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'Like family': Pam Duncan-Glancy defends sex offender friendship after suspen...
by Josh.Pizzuto-Pomaco@newsquest.co.uk | Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco
11 Feb 2026 at 6:11pm
Duncan-Glancy said that the former Labour councillor was ?to all intents and purposes, family?.


Housebuilding giant grows sales in Scotland faster than in rest of UK
by mark.williamson@newsquest.co.uk | Mark Williamson
11 Feb 2026 at 5:00pm
Housebuilding giant highlights strength of demand in 'well-connected' places in Scotland amid tough market conditions.


Why did it take Sarwar so long to suspend Duncan-Glancy over links to paedoph...
by rebecca.mccurdy@newsquest.co.uk | Rebecca McCurdy
11 Feb 2026 at 4:35pm
Just three weeks ago, Anas Sarwar said he would not suspend Pam Duncan-Glancy over her friendship with a convicted paedophile. So what changed?


Jack McConnell says Anas Sarwar may have been ?let down? by other plotters
by andrew.learmonth@newsquest.co.uk | Andrew Learmonth
11 Feb 2026 at 4:42pm
Jack McConnell has suggested Anas Sarwar may have been privately encouraged to call for Keir Starmer?s resignation ? only to find himself isolated.


Alex Salmond's sister quits Alba Party role after daughter demoted on MSP list
by Josh.Pizzuto-Pomaco@newsquest.co.uk | Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco
11 Feb 2026 at 3:55pm
Gail Hendry was a member of the Alba Party?s national executive committee (NEC), but has now quit over ?personal reasons?.


Sarwar doubles down on call for Starmer to quit despite cabinet support for PM
by andrew.learmonth@newsquest.co.uk | Andrew Learmonth
11 Feb 2026 at 3:21pm
Anas Sarwar has doubled down on his call for Keir Starmer to resign, and insisted he acted alone and was not part of a wider plot


Scottish resident doctors cancel strike action as 97 per cent back new pay deal
by Josh.Pizzuto-Pomaco@newsquest.co.uk | Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco
11 Feb 2026 at 3:16pm
Health Secretary Neil Gray announced that the government had reached a settlement with the British Medical Association after months of negotiations.


Starmer stuffed government with paedophile apologists says Badenoch
by andrew.learmonth@newsquest.co.uk | Andrew Learmonth
11 Feb 2026 at 1:17pm
Keir Starmer was rebuked by the Speaker after raising Peter Murrell?s embezzlement trial during a heated Prime Minister?s Questions dominated by the Lord Matthew Doyle peerage row. The clash deepened scrutiny over judgement, vetting and political accountability.


Scotland's charity watchdog to probe 'financial governance' of CCA
by andrew.learmonth@newsquest.co.uk | Andrew Learmonth
11 Feb 2026 at 11:26am
Scotland?s charity watchdog is to investigate the 'financial governance' of CCA of Glasgow?s CCA.


Starmer told to strip Doyle of peerage after links to Scots paedophile
11 Feb 2026 at 10:14am
Sir Keir Starmer is being told to strip Matthew Doyle of a peerage he was given two months ago over his links to Sean Morton, a former Scottish Labour councillor convicted of sex offences.


Scottish Government campaign calls on people to install heat pumps and drive ...
by Rachel Keenan
11 Feb 2026 at 9:38am
A new Scottish Government campaign will highlight installing heat pumps among the most impactful actions people can take to reduce carbon emissions.


First Minister to open Scotland?s first GP walk-in service
by Rachel Keenan
11 Feb 2026 at 7:34am
The First Minister will open Scotland?s first new GP walk-in service in Edinburgh.


Heritage agency reviewing hundreds of staff purchasing cards after damning re...
11 Feb 2026 at 5:00am
The Scottish Government's troubled heritage agency Historic Environment Scotland has launched a review on hundreds of staff electronic purchasing cards following a damning report by the public spending watchdog.


Scottish Labour MPs back Keir Starmer despite Anas Sarwar resignation calls
10 Feb 2026 at 6:22pm
Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out resigning as Prime Minister less than 24 hours after Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar urged him to stand down.

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Scottish resident doctor strike called off as BMA accepts improved SNP pay offer
11 Feb 2026 at 4:30pm

SNP ministers have had their pay offer that matches the one accepted by nurses and other health care staff accepted by resident doctors.

SNP ministers have revealed that assessments of the water and ventilation systems as the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital have been carried out amid safety concerns.

Theresa Medhurst says prison staff have felt ?relentless? pressure for the past two years.

Wings over Scotland

The Modern Politician
10 Feb 2026 at 5:17pm
A play in three acts: And you thought ours were spineless. Poor old Anas, though. If 24 hours is a long time in politics these days, a week is forever. And a month hardly even bears thinking about. As for a year and a half, well, the less said the better.

