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Kemi Badenoch: 'we will get all our oil and gas out of the North Sea?
31 Aug 2025 at 11:24am
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said a Conservative administration would maximise extraction


'A deal with the devil': Scottish Afghans criticise Farage's deportation plan
31 Aug 2025 at 10:00am
Farage has said the plan would be implemented over the first five years of a potential Reform government.


Patrick Harvie: 'We need to change our unhealthy political culture'
31 Aug 2025 at 10:31am
Former Scottish Green co-leader Patrick Harvie has urged colleagues to be more like his late friend Margo MacDonald in treating others as ?opponents rather than enemies?.


The Sandie Peggie Employment Tribunal resumes tomorrow: Here's the story so far
31 Aug 2025 at 8:45am
A Christmas Eve clash between Sandie Peggie and a trans women Dr Beth Upton has become a test case over NHS policy, single-sex spaces and gender-critical beliefs


For Women Scotland and Scottish Lesbians respond to Equality Network 'smears'
31 Aug 2025 at 6:30am
For Women Scotland and Scottish Lesbians have condemned 'smears' made by Equality Network boss Dr Rebecca Don Kennedy.


Inside the crisis facing Scotland's fire service amid fears lives are at risk
31 Aug 2025 at 6:30am
A dire warning has been issued about the future of the fire service in Scotland, with looming cuts raising fears over public safety.


'F***** by the system' SNP promised Scotland a 'worker's paradise' - what wen...
31 Aug 2025 at 6:15am
A decade ago the Scottish government launched the Fair Work Convention. It promised to make Scotland a ?world-leader?. Our Writer at Large uncovers how that turned to dust   


Why barristers Naomi Cunningham and Jane Russell KC matter in Sandie Peggie t...
31 Aug 2025 at 5:30am
Barristers Naomi Cunningham and Jane Russell KC are important figures in the Sandie Peggie employment tribunal.


'Inconceivable he stays?: Colin Smyth faces being removed from committee over...
31 Aug 2025 at 5:00am
Holyrood?s Economy Committee will vote on removing Colin Smyth as convenor following criminal charges relating to indecent images and a hidden camera.


Recess is over: What to expect as MSPs return to Holyrood ahead of 2026 election
31 Aug 2025 at 5:00am
First Minister John Swinney has promised to ?hit the ground running? as MSPs return from their nine-week summer recess, pledging to be ?resolutely focused? on tackling the cost-of-living crisis and delivering for the people of Scotland.


Alex Cole-Hamilton says multiple 'unhappy' Tory MSPs talking to him about def...
31 Aug 2025 at 5:00am
Multiple "unhappy" Scottish Conservative MSPs have been talking to Alex Cole Hamilton about defecting to his party, the Scottish Lib Dem leader has said.


Health Secretary: I understand why social care is accusing me of 'inactivity'
31 Aug 2025 at 5:00am
Neil Gray has said he understands why social care bosses have accused him of a 'summer of inactivity' in his handling of crisis talks.


Ex-Scotland Office minister could accept second referendum in 2036 ? on one c...
31 Aug 2025 at 5:00am
Lord Offord says Scotland could have a second referendum in 2036 ? if parties stop ?obsessing? over the constitution for a decade and focus on public services.


More Tory MSP defections? Hamilton says it?s ?difficult' to tell
31 Aug 2025 at 10:57am
Scottish Tory deputy Rachael Hamilton says it is ?difficult? to say if more MSPs will defect after Graham Simpson joined Reform and Jeremy Balfour left.

The Scotsman

The Scotsman Politics


Kemi Badenoch vows Tories will back draining every drop of oil and gas from N...
31 Aug 2025 at 11:04am

Tory leader will use speech in Aberdeen to ?call time? on the ?impossible ideology of net zero?

Wings over Scotland

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 …

The Sweet Smell Of Unsuccess
16 Aug 2025 at 7:00am

The World Inside Her Head
15 Aug 2025 at 3:36pm
The media coverage of the gender-ideology revelations in Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir has been based on a couple of short sentences from it, but since the main section of the book devotes 14 pages to the subject it’s worth checking out in depth, at least until something more interesting happens. Highly intelligent people only, obviously. We’ll …

The Envious Heart
14 Aug 2025 at 1:41pm
There was one revealing moment in what was an otherwise nauseatingly sycophantic interview with Nicola Sturgeon by Adam Fleming on BBC2 last night. ? And the thing it revealed is what Sturgeon’s book is really about. Because as more and more extracts have found their way into the public domain this week, the overarching theme …

The Endless Evil Of Everyone Else
12 Aug 2025 at 1:07pm
As more and more of Nicola Sturgeon’s memoirs ooze out into the public sphere like pus leaking from a burns-victim’s blisters, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of rank, festering untruth spreading out in all directions. First she audaciously attempted to blame Alex Salmond for supposedly leaking the news of his own …

Craig Murray

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

Yvette Cooper is Lying
12 Aug 2025 at 11:28am

Yvette Cooper has continually lied about Palestine Action in a panicked attempt to defend the proscription of a direct action protest group which is opposing a Genocide in which Cooper’s government is deeply complicit. Cooper and other government ministers have repeatedly claimed: Palestine Action attacks people, not just weapons-making equipment Palestine Action is funded by …

