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Time up for Starmer? The Labour plot after the Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein ...
15 Sep 2025 at 7:00pm
Can Sir Keir Starmer survive the latest scandal with Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein? Labour don't think so.


Conservative shadow minister defects to Nigel Farage's Reform UK
15 Sep 2025 at 11:45am
Conservative frontbencher Danny Kruger has quit the party and defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK.


Complaints from sweltering travellers about stifling buses, trains and trams ...
15 Sep 2025 at 5:00am
Complaints about sweltering buses, trams and trains in Scotland have already hit a record high in 2025, new figures reveal.


Swinney urged to ?abide by will of parliament? in outdoor education bill row
15 Sep 2025 at 5:00am
Liz Smith warns John Swinney his government risks unprecedented move to kill outdoor education bill backed by most MSPs.


Scottish Government urged to correct 'chronic' social care underfunding
15 Sep 2025 at 12:01am
Unite the Union has called on Scottish Government ministers to take action ahead of the autumn budget in November.


Serious surgery required or SNP justice reform risks becoming ?sham Victims? ...
15 Sep 2025 at 12:01am
Russell Findlay warns the Scottish Government?s flagship justice reform Bill needs major changes or risks becoming a ?sham Victims? Bill?.


Swinney urged to award ferry replacement contract to state-owned fiasco firm
15 Sep 2025 at 6:54am
Politicians and civic leaders in Inverclyde have urged First Minister John Swinney to directly award a ferry replacement contract to Ferguson Marine.


WATCH: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's Israeli conductor makes Proms Gaza p...
14 Sep 2025 at 2:28pm
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra?s Ilan Volkov used the Proms stage to denounce Israel?s Gaza actions, pledging not to perform there.


'How have we ended up with the best pal of a convicted paedophile as US ambas...
14 Sep 2025 at 12:28pm
The family of Virginia Giuffre say Peter Mandelson should never have been made UK ambassador to the US because of his connection to convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.


I'm a young American - Charlie Kirk's death defines trauma at heart of Americ...
14 Sep 2025 at 12:00pm
Political commentators wonder why my generation is disengaged and apathetic. The answer is clear: the spectre of violence looms over our lives.


Scottish Government to fight FWS legal bid over schools and prisons trans gui...
14 Sep 2025 at 11:23am
The Scottish Government will contest For Women Scotland?s legal bid to strike down schools and prisons guidance on transgender rights.


Scottish councils spend £400m on social care overtime in five years
14 Sep 2025 at 9:14am
Councils in Scotland have spent more than £400 million in the past five years on social care overtime and agency staff, figures show.and overtime costs will be higher than others.


Is Charlie Kirk?s killing about to politically devour America?
14 Sep 2025 at 6:15am
The assassination of the right-wing activist has further split American discourse. Foreign Editor David Pratt examines the dangerous wider political outcome that could result


How Scotland's appalling witch hunts foreshadowed the political extremism of ...
14 Sep 2025 at 6:15am
Dr Steven Veerapen's new book explores the darkest chapter of Scottish history. He tells our Writer at Large that it has lessons for us about modern propaganda and persecution

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NHS 'lurching towards winter collapse', as SNP insist they have plan to fix t...
15 Sep 2025 at 2:34pm

Health Secretary Neil Gray says the public should be reassured the SNP is making progress on turning the NHS around.

Miss M, who sparked the campaign for Scotland?s not proven verdict to be abolished has issued a plea to MSPs ahead of a crunch Holyrood vote.

SNP ministers have been told to address the ?workforce crisis?.

The nuclear energy industry?s representatives say the Scottish Government should change its stance on nuclear energy to grow the economy and create jobs.

Wings over Scotland

Monster Zero
12 Sep 2025 at 2:57pm
I spent yesterday trying to work out exactly why I was so depressed about the fatal shooting of conservative American activist Charlie Kirk. It wasn’t because I shared many of his opinions – other than opposition to gender ideology and DEI, and (surprisingly) support for Scottish independence, we had little in common. And it wasn’t …

The Incredible Sulk
8 Sep 2025 at 1:10pm
Last week we introduced readers to Sophia “Tarquin” Brooks, the 18-year-old boy who Graham Linehan is currently on trial for supposedly “assaulting”, and in particular his connection to disgraced former policeman and serial harasser Lynsay Watson. (From reporting of the proceedings at Westminster Magistrates Court, it sounds very much like Watson has been directing and influencing …