A Dumber Nation
9 Feb 2026 at 3:52pm
In politics, readers, evil and stupidity aren’t the same thing. But nor are they exclusive. Before we ask you to consider which of the terms applies to the Scottish Government led by John Swinney, we’d like you to read this letter sent to Wings by the auntie of two women imprisoned in Scottish jails. “I …

Echoes of history
8 Feb 2026 at 5:26pm
The Sunday National’s front page today elicited a sigh of “So what?” from most. We’ve already GOT a “pro-indy” majority at Holyrood and have done for the last 10 years, for all it’s been worth. But to be fair there was a paragraph in the article that at least raised a quizzical eyebrow. Because, y’know, …

A Stitch In Timing
5 Feb 2026 at 4:09pm
Readers will probably be aware that literally as you read this, the Scottish Government is in court trying to defend its policy of letting male murderers be housed in women’s prisons by arguing that the Equality Act 2010 (as ruled on by the Supreme Court in the For Women Scotland case) is incompatible with the …

The Marshalling Plan
2 Feb 2026 at 1:25pm
Another month has passed, so we suppose it must be time for the third of our polling-analysis pieces for the Scottish Parliament election in May. (Last time round we assessed the grotesque rank idiocy of voting SNP on the list if you want a pro-indy majority, and the time before that we considered the possible …

Shield Of The Phantom
26 Jan 2026 at 1:02pm
Well, we gave it a go. It seems that it’s fine to farm important judgments out to mysterious shadowy figures who just make important chunks of them up out of thin air, and then issue them in your own name. Back in your boxes, plebs.

Yelling at the tide
21 Jan 2026 at 9:26am
We figured someone had to at least try. So in the light of this, we’ve sent a letter. - TO: Judge Susan Walker, President, Employment Tribunal (Scotland) Dear Madam President, I read with considerable dismay and alarm your response to a recent complaint from a Mr Ewan Kennedy regarding the conduct of Employment Judge Alexander …

The Secondhand Amendment
19 Jan 2026 at 12:04am
We’re really not sure this makes things any better with regard to the incredible tale that’s unfolded around the judgment in Sandie Peggie vs NHS Fife. In fact, on any interpretation we can think of, quite the reverse. But we’d better give you some context. The quote in the image above comes from the reply …

Learning Insanity
14 Jan 2026 at 4:29pm
This clip was broadcast on ITV News Wales this week. ? It’s a staggeringly obvious mess for a whole raft of reasons – a number of completely spurious, illogical and unsupported claims are accepted as facts without any sort of challenge or balancing voice (which has been standard practice on ITV News for a while …

Governing For Beginners
12 Jan 2026 at 2:31pm
My first ever real experience of politics was playing Dictator. Originally written by Don Priestley for the Sinclair ZX81 in 1982, it was a simple text-based game which subsequently came to other formats including the Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Elan Enterprise and the ZX Spectrum, which is where I encountered it. (Its legacy very much …

Craig Murray

Is The USA Controlling Venezuela
7 Feb 2026 at 5:54pm

My first video report from Venezuela: My being here reporting is entirely possible due, as is all my journalism and activism, to your individual subscriptions and donations. We now have a Venezuela reporting crowdfunder. I have simply edited the Lebanese GoFundMe crowdfunder, because that took many weeks to be approved and I don’t want to …

Is The USA Controlling Venezuela

Filton Acquittals Demolish Starmer and Cooper Lies About Palestine Action
5 Feb 2026 at 6:49pm

As the trial finished at Woolwich Crown Court of the six Palestine Action activists who entered the Filton factory to destroy Israeli killer drones, Starmer, Cooper, Lammy and Mahmood are left bereft of a single guilty verdict in the case on which they relied heavily to label Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. I could …

Filton Acquittals Demolish Starmer and Cooper Lies About Palestine Action

Trump, Pirate of the Caribbean
3 Feb 2026 at 11:14am

I have now been here a week and I think that I have absorbed enough to attempt a little analysis, as opposed to the simple impressions I gave shortly after arrival. Those impressions remain valid however: this is not a repressive state. I was on the Randy Credico show live on WBAI New York on …

Trump, Pirate of the Caribbean

Palestine Action Judicial Review
29 Jan 2026 at 6:59pm

I attach the full text of Lord Young’s decision granting the Scottish judicial review of the proscription of Palestine. A few points. Judicial Review can only be granted where the judge believes it has a realistic chance of success. Lord Young evidently believes that we have a realistic chance of success on our three grounds …

Palestine Action Judicial Review

Being There ? In Venezuela
26 Jan 2026 at 9:46am

I have now been in Caracas for 48 hours and the contrast between what I have seen, and what I had read in the mainstream media, could not be more stark. I drove right through Caracas, from the airport through the city centre and up to posh Las Mercedes. The next morning I walked all …

Being There – In Venezuela

Resisting the Respectable Opinion on Iran
15 Jan 2026 at 3:13pm

Iraq. Libya. Egypt. Syria. Gaza. Somalia. No CIA- and Mossad-constructed regime change operation in the Middle East has ever made life better for the ordinary people of the country, nor even delivered the promised increase in personal and political freedoms. The only limited improvement that might be gained comes from the lifting of Western sanction …

Resisting the Respectable Opinion on Iran

BBC Scotland

MSP defends friendship with sex offender after Labour suspension
11 Feb 2026 at 4:49pm
Pam Duncan-Glancy has lost the party whip due to her ties to former Moray councillor Sean Morton.

