of cutting-edge technologies across public services, more and more people are at risk of being forced to watch from the sidelines
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Guardian - Scottish Politics
Scottish politics | The Guardian
SNP avoids early election as it wins backing for budget at Holyrood
4 Feb 2025 at 8:06pm
Scottish parliament supports minority government?s tax and spending plans after intensive negotiations The SNP minority government has passed its budget and avoided triggering an early election after securing a coalition of support across the constitutional divide at HolyroodThe tax and spending ...
Exasperated Swinney forced to deny he plans to ban cat ownership in Scotland
3 Feb 2025 at 5:56pm
Keir Starmer?s spokesperson also rejects idea of UK ban after online misinformation prompted outrageScotland?s first minister and the UK prime minister?s spokesperson have been forced to deny there are plans to ban cat ownership in Scotland after media interest in feline welfare proposals prompte...
Reeves?s growth plans ?exactly what economy needs? say UK business groups ? a...
29 Jan 2025 at 5:01pm
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereReeves says the supply side of the economy has been held back.Politicians have lacked the courage to confront the factors holding back growth.They have accepted the status quo. They have been the barrier, not the enablers, of chang...
Ex-Tory Brexit minister Lord Frost rejects party?s claims over Europe-wide cu...
28 Jan 2025 at 6:00pm
This blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereQ: Are doctors able to recognise depression? And can they decide if that affects someone?s capacity to make a decision about their health?Whitty says doctors can identify depression. But he says it is harder for them to a...
UK politics: Miliband tells MPs UK needs to ?speed up, not slow down? in net ...
27 Jan 2025 at 6:10pm
Energy secretary insists there is ?no contradiction between net zero and economic growth? in hearing at Commons committeeThe hearing has stopped for a short break. Heather Hallett, the chair, tells Badenoch that her evidence will be finished by lunchtime.Keith is now asking Badenoch about the fou...
Scottish secretary becomes first cabinet minister to take full paternity leave
24 Jan 2025 at 2:50pm
Move by Ian Murray comes as Labour prepares introduction of new workplace rights for parentsIan Murray, the Scottish secretary, is to become the first cabinet minister to take full paternity leave as Labour prepares to roll out new workplace rights for parents.Murray and his wife, Mariam, are exp...
?We are resting on our laurels?: Scotland faces significant challenge to prot...
19 Jan 2025 at 8:00am
Francesca Osowska, the outgoing chief executive of NatureScot, says more needs to be done for Scotland to hit target of restoring 30% of natural environment by 2030Scotland faces a significant challenge to meet its pledges on protecting nature without more funding and a shift in attitudes, a seni...
UK politics: Kemi Badenoch describes Rachel Reeves as a ?woman problem? for K...
16 Jan 2025 at 6:24pm
Opposition leader says PM?s ?woman problem is not my concern? when asked jokingly if she would back Starmer if he sacked the chancellorRichard Adams is the Guardian?s education editor.Thirty-two sixth form colleges across England will be hit by more strikes over a pay disparity between staff empl...
UK politics: Starmer says ?door remains open? for Tulip Siddiq following her ...
14 Jan 2025 at 5:46pm
PM appoints Emma Reynolds as her replacement as Siddiq steps down but implies she could return to government in futureStephen Doughty, a Foreign Office minister, has told MPs that the future of Greenland is a matter for the people who live there. And he said that he made this clear in a meeting w...
No 10 says Starmer does expect Reeves to stay as chancellor until general ele...
13 Jan 2025 at 6:19pm
Downing Street says prime minister has ?full confidence? in chancellor and will be working with her ?in role of chancellor? for the whole of this parliamentKeir Starmer is about to deliver his AI speech.Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell have ?decided to end our marriage?, the former f...