Down On The Beaches
5 Sep 2025 at 4:57pm
We’ve written already about the magnitude of the error transactivists have made in bringing about the arrest of Graham Linehan on trumped-up incitement charges. But thanks to the excellent work of court reporter Nick Wallis this week, the sheer scale of it is still only beginning to unfold. At its heart is a scarcely-believable tale …

The Biggest Blunder
3 Sep 2025 at 4:16pm
We think transactivists will swiftly come to see yesterday as an epic mistake. Because it looks as though it might just have been the final straw. The public reaction against Graham Linehan’s arrest at Heathrow Airport by five armed officers over a handful of innocuous tweets, which also saw the writer hospitalised, was so loud …

Nobody?s Party
29 Aug 2025 at 1:52pm
This is a remarkable thing. ? The Scottish Greens, who until last year were a party of government, claim to have 7,600 members. This month they conducted an election to choose two people as their “co-conveners”, from a list of four candidates, and almost 90% of the party’s members decided that they didn’t want any …

The Wheels Of Reality
28 Aug 2025 at 12:32pm
…grind exceedingly slowly, but grind they do. May 2021: And now today, just four years and three months of struggle later: As far as we’re aware, today marks the first time the Scottish Government has formally acknowledged that transwomen are men. For our next trick, we’re going to send in an FOI asking if they …

Frankly, Mr Shankly
24 Aug 2025 at 7:00am
Over the last week or so we’ve gone into several sections of Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir “Frankly” in some detail: what gender she really thinks Adam “Isla Bryson” Graham is, blaming JK Rowling for the toxic tone of the self-ID debate and explaining how she thinks the law should be changed to let transwomen into women’s …

Limping to the line
22 Aug 2025 at 3:08pm
Scotland’s two main political parties have published their 2024 accounts. The SNP’s can be found here, and Scottish Labour’s here. Neither tells a massively inspiring tale. (Click pics to enlarge.) The SNP lost £445,000 despite being boosted by donations totalling almost £940,000 from just FOUR individuals. Scottish Labour made a profit of £350,000 but only …

Conspiracies For Dummies
20 Aug 2025 at 2:25pm
We’ve been here before. But let’s try to really dumb it down for the extra-stupid. Because it isn’t actually very hard at all, and there’s no IQ test. Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir is terribly huffy about the whole idea. It sets the scene for her to rubbish it with some cheap smears Sturgeon knows are baseless. …

The illiterate solicitor
19 Aug 2025 at 5:02pm
Before becoming a politician Nicola Sturgeon had a brief and somewhat unsuccessful career in the world of law. Which means she has no excuse whatsoever for this: Because in law, yes it does. That’s EXACTLY what it means. People are not put on trial in the High Court of Scotland for putting pineapple on their …

Craig Murray

It?s Your Party and I?ll Cry If I Want To
13 Sep 2025 at 9:47am

There are serious threats to “Your Party” from those attempting to exert undemocratic control, and they attack as trying to destroy the party, anyone who tries to improve things. The Labour Party is now centre-right and the large majority of us to the left of it were delighted when Jeremy took the plunge to launch …

It’s Your Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To

Herzog and Haynau
10 Sep 2025 at 1:28pm

“President” Isaac Herzog last night entered his hotel – the Intercontinental Park Lane – through a service door and kitchens. He did not transit any of the public areas of the hotel, where I was stationed disguised as an elderly Scottish drunk at the bar. I carried out this role with great dedication. It also …

Herzog and Haynau

AI and the Urgent Need for a Politics of Altruism
4 Sep 2025 at 8:49pm

Humans are naturally cooperative creatures. The ability of people to dominate other life forms on the planet, to produce a built environment structured to their needs, to ensure food and water supply, to develop complex civilisations and produce all kinds of structures and objects designed to enhance interest and comfort, and to interact on a …

AI and the Urgent Need for a Politics of Altruism

The Salisbury ?Novichok? False Flag
28 Aug 2025 at 5:38pm

Here are Tim Norman, Patrick Henningsen and myself discussing the Skripal charade, at the Beautiful Days Festival near Exeter. At the start 90% of the audience said they believed the official narrative. At the end 80% had changed their mind. I am particularly proud of this because we were comparatively close to Salisbury and it …

The Salisbury “Novichok” False Flag

Palestine Action and the Claim of Right
25 Aug 2025 at 6:31pm

In late November, a judge in the High Court of England and Wales will hear a judicial review into the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action. That court has no jurisdiction in either Scotland or Northern Ireland and does not take into account the law of either place, which is different to English Law. …

Palestine Action and the Claim of Right

Ukraine
19 Aug 2025 at 8:31pm

This post initially included a corridor photo which was fake. My fault, but that made no difference at all to the argument. It will definitely be good if the war in Ukraine draws to a close. Too many have died or been maimed, too many civilian assets have been destroyed. However the cynicism with which …

Ukraine

BBC Scotland

Critically ill children arrive in Scotland from Gaza
15 Sep 2025 at 6:08pm
The Scottish government has committed to supporting the treatment of up to 20 Palestinian youngsters.