Sarwar denies being part of wider plot to oust Starmer
11 Feb 2026 at 5:13pm
The Scottish Labour leader says he stands by his call for the prime minister to resign.

Scottish Labour suspends MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy
11 Feb 2026 at 11:13am
The MSP has had the party whip removed in the Scottish Parliament over her friendship with sex offender Sean Morton.

Will Sarwar's 'Hail Mary' be a points scorer in the election?
10 Feb 2026 at 11:06pm
The Scottish Labour leader made his biggest political play by calling for the prime minister to stand down earlier this week.

Starmer claims 'huge respect' for Sarwar despite resignation call
10 Feb 2026 at 5:08pm
It comes after the Scottish Labour leader called for the prime minister to quit at a dramatic press conference on Monday.

Lord Wallace remembered at funeral for 'integrity, sincerity and humility'
10 Feb 2026 at 2:11pm
The former Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, who was Scotland's first deputy first minister, died last month at the age 71.

Ministers pay out £400k after losing Supreme Court gender case
11 Feb 2026 at 9:10am
The Scottish government has settled a £392,500 legal bill with campaign group For Women Scotland.

Sarwar makes his biggest political gamble - but can it pay off?
9 Feb 2026 at 9:38pm
The call for Sir Keir Starmer to resign is a defining moment in Sarwar's leadership of Scottish Labour.

Can solar panels turn around one of Scotland's most deprived communities?
10 Feb 2026 at 6:12am
A community energy scheme is expected to raise about £1m which will be spent on projects in the Wallacetown area of Ayr.

Mandelson appointment 'ignored warnings' - Brian Wilson
8 Feb 2026 at 1:41pm
The former Labour MP says evidence was disregarded in the decision to make Mandelson ambassador to the US.

Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman dies aged 72
7 Feb 2026 at 12:46pm
The SNP politician was a key figure in the Scottish government's response to the Covid pandemic.

Ministers urged to rethink jail sentences of less than two years
6 Feb 2026 at 4:08pm
If recommendations go ahead, judges would have to provide reasons why jailing someone for two years or less was the only option.

Scot Goes Pop

"The joke is over": Now even the SALMOND FAMILY have turned their backs on th...
11 Feb 2026 at 3:28pm
Today brings the news of the resignation of Gail Hendry, Alex Salmond's sister, from the Alba NEC, and indeed after making the video below I was told that several other NEC members (plus at least o...

Which leader did Anas Sarwar just bring down - was it Keir Starmer, or himself?
10 Feb 2026 at 4:27am
There aren't many outlets that report Scottish polling accurately and without unionist bias.  If you value the service Scot Goes Pop provides, you currently have a thrilling opportunity to help wit...

Nigel Farage, so long the favourite to be the next Prime Minister, has slumpe...
7 Feb 2026 at 1:54pm
This video also contains more information about the More In Common independence polling I mentioned yesterday.   There aren't many outlets that report Scottish polling accurately and without unioni...

"Well, they're certainly keeping quiet about THAT bit!": More In Common poll ...
6 Feb 2026 at 3:14pm
There aren't many outlets that report Scottish polling accurately and without unionist bias.  If you value the service Scot Goes Pop provides, you currently have a thrilling opportunity to help wit...

My appearance on the "Two Davies" show
5 Feb 2026 at 5:55pm
Earlier today, I took part in a live stream on the "Two Davies" YouTube channel, and we all answered viewers' questions about quite a wide variety of subjects, including the current polling situati...

Gosh, I wonder if Stew has ever demonstrated quite so unwittingly and vividly...
4 Feb 2026 at 1:17am
Quite a number of years ago now, I got into a mildly bizarre email debate with someone who shall remain nameless, but who is widely regarded in Scotland as bona fide journalistic royalty.  Basicall...

Why is YouGov under-representing Yes-voting Glaswegians in its independence p...
3 Feb 2026 at 4:06pm
Towards the end of this video, I also give my reaction to the Scottish Government's welcome announcement that they will not be supporting Ash Regan's private member's bill, which seeks to introduce...

Stew's "ten-year masterplan" nears its petty climax: how Somerset's most cont...
2 Feb 2026 at 4:47pm
Incidentally, I recorded this video before I saw Campbell's latest "I luv Nige" fanboy blogpost, so the similarity of titles is just a coincidence - albeit an extremely telling coincidence in the c...

STV Politics News

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?Clearly not?: Lucy Powell asked if she would have ennobled Lord Doyle
11 Feb 2026 at 8:31pm
The peer, who has had the Labour whip removed, earlier apologised and said he believed Morton?s initial assertions of innocence.