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Wee Ginger Dug
Wee Ginger Dug
The Thelma and Louise of Scottish politics
16 Feb 2025 at 6:55pm
Yet another Scottish opinion poll, this time by Norstat (formerly known as Panelbase) for the Sunday Times has confirmed the picture that is becoming clear from other recent opinion polling, Anas Sarwar and the Labour party in Scotland are in deep, deep trouble and unless there is some miracle between now and May 2026, Labour …
The nastification of British politics
14 Feb 2025 at 12:37pm
This week, yet another UK- wide opinion poll put Nigel Farage’s hard right anti-immigrant fan club Reform UK ltd. in poll position in Westminster voting intention. The poll, by YouGov, gave the Faragistes 26%, Labour 25% and the Tories 21%. This was shortly followed by another poll, this time carried out by Find Out Now, …
No jam tomorrow for Grangemouth with Labour
10 Feb 2025 at 12:16pm
We have become so used to the lies and betrayals of the Labour party that a term for them has entered the language, ‘jam tomorrow’. The term was first used in the Lewis Caroll novel Alice Through the Looking-Glass, published in 1871, but by the latter half of the 20th century it had come to …
Starmer?s moral cowardice on Gaza
5 Feb 2025 at 8:03pm
You could be forgiven for forgetting that Keir Starmer used to be a human rights lawyer, after all, Keir Starmer seems to have forgotten too. The world was in shock on Wednesday morning after Donald Trump announced that he had unilaterally torn up the two state solution to the Israel-Palestine problem and intended to remove …
John Swinney ate my cat
4 Feb 2025 at 5:28pm
The British nationalist media is really scraping the bottom of the SNPbad scare story barrel now that it’s looking as though Anas Sarwar’s tenure as Saviour of the Union has been more short lived than most, with the implosion of support for Labour in Scotland. Labour’s chances of forming the next Scottish Government, so widely …
Labour?s Scottish implosion is an opportunity for independence
2 Feb 2025 at 4:22pm
Yet another opinion poll has confirmed what is now an indisputable pattern. The Labour vote in Scotland is imploding. Just a few short months ago, Labour MSPs were triumphantly striding about the corridors of Holyrood like they owned the place, arrogantly expecting that come the next Scottish elections they would repeat their win in the …
Scotland has no future in Farage?s English nationalist UK
26 Jan 2025 at 4:43pm
Given the way in which support for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Ltd was rising in opinion polling, and gaining uncritical publicity in the media, particularly from a Scottish media which sees the hard right as a bulwark against independence and ‘proof’ that Scotland is not politically so different from England, there was bound to be …
The Turd Reich and what it means for Scotland
22 Jan 2025 at 4:19pm
Over in America it’s week one of the Turd Reich. Amongst the lowlights of Monday’s inauguration of Donald Trump as American president was the sight of an overly energetic Elon Musk excitedly making what was looked very like a Nazi salute to a crowd of Trump supporters at an inauguration event. The gesture, which Musk …
Turning things around for the SNP
17 Jan 2025 at 3:03pm
There’s good news and not so good news from recent opinion polling. The good news is that the SNP should easily remain the largest party in Holyrood by quite some margin on current showing, while support for Labour in Scotland is in freefall, the not so good news is that the SNP needs to pick …
The rise of the far right, a threat and an opportunity for Scottish independence
12 Jan 2025 at 12:30pm
An opinion poll published this week ought to sound the alarm bells to anyone who values decency, compassion, and humanity in politics. According to an opinion poll carried out by pollsters Find Out Now, Reform UK ltd. Nigel Farage’s hard right English nationalist limited company masquerading as a political party is now neck and neck …
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The Courier
Scottish Politics News From Holyrood and Westminster | The Courier
Tributes to Ross Vettraino: Veteran Fife councillor and ?consummate gentleman...
17 Feb 2025 at 4:42pm
The former head of environmental services at North East Fife District Council had been SNP councillor for Glenrothes Central and Thornton since 2007.
Nurse suing NHS Fife over trans changing room row faces sack this week
17 Feb 2025 at 12:29pm
Sandie Peggie will face an NHS Fife disciplinary panel on Friday despite the ongoing employment tribunal.
Dundee library move will see shelf-space cut equivalent to four swimming pool...
17 Feb 2025 at 6:00am
The council is planning to shut three local libraries and replace them with a new facility at East End Community Campus.
V&A Dundee to receive £2.6 million from UK Government after funding row
17 Feb 2025 at 6:00am
It was feared the cash would be withdrawn by Labour as the party reviewed spending commitments.
NHS Fife HR emails reveal nurse?s suspension over trans doctor row branded ?l...
15 Feb 2025 at 7:00am
Emails from the health board's HR department were read by nurse Sandie Peggie's barrister at the employment tribunal in Dundee.