Bus maker to keep Scottish sites open after £4m furlough pledge
15 Sep 2025 at 4:04pm
The company had set previously out plans to close the plant with the loss of 400 jobs and move production to Yorkshire.

Campaigners call for direct award of ferry to Ferguson shipyard
15 Sep 2025 at 9:51am
Community leaders and politicians write to the first minister, urging him to ensure a replacement for MV Lord of the Isles is built in Scotland.

How can the Ferguson shipyard have a future?
14 Sep 2025 at 9:15am
Scottish shipbuilding is enjoying a renaissance, but will the small shipyard at the centre of Scotland's ferries saga be a part of it?

Scotland's housing emergency 'getting worse', expert warns
14 Sep 2025 at 1:46pm
John Mills, head of housing at Fife Council, said demand had soared since the Covid pandemic due to the number of relationship breakdowns.

'Very mixed feelings' - How locals view a nearby asylum seeker hotel
11 Sep 2025 at 2:26pm
BBC Scotland News speaks to people in Westhill about asylum seekers using a hotel on their doorstep.

'Real chance' of whisky tariff deal with Trump, says Swinney
10 Sep 2025 at 7:10pm
The first minister is hopeful of a tariffs exemption following talks with the president in Washington.

Scotland could fall behind in Europe's space race, MPs warn
10 Sep 2025 at 5:24pm
The Scottish Affairs Committee says Scotland has potential to be a leader in small satellite launches - but needs more investment.

Lifelong sentences can be 'inhuman and degrading', campaigners warn
10 Sep 2025 at 2:46pm
Concerns have been raised about how orders for lifelong restriction are being implemented in Scotland.

MSPs question government's commitment to Ferguson shipyard
9 Sep 2025 at 8:26pm
Ministers promised £14.2m of investment in the publicly-owned yard last year to upgrade equipment, but little has been delivered.

Prison numbers now higher than before early release scheme
9 Sep 2025 at 10:43am
More than 300 inmates were freed from Scotland's jails in February and March to free up space.

Should all pupils get the right to an outdoor education week?
9 Sep 2025 at 6:22am
The Scottish government must choose to fund outdoor education or a bill aiming to give all children the experience will fail.

Scot Goes Pop

Will Andy Burnham soon be the UK Prime Minister?
15 Sep 2025 at 3:21pm
The main news of the day is the defection of Tory shadow minister Danny Kruger to Reform UK.  However, the bigger picture remains the question of how much longer Keir Starmer can stagger on as a zo...

Could Israel be BANNED from Eurovision 2026? The unstoppable force of Irish ...
12 Sep 2025 at 1:51am
Today's YouTube commentary is about Ireland's dramatic announcement that it will withdraw from Eurovision 2026 unless Israel is at long last banned from the contest.  I can also tell you that our r...

Take me to the depths to which even Murdo Fraser will not sink. What? What ...
11 Sep 2025 at 1:16pm
Murdo Fraser on Twitter: "You were deputy to a First Minister who said ?I detest the Tories?.Just yesterday you called @CraigWHoy1 ?disgusting? and ?despicable? for raising constituents? concerns o...

SNP stay way out in front in simply sumptuous Scottish subsample from YouGov
10 Sep 2025 at 12:22pm
Today's YouTube commentary is about the latest weekly GB-wide YouGov poll, and in particular its Scottish subsample - which is another good news story for the SNP.  You can watch via the embedded p...

Stew's Legal Howler: Controversial Wings blogger makes bizarre FALSE CLAIM ab...
8 Sep 2025 at 4:51am

What makes the current Swinney 'independence plan' so dangerous: for the firs...
6 Sep 2025 at 9:10am
In today's YouTube commentary, I respond to an email I received a couple of days ago asking for my opinion about two completely separate proposals that have been sent to the First Minister John Swi...