Suspended Labour MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy defends friendship with sex offender S...
11 Feb 2026 at 5:01pm
Pam Duncan-Glancy stood down as education spokesperson after revelations about her ties with Sean Morton

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar denies being part of wider attempt to oust...
11 Feb 2026 at 4:16pm
Anas Sarwar became the most senior Labour figure to call for Sir Keir Starmer's resignation

Keir Starmer accused of ?stuffing Government with paedophile apologists? by B...
11 Feb 2026 at 12:35pm
Keir Starmer's former spin doctor apologised after having the Labour whip removed over his links to Sean Morton

Sir Keir Starmer to face PMQs after Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls ...
11 Feb 2026 at 11:53am
Anas Sarwar said the 'distraction needs to end' over the scandal surrounding the appointment of Lord Mandelson

Scottish Labour suspends MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy amid investigation into links ...
10 Feb 2026 at 9:40pm
Duncan-Glancy stood down after revelations about her friendship with a convicted sex offender

PM?s former spin doctor Lord Doyle apologises over paedophile councillor links
10 Feb 2026 at 5:22pm
Lord Doyle campaigned for Sean Morton in 2017 after he had been charged over indecent images of children

Lord Wallace remembered as ?man of sincerity and humility? at Orkney funeral
10 Feb 2026 at 1:49pm
The funeral service for the former deputy first minister was held at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall

Court battles over definition of ?woman? costs Scottish Government more than ...
10 Feb 2026 at 12:35pm
It comes after the UK's highest court determined 'woman' in the Equality Act referred to biological women

Sir Keir Starmer still ?determined? Anas Sarwar should be Scotland?s next fir...
10 Feb 2026 at 10:04am
It comes after the Scottish Labour leader called for the Prime Minister to step down

Starmer tells MPs he will not ?walk away? amid calls for his resignation
9 Feb 2026 at 9:05pm
The Prime Minister addressed a packed meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) in Westminster on Monday.

Keir Starmer must resign over Mandelson Epstein scandal, says Scottish Labour...
9 Feb 2026 at 1:28pm
Anas Sarwar says the 'distraction needs to end' following the scandal of Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador.

First two phases of Scottish grooming gangs review to take up to 18 months
9 Feb 2026 at 1:24pm
The Scottish Government announced a review in December following pressure to call a public inquiry

Stephen Flynn urges Prime Minister Keir Starmer to ?do the right thing and re...
9 Feb 2026 at 12:25pm
The Prime Minister has faced increased pressure in recent days over the appointment of Peter Mandelson

Daily Record

Daily Record - Politics

Suspended MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy defends friendship with prolific paedophile
11 Feb 2026 at 5:29pm
Duncan-Glancy said Morton was like "family" and added that she had never condoned his crimes.

Scottish politics today: Alba Party is 'over' and Anas Sarwar 'stands by' Sta...
11 Feb 2026 at 5:00pm
The Record brings you its daily 5pm briefing of the top stories in Scottish politics.

Ex-SNP cabinet minister claims he quit Sturgeon's government because she was ...
11 Feb 2026 at 4:10pm
Alex Neil quit Nicola Sturgeon's Cabinet in 2016 shortly after she refused to honour an SNP pledge to abolish and replace council tax.

Anas Sarwar will campaign alongside Keir Starmer at Holyrood election 'if he ...
11 Feb 2026 at 3:09pm
The Scottish Labour leader he "stands by" his demand for the PM to resign after he claimed on Monday he had become a "distraction".

Keir Starmer accused of 'catastrophic' mistake over job for ally linked to Sc...
11 Feb 2026 at 1:12pm
The Prime Minister was criticised by three party leaders over his peerage for Matthew Doyle, despite his links to sex offender Sean Morton.

Peter Murrell embezzlement case raised by Keir Starmer in dig at SNP leader a...
11 Feb 2026 at 1:06pm
The Prime Minister was reminded by the Speaker that live criminal cases should not be discussed in the Commons after he mentioned the former SNP chief executive.

Ex-SNP adviser Fiona McQueen told 'to come clean' over claims she offered gri...
11 Feb 2026 at 11:58am
EXCLUSIVE: Fiona McQueen has been called on to face the Scottish Parliament to answer questions about her alleged role in cover-ups at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor must give evidence to US cops over Epstein links, ...
11 Feb 2026 at 9:26am
Patrick Harvie spoke out after the King said his family were "ready to support" police in their inquiries.

Anas Sarwar has put himself on the same side as Scottish voters on Keir Starmer
11 Feb 2026 at 8:28am
Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the Prime Minister's resignation is inevitable and UK Cabinet colleagues will catch up with the Scottish Labour leader.

Alex Salmond's sister quits Alba role amid claims pro-independence party is f...
11 Feb 2026 at 8:17am
EXCLUSIVE: Gail Hendry is the latest figure to walk away from a post at the pro-independence party.

The National

The National | Politics

Labour MSP defends her relationship with twice-convicted paedophile
11 Feb 2026 at 7:09pm

LABOUR MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy has defended her relationship with a twice-convicted paedophile after she was suspended from the party ...

