scottish politics

5 min read 2023-03-07 23:10:32

SNP: Loading the Votes

The SNP candidates for leadership and first minister: Forbes, Regan and Yousaf Unless a member of the SNP, election of a new leader is out of your

2 min read 2023-03-07 06:12:49

This is a recording of the Right Honourable Alex Salmond MP. (Yes, that is his title as a member of the Privy Council!) He is in debate at the

6 min read 2023-03-05 17:20:29

Are Europe’s independence movements dead? German journalist Wolfgang Münchau thinks so. In a blog, he argues that the resignation of Nicola

1 min read 2023-03-02 22:35:13

John Swinney MSP, deputy first minister, and Salmond harrasser Others will follow. As I argued lately, when a new leader takes over the old guard

3 min read 2023-03-01 02:59:25

The first week of the SNP leadership campaign has been like the Titanic heading for the icebergs and at full speed. The biggest problem is not of

6 min read 2023-02-28 23:22:26

Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater of the Green party With few exceptions, this site has not had much occasion to discuss Scotland’s Green party.

4 min read 2023-02-25 21:20:04

Former first minister of Scotland, the disappointing Nicola Sturgeon MSP Nicola Sturgeon has left the SNP in a terrible shambles. (See the essay

11 min read 2023-02-25 06:58:07

Two sides of the same coin, courting popularity and receiving perpetual ignominy Looking at the Scottish National Party today (SNP) one is hard

5 min read 2023-02-24 22:13:42

‘Neither the Tories nor a future UK Labour government will grant a Section 30 order’ As editor and protector of this site’s integrity, I

7 min read 2023-02-23 17:38:17

The capital of Scotland – Richard Murphy The tax campaigner and chartered accountant, Richard Murphy, is a strong friend to Scotland having

6 min read 2023-02-19 08:51:42

You could almost hear the jackboots hit the ground and the click-load of dozens of M240 machine guns crash into position. The M240 is the U.S.

3 min read 2023-02-07 18:27:04

Right Hon Alex Salmond MP, leader of the ALBA party The former first minister of Scotland, the Right Hon Alex Salmond MP, the politician most

3 min read 2023-02-07 15:36:24

ALBA Depute Leader and fair energy prices campaigner Kenny MacAskill MP has obtained new figures from the UK Government which show that Scotland,

3 min read 2023-02-06 18:14:12

The decision to place double rapist Isla Bryson in the segregation unit at Scotland’s Cornton Vale women’s prison, ahead of sentencing, has

4 min read 2023-01-31 20:47:00

Eurostar deliberately leaves a third of its seats empty because of border delays This is the anniversary of Brexit – that ugly word from an ugly