Ian Murray: one of history's most deserved sackings
5 Sep 2025 at 4:38pm
Given the extremes that Scottish politics has oscillated between over the last three decades, with repeated wipeouts or near-wipeouts of the Scottish Tories and Scottish Labour at Westminster, ther...

Rayner is OUT as Deputy PM - but nature abhors a vacuum, and it's likely that...
5 Sep 2025 at 12:19pm
Angela Rayner has just resigned as Deputy Prime Minister, although I can't see from the initial reporting whether she has also resigned as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (an elected rather than ...

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Keir Starmer ?never? would have appointed Lord Mandelson if he knew content o...
15 Sep 2025 at 4:23pm
Starmer sacked the US ambassador over his links with paedophile, sex trafficker, and financier Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday morning.

Starmer aide resigns after leaked messages show sexual remarks about Abbott
15 Sep 2025 at 2:02pm
Paul Ovenden has now resigned as the No 10 Director of Strategy after admitting to discussing Ms Abbott in derogatory sexual terms in messages seen by ITV News.

Asylum seekers in Aberdeen moved from hotels to empty student flats
15 Sep 2025 at 1:09pm
The Home Office said it is 'committed to closing all asylum hotels'.

Tory shadow minister Danny Kruger defects to Reform
15 Sep 2025 at 11:28am
Danny Kruger is the first sitting Conservative MP to defect.

?The Conservative Party is over,? says MP Danny Kruger in defection to Reform UK
15 Sep 2025 at 10:30am
Reform Leader Nigel Farage announced Kruger's defection on Monday, saying the former Conservative MP would lead a group preparing Reform for government.

Alexander Dennis bus maker jobs in Scotland rescued in £4m furlough deal
15 Sep 2025 at 10:15am
Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), which has eight sites across the UK including Falkirk and Larbert, announced in June that up to 400 jobs could be axed.

First Minister urged to award ferry replacement contract to Ferguson Marine
15 Sep 2025 at 6:38am
The Scottish Government has resisted calls to directly award contracts to the shipyard in the past.

Starmer faces challenging week amid Mandelson fallout and frustrated MPs
14 Sep 2025 at 11:22pm
It comes as US President Donald Trump is set to arrive for a state visit.

Trade deal on Scotch whisky ?very high? on UK Government agenda, Alexander says
12 Sep 2025 at 8:46am
US President Donald Trump is due to arrive in the UK for a state visit next week.

Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell set to battle it out for deputy Labour leader
11 Sep 2025 at 5:07pm
The third candidate, backbencher Bell Ribeiro-Addy, said she had not secured the required 80 MP nominations to make it into the second round.

Alexander Dennis job update expected next week, First Minister John Swinney says
11 Sep 2025 at 2:54pm
John Swinney said Holyrood will likely be updated in the coming days on proposals to shut Scottish operations for the bus manufacturer.

Sacking of US ambassador Lord Mandelson will have no impact on Scotch whisky ...
11 Sep 2025 at 2:38pm
Keir Starmer asked Mandelson to withdraw as ambassador to the US after emails revealed the depth of his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Former Glasgow Labour leader blocked from committee amid standards probe
11 Sep 2025 at 1:14pm
George Redmond is facing a standards hearing in November following an allegation he broke confidentiality rules.

John Swinney to face FMQs after PM sacks US ambassador for Epstein links
11 Sep 2025 at 11:54am
The First Minister will face questions from the opposition at midday.

Daily Record

Daily Record - Politics

Senior Keir Starmer aide resigns over 'explicit messages about Diane Abbott'
15 Sep 2025 at 3:36pm
The remarks were reportedly made about veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott.

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service needs 'urgent investment' to avoid emergency...
15 Sep 2025 at 2:29pm
The Fire Brigades Union has warned some community stations could close under service cut-backs.

'Fight for Fergusons' John Swinney urged to award CalMac contract to Port Gla...
15 Sep 2025 at 12:00pm
Community leaders and trade unions have urged SNP ministers not to turn their backs on the publicly-owned shipyard in Port Glasgow.

Alexander Dennis to continue bus building in Scotland as SNP Government offer...
15 Sep 2025 at 9:28am
The £4m furlough funding will protect 400 jobs in Camelon and Larbert in the short term while ADL continues to look for more orders.

Retail bosses demand tax cuts and directly elected police chief to save high ...
15 Sep 2025 at 4:30am
The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has published a Holyrood election manifesto on city centre renewal.