UK being 'colonised by immigrants', claims billionaire Ineos owner Jim Ratcliffe
11 Feb 2026 at 6:41pm

BILLIONAIRE Ineos owner Jim Ratcliffe has claimed that the UK is being ?colonised? by immigrants ...

A decent man would resign, but Keir Starmer is not a decent man
11 Feb 2026 at 6:30pm

I DO not believe Keir Starmer is a decent man. A decent man would not have scrapped the Winter Fuel Payment and left poor pensioners with a choice between eating or heating. A decent man would not have abandoned Waspi women who were backed by his party before the election and whose support was sought to get Labour elected.

Is Labour drama the result of a cunning plan by Douglas Alexander?
11 Feb 2026 at 6:30pm

A TRULY Baldrickian plan from Duggy ?I?ll stab anyone in the back? Alexander. We are to believe that Mr Sarwar, a man who does not pick the colour of his underpants until told by Labour London HQ, came up with this on his own, honestly?

Police issue update on probe into claims Andrew shared reports with Jeffrey E...
11 Feb 2026 at 6:03pm

POLICE have held discussions with specialists from the Crown Prosecution Service about allegations that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared confidential reports from his role as the UK?s trade envoy with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ...

Mandelson scandal anger grows as officials fail to answer 'straightforward' q...
11 Feb 2026 at 5:25pm

WESTMINSTER officials have been accused of withholding ?straightforward? information about Peter Mandelson?s sacking as ambassador to the US, months after he got the bag over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

John Swinney unveils first walk-in GP clinic in bid to curb '8am appointment ...
11 Feb 2026 at 5:14pm

THE First Minister has opened Scotland?s first, GP walk-in service in Edinburgh which he said will tackle the ?8am rush? for appointments ...

Keir Starmer 'must publish everything' to end secrecy on paedo-pal peer, SNP say
11 Feb 2026 at 4:25pm

KEIR Starmer is facing calls to publish ?all documents, vetting, and correspondence? amid conflicting statements over the decision to give his former chief of communications a seat in the Lords despite known links to a convicted paedophile ...

'Independent' Anas Sarwar still follows London's lead on Labour paedophile li...
11 Feb 2026 at 4:04pm

ANAS Sarwar is unleashed.

All the key dates in the paedo-pal peerage row engulfing Keir Starmer's Labour
11 Feb 2026 at 3:09pm

DID Downing Street know that Keir Starmer?s former communications chief had campaigned for a man on paedophile charges before offering him a peerage? Depending on who you listen to ? No 10 or Labour ministers ? you will get a different answer.

Holyrood Magazine

Holyrood Website

Keir Starmer says peer with links to paedophile did not give ?full account of...
11 Feb 2026 at 12:55pm
Lord Doyle, Starmer?s former director of communications, has been suspended from the parliamentary Labour Party over his links to Sean Morton

UK at ?crucial moment? as Westminster considers social media ban for under 16...
11 Feb 2026 at 12:38pm
One of Scotland?s leading child psychotherapists said the UK Government must use the consultation to ask difficult questions about how young people?s mental health is being affected by social media platforms

NSPCC Scotland and Scottish Youth Parliament launch partnership to make child...
11 Feb 2026 at 12:24pm
It?includes?new tools aimed at helping children and young people to better understand the risks online,?such as?artificial intelligence, online bullying, and misinformation

Pam Duncan-Glancy suspended from Labour
11 Feb 2026 at 7:18am
The MSP stood down as the party?s education spokesperson in December

Pass new law to protect Scottish transport staff, union urges MSPs
10 Feb 2026 at 3:49pm
'People who look after the public transport network should be safe'

Keir Starmer: I will never walk away
10 Feb 2026 at 3:10pm
The prime minister said the ?fight? his party should be having it not with itself

Anas Sarwar calls for Keir Starmer to step down
9 Feb 2026 at 1:58pm
It follows a row over the appointment of Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US, despite having known links to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Morgan McSweeney quits as PM?s adviser amid Mandelson scandal
8 Feb 2026 at 4:49pm
McSweeney said he accepted ?full responsibility? for the appointment with police now investigating Mandelson over his links with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019.

Tributes paid following the death of Jeane Freeman
8 Feb 2026 at 10:30am
Tributes have been paid from across Scottish politics following the death of former health secretary Jeane Freeman at the age of 72.

Jack McConnell calls for ?complete reset? in Labour leadership
6 Feb 2026 at 2:53pm
The former first minister said somebody in Labour needed to 'step up' and take over

Guardian - Scottish Politics

Scottish politics | The Guardian

Anas Sarwar says Starmer can campaign in Scotland after calling for him to quit
11 Feb 2026 at 5:59pm
Scottish Labour leader agrees PM can support party?s effort to win May?s Holyrood election in abrupt about-faceThe Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, has agreed that Keir Starmer can campaign for the party in the Holyrood elections just days after calling for the prime minister to resign.In a m...