What is Dundee University?s under-threat Leverhume forensics centre?
15 Feb 2025 at 6:01am
The Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science carries out cutting-edge research on the science used to investigate crime and prosecute those responsible.
NHS Fife trans row tribunal: Everything we know so far
14 Feb 2025 at 11:00pm
A Kirkcaldy nurse was suspended by the health board after she complained about sharing a changing room with a transgender woman.
NHS Fife tribunal summer return date revealed as health board accused of ?cre...
14 Feb 2025 at 6:16pm
The employment tribunal has been deferred for five months with more evidence expected and an application for a forensic examination of Dr Beth Upton's phone.
VIDEO: Kirkcaldy nurse suing NHS Fife piped into employment tribunal in Dundee
14 Feb 2025 at 2:19pm
Dozens of Sandie Peggie's supporters applauded the A&E nurse as she arrived for day 10 of the tribunal.
NHS Fife boss told nurse to change in toilet instead of sharing female changi...
14 Feb 2025 at 6:10am
The employment tribunal also heard a number of concerns over communications within the health board.
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Talking up Scotland
Talking-up Scotland
Sir Prof John Curtice ? How can Anas Sarwar be more popular than the PM when ...
17 Feb 2025 at 4:07pm
The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily, finishing in 10 days, to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me 74 in June and tiring and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland - a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John R...
University of Leeds researchers tell us one wild wolf for every 6 600 deer in...
17 Feb 2025 at 12:27pm
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Water bosses in England and Wales get two to three times as much in bonuses a...
17 Feb 2025 at 10:40am
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Between 400 000 and 600 000 more patients in Scotland find it ?easy? or ?very...
17 Feb 2025 at 10:16am
50% minus 39%, as a percentage of the population of Scotland is how many hundred thousand finding it easy to get a GP appointment in SNP Scotland? Not in my practice, if I have anything to do with it! The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me 74 in June and tiring and hopefully to further improve the b...
Labour and Scottish soldiers dying ? Will Anas Sarwar agree to Scots soldiers...
17 Feb 2025 at 9:18am
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Even the BBC cannot stomach Sir Keir?s claim to have met his measly target of...
17 Feb 2025 at 8:28am
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Every public service in Scotland is performing better than those in other par...
17 Feb 2025 at 8:01am
The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me 74 in June and tiring and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland - a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Ch...
Channel Island ferry service in chaos and passengers suffer as private compa...
16 Feb 2025 at 8:25pm
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Shetland Island?s Lib Dem Council has built no new ferries for more than 20 y...
16 Feb 2025 at 7:36pm
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Violent English drug gangs have been flooding low-crime Scotland with cheaper...
16 Feb 2025 at 12:10pm
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Scotland and Independence
"scotland independence -guardian" - Google News
Pro-independence candidates urged to sign declaration ahead of Holyrood elect...
17 Feb 2025 at 3:06pm
Pro-independence candidates urged to sign declaration ahead of Holyrood election The National
In the UK, Scottish independence and Irish reunification have lost their appe...
10 Jan 2025 at 8:00am
In the UK, Scottish independence and Irish reunification have lost their appeal Le Monde
Sturgeon predicts independence and united Ireland in UK 'shake-up' - BBC.com
17 Sep 2024 at 8:00am
Sturgeon predicts independence and united Ireland in UK 'shake-up' BBC.com
SNP want to 'jeopardise' Scots businesses through independence push and trade...
17 Feb 2025 at 2:53pm
SNP want to 'jeopardise' Scots businesses through independence push and trade barriers amid jobs threat fear Scottish Daily Express
10th anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum - Sky News
18 Sep 2024 at 8:00am
10th anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum Sky News
Is the dream of Scottish independence over? - POLITICO Europe
1 May 2024 at 8:00am
Is the dream of Scottish independence over? POLITICO Europe
Scottish independence: 10 years on - YouGov
17 Sep 2024 at 8:00am
Scottish independence: 10 years on YouGov
Will Scotland ever become an Independent nation-state? - Forbes
19 Oct 2024 at 8:00am
Will Scotland ever become an Independent nation-state? Forbes
Election 2024: Scotland headed for huge change with SNP set to lose dozens of...