Mental health waits are damning for John Swinney's SNP Government
15 Sep 2025 at 4:30am
In his Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said new figures unearthed by his party show the SNP is letting down patients.

The number of asylum seekers housed in Scotland broken down by council area
15 Sep 2025 at 4:30am
EXCLUSIVE: Calls are growing for a fairer geographical spread on helping asylum seekers.

Asylum seeker dispersal must be rolled out properly across Scotland
15 Sep 2025 at 4:30am
Daily Record Political Editor says the Home Offce must do more to ensure asylum seeker dispersal becomes a national reality.

Who cares the most about the NHS will pull in the votes at the next election
15 Sep 2025 at 4:30am
Record View says it could well be that the party that comes up with the best solution to ongoing NHS crisis will sway a lot of voters at the next Holyrood election.

Nearly 24,000 Scots waiting for mental health treatment under SNP Government
15 Sep 2025 at 4:30am
EXCLUSIVE: The new figures have been pounced on by Scottish Labour.

The National

The National | Politics

Douglas Alexander tries to claim UK Government credit for Alexander Dennis fu...
15 Sep 2025 at 6:29pm

DOUGLAS Alexander has said that the UK Government has been ?leading intensive work? on saving jobs at Alexander Dennis ? despite the bus firm's announcement making no reference to his claim ...

UK to deploy RAF jets to Poland following Russian drone incursion
15 Sep 2025 at 5:50pm

THE UK will deploy RAF jets to Poland in response to Russian drones violating the country?s airspace ...

Will the Scottish Government take hard line on Elon Musk and stop posting on X?
15 Sep 2025 at 5:50pm

THERE are fresh calls for the UK Government to take action against Elon Musk after the tech giant warned "violence is coming" to the UK ...

The seven questions Keir Starmer must answer on Peter Mandelson scandal
15 Sep 2025 at 5:25pm

KEIR Starmer has finally broken his silence on the scandal surrounding Peter Mandelson?s friendship after he sacked him as US ambassador.

Scottish women councillors call to stop repeat of Bonnie Blue 'bang bus' visit
15 Sep 2025 at 5:02pm

WOMEN councillors have called for action to prevent a repeat of adult star Bonnie Blue staging ?sexualised publicity stunts? in Glasgow ...

Home Office blocks Paisley refugee family from reuniting with dying son
15 Sep 2025 at 5:00pm

A SYRIAN refugee family living in Paisley has called on the Home Office to stop blocking them from reuniting with their terminally ill son ...

Greens to force vote on tax for second homes in Gaelic-speaking communities
15 Sep 2025 at 4:52pm

THE Scottish Greens are set to force a vote on increasing taxes on holiday homes and short-term lets in Gaelic-speaking communities.

'Not the answer': Councillors vote against introducing tourist tax
15 Sep 2025 at 4:28pm

COUNCILLORS have formally decided against adopting a visitor levy in Shetland, with the focus instead placed on engaging with the Scottish Government on alternative revenue-generating avenues ...

John Curtice gives verdict on biggest threat that could oust Keir Starmer as PM
15 Sep 2025 at 4:15pm

LABOUR being ousted from Government in Wales would be a bigger threat to Keir Starmer?s leadership than the SNP winning in Scotland, John Curtice has said.

Ministers deny 'turning a blind eye' to Gaza atrocities despite RAF spy planes
15 Sep 2025 at 3:44pm

MINISTERS have denied that they are ?turning a blind eye? to atrocities in Gaza despite routinely flying RAF spy planes over the territory.

Holyrood Magazine

Holyrood Website

Scottish Government announces ?4m furlough scheme to save Alexander Dennis site
15 Sep 2025 at 11:20am
Alexander Dennis was set to close its facilities in Falkirk and Larbert, resulting in 400 job losses

Tories warn of ?shortcomings? in Justice Bill
15 Sep 2025 at 7:57am
MSPs will vote on the the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill this week

Greens say Scottish companies must boycott Israel
11 Sep 2025 at 2:32pm
The party's co-leader Ross Greer also called for Scots who serve in the IDF to be prosecuted

Keir Starmer sacks Peter Mandelson as ambassador to US
11 Sep 2025 at 12:18pm
Peter Mandelson's departure comes amid questions over his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffery Epstein

Strike action spreads across Scottish universities
11 Sep 2025 at 8:38am
Unions out at three institutions as further ballots take place over budget cuts

Swinney: Trump talks give 'real chance' for whisky deal
10 Sep 2025 at 5:50pm
The USA is the largest export market for Scotch but Trump's trade measures have hit the sector

Council ?to save millions? as Scotland?s first PPP schools contract ends
10 Sep 2025 at 3:52pm
The public-private partnership with Class 98 was the first of its kind for Scottish schools and came to an end last month.