Anas Sarwar says Starmer welcome to campaign for Labour in Scotland, days aft...
11 Feb 2026 at 5:56pm
Two days ago, the Scottish Labour leader said he wanted the prime minister to avoid Scotland during the election campaign because of his deep unpopularity with votersFamilies of nurses and carers have said they fear being torn apart under an immigration crackdown condemned as ?an act of economic ...

No 10 confident Sarwar acted alone in call for Starmer to go
10 Feb 2026 at 8:17pm
Downing Street initially feared Scottish Labour leader?s move was part of a wider leadership challenge Downing Street is increasingly confident that Anas Sarwar?s call for Keir Starmer to stand down was not part of a coordinated plot by a leadership rival to bring down the prime minister, the Gua...

Starmer says he ?will never walk away? as Burnham joins Labour figures backin...
10 Feb 2026 at 6:12pm
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereKemi Badenoch has said that Keir Starmer just received a ?stay of execution? yesterday. Speaking to reporters on a visit this morning, she said:Starmer is in a very dangerous place. The Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the quie...

Starmer survives ? but for how long? ? podcast
10 Feb 2026 at 3:00am
Helen Pidd follows the twists and turns on Monday as the prime minister fought to keep his jobOn Monday morning, the prime minister was preparing to reset relations with MPs after the resignation of his chief aide, Morgan McSweeney.Just before midday, news broke that Tim Allen, Keir Starmer?s dir...

Starmer tells Labour MPs he is ?not prepared to walk away? after call for him...
9 Feb 2026 at 9:50pm
Prime minister addresses parliamentary Labour party amid Mandelson scandal falloutScottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls on Keir Starmer to stand downTim Allan said he was standing down to allow Keir Starmer the opportunity to build a new team.In a statement, he said:I have decided to stand dow...

Sarwar has shown his ruthless streak. But will his swipe at Starmer mean anyt...
9 Feb 2026 at 4:20pm
Scottish Labour leader is gambling that by declaring his loyalty to Scotland, the electorate will rally behind himAnas Sarwar calls for Keir Starmer to stand downAnas Sarwar has shown he has a ruthless streak. Once one of Keir Starmer?s staunchest cheerleaders and allies, the Scottish Labour lead...

Scottish Labour leader calls for Keir Starmer to resign as PM ? video
9 Feb 2026 at 3:51pm
Anas Sarwar, the leader of the Labour party in Scotland, called on Monday for Keir Starmer to resign, saying the government's failures had 'drowned out' its accomplishments. Calls for the prime minister's resignation have been growing this week after new Epstein files revelations about Peter Mand...

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls on Keir Starmer to stand down
9 Feb 2026 at 3:40pm
Sarwar tells press conference: ?The distraction has to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change?Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, has called on Keir Starmer to stand down, throwing the prime minister?s leadership of the country into serious peril.At a hastily arranged press c...

Wealthy use loophole to conceal value of £300m in Scottish land sales
7 Feb 2026 at 7:00am
Prices paid for large estates not being disclosed on official register, land reform advocates sayLand reform campaigners are alarmed at the increasing use of a legal loophole that allows landowners to conceal the price paid for Highland estates from the public register.Andy Wightman, a land refor...

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Wee Ginger Dug

Labour sleaze and its dangerous association with Palantir
11 Feb 2026 at 2:35pm
To paraphrase Shakespeare, Oh what a revolting web we weave when we mire ourselves in sleaze. Labour’s self inflicted paedophile adjacent chaos continues. Starmer has now belatedly removed the Labour whip from Labour peer Matthew Doyle, who served as Starmer’s chief of communications until March last year. Doyle was given a peerage by Starmer on …

Starmer and Sarwar, the Tweedledum and Tweedledumber of political arrogance
10 Feb 2026 at 1:26pm
If you’re having a bad day today, console yourself with the thought that Anas Sarwar is having a much worse day than you are, cue the world’s tiniest violin. Sarwar can’t do anything right, not even lay claim to the title of Scotland’s leading self-important nepo-baby, Fergus Ewing has got that one sewn up. In …

Keir Starmer gets bitten by his soon to be neutered Scottish poodle
9 Feb 2026 at 4:23pm
I’m not going to lie, I never expected that in 2026 I’d have “Excitedly awaiting a press conference from Anas Sarwar” on my bingo card. Due to the rapidly unfolding Mandelson scandal, in the space of 24 hours Keir Starmer has lost his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney and his director of communications Tim Allan. …

Starmer, Corbyn, and implications for May?s Scottish elections
9 Feb 2026 at 11:55am
The big political story of the moment is of course the psychodrama enveloping Keir Starmer and the Labour party over the fallout from Starmer’s decision to appoint serial sleaze magnet Peter Mandelson to the high profile position as British ambassador to the USA despite Mandelson’s close ties to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and decades long …

it?s not John Swinney who must be held to account for Mandelson, it?s Starmer...
8 Feb 2026 at 1:56pm
Certain individuals such as the execrable Russell Findlay, the soon to be electorally humbled branch manager of the Tories in Scotland, and Mandy Rhodes, the editor of Holyrood Magazine, a publication with considerably fewer readers than this blog, are attempting to make political capital out of the fact that when on an official visit to …