31 May 2024 at 8:00am
Election 2024: Scotland headed for huge change with SNP set to lose dozens of seats to Labour theconversation.com
Alex Salmond, former Scottish first minister who nearly got Scotland's indepe...
12 Oct 2024 at 8:00am
Alex Salmond, former Scottish first minister who nearly got Scotland's independence from UK, dies at 69 PBS NewsHour
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SNP
"SNP" - Google News
Ian Murray demands SNP 'clear up mess' of single-sex spaces amid tribunal - T...
17 Feb 2025 at 6:05pm
Ian Murray demands SNP 'clear up mess' of single-sex spaces amid tribunal The National
If SNP bar Fergus Ewing from standing again, it would be the ultimate betraya...
17 Feb 2025 at 2:56pm
If SNP bar Fergus Ewing from standing again, it would be the ultimate betrayal HeraldScotland
Shock SNP move could bar Fergus Ewing from running for the party in 2026 - In...
17 Feb 2025 at 3:30pm
Shock SNP move could bar Fergus Ewing from running for the party in 2026 Inverness Courier
New single-sex space guidance needed to clear up 'sheer mess' left by SNP min...
17 Feb 2025 at 3:29pm
New single-sex space guidance needed to clear up 'sheer mess' left by SNP ministers, after Beth Upton case The Scotsman
SNP minister urges government to ditch ?tax on jobs? - Morning Star Online
17 Feb 2025 at 2:18pm
SNP minister urges government to ditch ?tax on jobs? Morning Star Online
SNP MSP Audrey Nicoll to stand down at Holyrood 2026 election - BBC.com
9 Feb 2025 at 7:11pm
SNP MSP Audrey Nicoll to stand down at Holyrood 2026 election BBC.com
Scottish voters oppose SNP?s plans for immigration boost - The Times
16 Feb 2025 at 11:07pm
Scottish voters oppose SNP?s plans for immigration boost The Times
SNP donor's firm allegedly dumped deadly asbestos under homes sold to hundred...
17 Feb 2025 at 1:31am
SNP donor's firm allegedly dumped deadly asbestos under homes sold to hundreds of families Daily Mail
John Swinney refuses to say if Fergus Ewing should run for Holyrood in 2026 -...
17 Feb 2025 at 5:50pm
John Swinney refuses to say if Fergus Ewing should run for Holyrood in 2026 Yahoo News UK
Fife's SNP leader: 'Every penny is a prisoner for some people just now' - Dun...
17 Feb 2025 at 4:10pm
Fife's SNP leader: 'Every penny is a prisoner for some people just now' Dunfermline Press
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Referendum (Google News)
"Scotland referendum -guardian -telegraph" - Google News
Scottish independence referendum: legal issues - Commons Library
16 Sep 2024 at 8:00am
Scottish independence referendum: legal issues Commons Library
In the UK, Scottish independence and Irish reunification have lost their appe...
10 Jan 2025 at 8:00am
In the UK, Scottish independence and Irish reunification have lost their appeal Le Monde
The agony and ecstasy of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum - BBC.com
17 Sep 2024 at 8:00am
The agony and ecstasy of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum BBC.com
Nicola Sturgeon: I am '100 per cent' sure I will live to see Scottish indepen...
13 Feb 2025 at 1:06pm
Nicola Sturgeon: I am '100 per cent' sure I will live to see Scottish independence The National
Election 2024: Scotland headed for huge change with SNP set to lose dozens of...
31 May 2024 at 8:00am
Election 2024: Scotland headed for huge change with SNP set to lose dozens of seats to Labour theconversation.com
10th anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum - Sky News
18 Sep 2024 at 8:00am
10th anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum Sky News
Is the dream of Scottish independence over? - POLITICO Europe
1 May 2024 at 8:00am
Is the dream of Scottish independence over? POLITICO Europe
Ten years on from Scotland?s independence referendum - The Economist
18 Sep 2024 at 8:00am
Ten years on from Scotland?s independence referendum The Economist
Scottish independence: 10 years on - YouGov
17 Sep 2024 at 8:00am
Scottish independence: 10 years on YouGov
How Brexit has changed Scotland?s constitutional debate - National Centre for...
18 Sep 2024 at 8:00am
How Brexit has changed Scotland?s constitutional debate National Centre for Social Research
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