Keir Starmer under pressure over Israeli president visit
10 Sep 2025 at 10:50am
Isaac Herzog is due to visit Downing Street later - a day after Israel attempted to assassinate members of Hamas in Doha

One in four children in Scotland facing hunger
10 Sep 2025 at 2:00am
The Trussell Trust says one million people experienced food insecurity in 2024

Apologise to For Women Scotland, Police Scotland chief is urged
9 Sep 2025 at 5:09pm
Questions for Scottish Parliament Corporate Body after noisy demo

Guardian - Scottish Politics

Scottish politics | The Guardian

Starmer says he has confidence in Peter Mandelson amid calls to sack him over...
10 Sep 2025 at 6:06pm
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereHelena Horton is a Guardian environment reporter.Emma Reynolds, the new environment secretary, had a difficult job this morning: meeting a group of farmers after Labour caused fury in the rural community by introducing a new inheritance...

Home secretary suspends refugee family reunion applications until new, tighte...
1 Sep 2025 at 6:15pm
Yvette Cooper says rules were designed years ago to help families separated by war but are being used in a different way nowYvette Cooper accused of pushing children towards people smugglers by halting refugee schemeAnd while we are talking about Blair-era Labour aides, Peter Hyman, who wrote spe...

Newly elected Scottish Green leaders to campaign on universal income and free...
29 Aug 2025 at 12:55pm
Ross Greer and Gillian Mackay, elected after 12.7% turnout, also vow to campaign on higher taxation of richUK politics live ? latest updatesThe new leaders of the Scottish Greens, Ross Greer and Gillian Mackay, have promised to campaign for a universal income, free bus travel and higher taxation ...

Nigel Farage rolls back on vow to deport all small-boat arrivals to the UK
27 Aug 2025 at 2:14pm
Reform leader tells event in Scotland deporting women and children is not part of his party?s plans for next five yearsNigel Farage has rolled back on his pledge to deport ?absolutely anyone? arriving in the UK on small boats just 24 hours after making it at a combative press conference in Oxford...

Nicola Sturgeon?s memoir Frankly taps into SNP discontent over party?s future
24 Aug 2025 at 11:56am
Her critics have reacted with fury but some in party feel nostalgia and ?sense of loss for independence movement?Nicola Sturgeon?s month-long promotional tour for her memoir Frankly comes to an end this Friday at the Southbank Centre in London, the city, according to one of many carefully placed ...

Sir George Reid obituary
22 Aug 2025 at 6:07pm
SNP politician, journalist and humanitarian for the International Red Cross who became the Scottish parliament?s presiding officerSir George Reid, who has died aged 86, was a Scottish politician, broadcaster and all-round public figure who also spent a dozen years as director of public affairs fo...

Not just Braveheart: black Scots become TikTok hit among African Americans
21 Aug 2025 at 10:42am
Glaswegian teacher?s moan about the weather has racked up 4m views ? and opened conversations about race on both sides of AtlanticIt began with a good-natured rant about the Scottish summer weather and has developed into a global conversation about history, diaspora and diversity on both sides of...

More applause for Nicola Sturgeon, please | Letters
19 Aug 2025 at 6:11pm
John Warburton praises the former Scottish first minister?s legislation on gender, and Duncan Macrae lauds her personality and valuesWhile I await an assessment of Nicola Sturgeon?s career from a non-unionist perspective from the fair-minded Guardian, I?ll take issue with Martin Kettle on just on...

Alex Salmond?s niece criticises Nicola Sturgeon over claims in memoir
18 Aug 2025 at 12:08pm
Christina Hendry says book tarnishes uncle?s reputation and he would have defended himself if aliveAlex Salmond?s niece has accused Nicola Sturgeon of tarnishing her uncle?s reputation when he is no longer able to defend himself in order to promote her memoir.Christina Hendry told BBC Radio Scotl...

Scottish ministers face legal action over policies ?inconsistent? with UK gen...
17 Aug 2025 at 6:20pm
Campaign group that won supreme court case brings challenge over transgender guidance in schools and prisonsA campaign group that won a legal victory on the definition of sex is taking action against the Scottish government over policies it says are ?inconsistent? with the ruling.For Women Scotla...