YouGov?s independence polls are comfort blankets for Unionists
6 Feb 2026 at 12:28pm
This is an expanded and revised version of a piece I wrote for The National newspaper earlier this week. Since writing it further information has come to light which casts even greater doubt on the validity of a YouGov poll on Scottish independence which was published last week, a poll which was received with immense …

Mandelson, the sleazy heart of Starmer?s right wing Labour party
5 Feb 2026 at 3:13pm
Keir Starmer’s leadership of the Labour party and his position as Prime Minister have been on a shoogly peg for some time. After being elected in July 2024 with a landslide victory in the Commons, albeit on a mere one third of the popular vote, Labour MPs were looking forward to settling down to a …

The independence movement must commit to a Scottish republic
4 Feb 2026 at 2:02pm
It’s well known that people in Scotland are less enamoured with the self-promoting antics of the Windsor family than people in other parts of the UK. Large royal events with all their pomp and pageantry paid for at public expense are typically met in Scotland with widespread apathy, if not anger and ridicule. The street …

What happens in the Welsh election could be key to Scotland too
2 Feb 2026 at 4:27pm
The well known traditional curse, “May you live in interesting times” is often ascribed to an ancient Chinese text, although there is no evidence for this. Be that as it may, it cannot be denied that we are cursed with living through interesting times. Keir Starmer was elected to head a Labour government with a …

BBC Scotland?s look at nuclear through Labour Rose tinted glasses
31 Jan 2026 at 1:39pm
The bias of the BBC, particularly BBC Scotland, against the SNP Scottish Government in particular and the wider Scottish independence movement in general is well documented by pro-independence campaigners, but ignored by the Scottish media which is itself overwhelmingly biased against Scottish independence, the somewhat less than half of the Scottish population which opposes independence …

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

Talking-up Scotland pushes well beyond 1 000 readers per day average but cann...
11 Feb 2026 at 7:27pm
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. Talking-up Scotland has been growing and improving since its first crowd-funders, in February and September 2025, as is clear from our monthly WordPress report, above. In January 2025, we had only 31 254 discrete visitors and only141 posts published, compared to 38 575 visitors a...

An actual 97% resident doctor vote to call off strike action is not news yet ...
11 Feb 2026 at 7:02pm
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. Four hours ago on the Scottish Government‘s latest news site, surely followed by all political editors: Resident Doctors have voted to accept a revised pay and contract reform offer and call off strike action. The British Medical Association (BMA) has confirmed that its members h...

First new GP walk-in service opens but is also not news for BBC Scotland
11 Feb 2026 at 7:01pm
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. On STV News and in the Herald but, again, hidden by BBC Scotland: Patients will have access to GP-led care on the same day without an appointment as the First Minister opens the first of a new network of walk-in services. The new services will make it easier for people to get urg...

Young Phineas fogs the truth but after two decades away from London party ove...
11 Feb 2026 at 4:57pm
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. In the Guardian today: Even multimillionaires can?t escape Britain?s cowboy builders, it seems. Last week, residents of One Hyde Park, the UK?s most expensive flats, won a £35m court case against the contractor that built their homes. The high court ordered the construction compa...

Scottish Labour ? Not just friends of paedophiles but by far the most actual ...
11 Feb 2026 at 11:59am
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. To be fair, she’s in the top position, though we’ll soon see how long she lasts there and you’ll note they’ve kept the ‘sex offender‘ bit small and the ‘paedophile‘ bit invisible. In an extended piece by Andrew Kerr, there’s complete avoidance of the word ‘paedophile‘ and absolut...

Reports of pupils carrying knives in Scottish schools fall by more than three...
11 Feb 2026 at 9:53am
No tasteless exploitative images here. Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. From BBC London this morning: Police are continuing to question a 13-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, as counter terrorism officers lead an investigation into the stabbing of two boys at a school in north-west London. ...

95% of Scotland?s schools in good condition up from only 62% under Labour and...
11 Feb 2026 at 9:26am
and need refurbishing or even replacing, according to a group of MPs in a report that’s out this morning. Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. That’s the message on BBC Breakfast this morning. What’s the situation in Scotland? This but you won’t be hearing it elsewhere: By stewartb School estate statistics 2024 prov...

Glasgow?s Superhospital is not really troubled but its namesake in Norfolk su...
10 Feb 2026 at 6:23pm
Details at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/10/a-tale-of-two-queen-elisabeth-hospitals-stay-away-from-the-one-in-norfolk/

A Tale of Two Queen Elisabeth hospitals ? stay away from the one in Norfolk
10 Feb 2026 at 6:02pm
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. From Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMR) October 2024 to September 2025 published today, we can see below, that the regularly but unfairly criticised Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, is not just as safe as any other in Scotland but is, in fact, safer than...