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Wee Ginger Dug

The moral isolationism of Starmer in the face of the far right
13 Sep 2025 at 6:35pm
On Saturday in London there was the largest far-right rally that the UK has seen in decades. Called Unite the Kingdom, the march was organised by far right thug and convicted criminal Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and his supporters. Attended by over 100,000, the crowd, comprised overwhelmingly of white people, the great majority of whom were men, …

The hard right and the killing of empathy
12 Sep 2025 at 2:43pm
Earlier this year there was a serious nuclear incident at Faslane naval base on the Clyde, where the UK’s fleet of nuclear submarines are based. Nuclear incidents are graded on a scale of seriousness, from category D to category A, with category A being the most serious. Category A represents an “actual or high potential …

Scotland?s last chance to escape English nationalism
9 Sep 2025 at 2:44pm
In July 2025, Keir Starmer’s Labour party was elected on a promise of ‘change’, a suitably vacuuous slogan which allowed voters to impute to it whatever they liked. Most hoped for a change from the pettiness, self-serving cronyism, callous cruelty and corruption which characterised the previous Tory government. A year on, it’s clear that all …

Settling old scores, there?s no grudge like a Labour grudge
5 Sep 2025 at 7:27pm
Following the findings of an investigation into her evasion of tax on a property she purchased in Brighton and the ruling that she had broken the Ministerial Code, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Raynor jumped before she was pushed and resigned from the Labour government, prompting a major reshuffle by Keir Starmer when he only needed …

The settled will
5 Sep 2025 at 4:19pm
This week First Minister John Swinney unveiled details of his plan for independence, which rests upon the SNP securing a majority in Holyrood after next year’s Scottish elections. An opinion poll published on Thursday, the first Scottish opinion poll in a while, found that the SNP is within shouting distance of securing a majority in …

Holyrood 2026: an election of unknowns
1 Sep 2025 at 1:52pm
The next Holyrood elections are now only nine months away and they look set to be the most unpredictable elections in the history of the Scottish Parliament. No one, not even the Scottish media’s polling guru John Curtice, can claim to know what the results of May 2026’s election is going to be. In this …

We must not concede to Farage?s lies
27 Aug 2025 at 2:34pm
Following Nigel Farage’s immigrant bashing speech on Tuesday, in which he presented a fantasy of figures pulled out of thin air and cited some highly dubious scaremongering statistics about the alleged involvement of Afghan migrants in sexual crime, on Wednesday the political wing of GB News gained its first MSP in this Scottish Parliament, in …

Drugs deaths and the Scottish media?s addiction to the Cringe.
25 Aug 2025 at 1:45pm
At times, who are we kidding – most of the time – the British media and its outposts in Scotland seem to be engaged in a competition in which Scotland is always the loser. No matter what shortcomings or failures afflict the UK, Scotland is always the one which performs the worst. This feeds into …

Demonisation by the right, independence supporters could be next
21 Aug 2025 at 2:36pm
Over recent weeks, far right demonstrators waving British flags have mounted threatening protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers across the UK. These protests have come to Scotland too. Last weekend the far right organised a protest outside a hotel in Falkirk, demanding the removal of the asylum seekers housed in the building. One charming individual …

It?s Gersmas Day, Scotland?s annual present of fantasy Westminster economics
14 Aug 2025 at 2:27pm
This week, Scotland had its annual Gersmas Day, when British nationalist Santa puts supporters of Scottish independence on the naughty list and the anti-independence Scottish media, which is to say almost all of it, crows triumphantly about how much of an economic basket case Scotland supposedly is. This is all thanks to the annual release …

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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

As US scientists call for a national cancer study near US reactors to be cond...
14 Sep 2025 at 11:37am
Support Talking-up Scotland's work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method - Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA In the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, two days ago: The last and only national study of the...

Crimes committed by police officers in Scotland plummets to between 3 and 5 (...
14 Sep 2025 at 11:14am
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It?s not just Emma Caldwell ? Still deeply misogynist Scottish Labour should ...
14 Sep 2025 at 10:56am
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Police Scotland merger by FM Sturgeon criticised by opposition parties has re...
14 Sep 2025 at 8:16am
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Only a small sub-poll sample but Reform UK just ahead of SNP and Labour in 6t...
12 Sep 2025 at 12:41pm
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Labour?s favourite union and funder, the GMB, where bullying, misogyny, cron...
12 Sep 2025 at 12:18pm
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SNP Government brings 10 times more vacant and derelict land back into use th...
12 Sep 2025 at 11:26am
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BBC Scotland keeps a sickening media feeding frenzy going regarding a ?cruelt...
12 Sep 2025 at 9:21am
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Very good news for Scottish Government as road repair delay fines fall from o...
12 Sep 2025 at 8:51am
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11 Sep 2025 at 6:07pm
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Scotland and Independence

"scotland independence -guardian" - Google News

'Very difficult' to have open Scottish independence debate today, expert says...
15 Sep 2025 at 2:14pm
'Very difficult' to have open Scottish independence debate today, expert says  TheNational.scot

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

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

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

Brian Cox: Trump talking 'b*******s' on Scottish independence - Sky News
1 Aug 2025 at 8:00am
Brian Cox: Trump talking 'b*******s' on Scottish independence  Sky News

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.fr

Is Scottish independence inevitable? The relationship between birth cohort an...
18 Apr 2025 at 8:00am
Is Scottish independence inevitable? The relationship between birth cohort and secessionism in Scotland.  Centre on Constitutional Change

John Swinney's independence pitch could be key to SNP fortunes - BBC
18 Jul 2025 at 8:00am
John Swinney's independence pitch could be key to SNP fortunes  BBC

SNP warns royals: stay out of Scotland independence debate - The Times
4 Sep 2025 at 8:00am
SNP warns royals: stay out of Scotland independence debate  The Times

The pros and cons of Scottish independence - The Week
24 Mar 2025 at 7:00am
The pros and cons of Scottish independence  The Week

SNP

"SNP" - Google News

SNP ministers hand out millions to keep manufacturer in Scotland - The Telegraph
15 Sep 2025 at 4:14pm
SNP ministers hand out millions to keep manufacturer in Scotland  The Telegraph

SNP challenged to back holiday homes tax to protect Gaelic language - Scottis...
15 Sep 2025 at 5:54pm
SNP challenged to back holiday homes tax to protect Gaelic language  Scottish Greens

SNP ?childish? for failing to showcase Scotland at big arms fair - The Times
15 Sep 2025 at 5:50pm
SNP ?childish? for failing to showcase Scotland at big arms fair  The Times

Is independence merely a means of harvesting votes for the SNP? - TheNational...
15 Sep 2025 at 12:18pm
Is independence merely a means of harvesting votes for the SNP?  TheNational.scot

NHS 'lurching towards winter collapse', as SNP insist they have plan to fix t...
15 Sep 2025 at 2:34pm
NHS 'lurching towards winter collapse', as SNP insist they have plan to fix the health service  The Scotsman

Nicola Sturgeon?s memoir Frankly taps into SNP discontent over party?s future...
24 Aug 2025 at 8:00am
Nicola Sturgeon?s memoir Frankly taps into SNP discontent over party?s future  The Guardian

An advanced 10K SNP panel for genotyping tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) via...
20 May 2025 at 8:00am
An advanced 10K SNP panel for genotyping tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) via targeted genome sequencing  Frontiers

Findlay warns SNP justice reform risks becoming ?sham Victims? Bill? - The He...
15 Sep 2025 at 12:02am
Findlay warns SNP justice reform risks becoming ?sham Victims? Bill?  The Herald

A naturally occurring SNP modulates thermotolerance divergence among grapevin...
1 Jun 2025 at 8:00am
A naturally occurring SNP modulates thermotolerance divergence among grapevines  Nature

Former MP Mhairi Black announces she has left the SNP - BBC
25 Jul 2025 at 8:00am
Former MP Mhairi Black announces she has left the SNP  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

'Very difficult' to have open Scottish independence debate today, expert says...
15 Sep 2025 at 2:14pm
'Very difficult' to have open Scottish independence debate today, expert says  TheNational.scot

Scottish independence poll 2025 - Statista
1 Sep 2025 at 8:00am
Scottish independence poll 2025  Statista

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

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

Today, Scotland, tomorrow the world: SNP thinks global for next independence ...
6 Sep 2025 at 8:00am
Today, Scotland, tomorrow the world: SNP thinks global for next independence push  The Times

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

Starmer says no independence referendum while he is prime minister - BBC
3 Jun 2025 at 8:00am
Starmer says no independence referendum while he is prime minister  BBC

Will independence dominate Scottish politics again? - BBC
5 Sep 2025 at 6:35am
Will independence dominate Scottish politics again?  BBC

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.fr