Research reveals Scotland?s free bus travel has positive impacts on health an...
10 Feb 2026 at 6:00pm
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. From Why buses matter for health and reducing transport poverty, research published today: Bus use has positive impacts on health and mental wellbeing through access to services, physical activity and social inclusion. Bus passengers may be exposed to air pollution, noise and inj...

Scotland and Independence

"scotland independence -guardian" - Google News

Scottish independence - Institute for Government
26 Jan 2026 at 8:00am
Scottish independence  Institute for Government

Your Party Scotland votes to officially become pro-independence party - TheNa...
8 Feb 2026 at 7:22pm
Your Party Scotland votes to officially become pro-independence party  TheNational.scot

Scottish first minister says a May majority means new independence push - Reu...
18 Jan 2026 at 8:00am
Scottish first minister says a May majority means new independence push  Reuters

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

No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says - BBC
27 Nov 2025 at 8:00am
No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says  BBC

Scottish independence polls & surveys - YouGov
30 Jan 2026 at 8:00am
Scottish independence polls & surveys  YouGov

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

Your Party Scotland conference votes for radical vision - Socialist Worker
8 Feb 2026 at 10:24pm
Your Party Scotland conference votes for radical vision  Socialist Worker

Scottish leader John Swinney says SNP winning majority in May election would ...
17 Jan 2026 at 8:00am
Scottish leader John Swinney says SNP winning majority in May election would be green light for indyref2  Sky News

X feature exposes Iranian-run pro-Scottish independence accounts - UKDJ - ???...
24 Nov 2025 at 8:00am
X feature exposes Iranian-run pro-Scottish independence accounts - UKDJ  ????? ??????????

SNP

"SNP" - Google News

Keir Starmer scolded by Speaker after raising SNP embezzlement case at PMQs -...
11 Feb 2026 at 12:56pm
Keir Starmer scolded by Speaker after raising SNP embezzlement case at PMQs  TheNational.scot

Rai picks Imagine SNP in 3-year framework deal to accelerate SDI-to-IP move -...
11 Feb 2026 at 12:11pm
Rai picks Imagine SNP in 3-year framework deal to accelerate SDI-to-IP move  Broadband TV News

Scottish resident doctor strike called off as BMA accepts improved SNP pay of...
11 Feb 2026 at 4:30pm
Scottish resident doctor strike called off as BMA accepts improved SNP pay offer  The Scotsman

SNP spent more than £1m of taxpayer money on defending gender self-ID - The T...
11 Feb 2026 at 11:21am
SNP spent more than £1m of taxpayer money on defending gender self-ID  The Telegraph

New North Ayrshire Council leader confirmed after vote - Ardrossan Herald
11 Feb 2026 at 3:15pm
New North Ayrshire Council leader confirmed after vote  Ardrossan Herald

Bombshell new QEUH scandal proof EXPOSES SNP?s political pressure to open hos...
11 Feb 2026 at 8:30pm
Bombshell new QEUH scandal proof EXPOSES SNP?s political pressure to open hospital BEFORE it was ready  The Scottish Sun

Peter Murrell embezzlement case raised by Keir Starmer in dig at SNP leader a...
11 Feb 2026 at 1:12pm
Peter Murrell embezzlement case raised by Keir Starmer in dig at SNP leader at Westminster  Daily Record

'The SNP has failed to grasp urgency of depopulation' - The Herald
11 Feb 2026 at 5:34am
'The SNP has failed to grasp urgency of depopulation'  The Herald

Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman dies aged 72 - BBC
7 Feb 2026 at 12:46pm
Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman dies aged 72  BBC

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE: Release according to Article 40, Secti...
10 Feb 2026 at 1:58pm
SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG the German Securities Trading Act with the objective of Europe-wide distribution  TradingView

Referendum (Google News)

"Scotland referendum -guardian -telegraph" - Google News

No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says - BBC
27 Nov 2025 at 8:00am
No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says  BBC

Scottish first minister says a May majority means new independence push - Reu...
18 Jan 2026 at 8:00am
Scottish first minister says a May majority means new independence push  Reuters

Scottish independence - Institute for Government
26 Jan 2026 at 8:00am
Scottish independence  Institute for Government

Independence referendum is 'Scotland?s choice', Jeremy Corbyn tells conferenc...
8 Feb 2026 at 10:52am
Independence referendum is 'Scotland?s choice', Jeremy Corbyn tells conference  TheNational.scot

David Cameron - Scottish Referendum, 2015 Election, Brexit - Britannica
27 Jan 2026 at 8:00am
David Cameron - Scottish Referendum, 2015 Election, Brexit  Britannica

Independence referendum is Scotland?s choice, says Jeremy Corbyn - London Eve...
8 Feb 2026 at 7:38pm
Independence referendum is Scotland?s choice, says Jeremy Corbyn  London Evening Standard

Jeremy Corbyn says it is for Scotland to decide on independence referendum - ...
8 Feb 2026 at 12:49pm
Jeremy Corbyn says it is for Scotland to decide on independence referendum  Yahoo News UK

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

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

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