Yvette Cooper is Lying

The Music of My Life
7 Aug 2025 at 12:56pm

The first record I ever bought, age 11, was Artur Rubinstein playing Chopin Polonaises 1 to 7. For a year I saved up the pocket money my grandfather gave me to get it. I played it on our record player, which was like a sideboard with built in speakers. I had watched, on our little …

The Music of My Life

Your Party (Working Title)
5 Aug 2025 at 2:12pm

If I were living in England, I would join Corbyn’s new party, and I urge people in England to do so. In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland there are other factors, which I shall come on to. I also say this with great respect for my friend George Galloway, whose Workers Party kindly hosted my …

Your Party (Working Title)

BBC Scotland

MSP denies hiding camera in Scottish Parliament toilet
29 Aug 2025 at 1:40pm
South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth was earlier suspended by Labour over charges of possessing indecent child images.

Greer and Mackay elected as Scottish Greens co-leaders
29 Aug 2025 at 1:10pm
The contest follows Patrick Harvie's decision to stand down as co-leader after 17 years in the role.

Councillor who made 'white racism' claim joins Reform
28 Aug 2025 at 11:49am
Audrey Dempsey was suspended from Scottish Labour over alleged racist remarks in April 2024 and later quit.

Does Reform pose an existential threat to the Scottish Conservatives?
28 Aug 2025 at 6:24am
As a Tory MSP defects, is Reform UK set to replace them on the right of Scottish politics?

Conservative MSP Graham Simpson defects to Reform
27 Aug 2025 at 4:39pm
Simpson announced his move as he appeared at a press conference in Scotland with Reform leader Nigel Farage.

Drug consumption room plan for Edinburgh's Old Town
27 Aug 2025 at 11:39am
A report says a new facility could open on the Cowgate or Spittal Street in the centre of Edinburgh.

Nationalised shipyard still waiting for promised investment
27 Aug 2025 at 6:28am
Ferguson Marine was promised £14.2m a year ago to buy new equipment but most of it has not been ordered.

Scotland's councils are £20bn in debt - but it's not all bad
26 Aug 2025 at 5:52pm
BBC analysis shows the country's 32 councils owe a combined £19.2bn to lenders, up 11% on last year.

'If I die, it's your fault' - the patients angry at GP delays
26 Aug 2025 at 11:14am
GP surgery staff say they are bearing the brunt of growing patient frustration at delays in getting appointments.

Ministers give go-ahead to controversial salmon farm
27 Aug 2025 at 1:18pm
The farm will be on the banks of Loch Long, near Arrochar, and will be used for a "semi-closed containment system".

Asylum hotel protests 'understandable', says Scottish Tory leader
25 Aug 2025 at 5:27pm
The Scottish Conservative leader has spoken out after demonstrations in Perth, Falkirk and Aberdeenshire.

Union accuses PM of 'failing to deliver' Grangemouth cash
23 Aug 2025 at 9:17am
The refinery, owned by Petroineos, ceased crude oil production in April, leading to the loss of hundreds of jobs.

Scot Goes Pop

Bonjour, mais pour trois heures seulement
30 Aug 2025 at 1:01pm
So apologies for the gaps in posting over the last little while - I've been travelling around a bit, partly as a last-ditch effort to try to grab some summer sunshine before it was too late.  On a ...

The mystery of the 90% Green abstention rate
29 Aug 2025 at 6:53pm
 Greetings from sunny Birmingham, where I am currently on a bus on the motorway.  This is my second attempt to take advantage of the time on the journey to post about the result of the Scottish Gre...

Reform UK are a Scottish parliamentary party once again - but it's a very dif...
27 Aug 2025 at 3:26pm
One of the regular features of recent Scottish subsamples in GB-wide polls is just how appallingly badly the Scottish Tories are doing - it's not uncommon to see them behind the Liberal Democrats i...

Yet another stellar YouGov subsample for the SNP, as Labour brace for a retur...
20 Aug 2025 at 1:10pm
I'm on the move again today, and I've just attempted to make a 'location' video giving you the latest YouGov results, but I've chickened out of using it, it was a bit ridiculous.  So here instead a...

If the SNP conference is to be denied the chance to consider the "rebel" moti...
19 Aug 2025 at 10:08am
I was asked by a commenter on an earlier thread what I think of Robin McAlpine's new piece claiming that the "rebel" motion, proposed as an alternative to John Swinney's heavily-criticised strategy...

A review of the first three weeks of Scot Goes Pop as a video blog: how is it...
17 Aug 2025 at 1:59pm
As it looks like there aren't going to be any polls this weekend (meaning there have been no full-scale Scottish polls for two whole months - we're really not being well-served), I thought this mig...

Scot Goes Pop Fundraiser 2025: Another update, and a crunch-point
17 Aug 2025 at 1:50am
Click here to go straight to the crowdfunder page.Many thanks to everyone who has donated since the last update.  Progress has been made, although the fundraiser is still only 46% funded with less ...

Alba's Christina Hendry has accused Nicola Sturgeon of "cowardice". Three wor...
17 Aug 2025 at 1:45am

STV Politics News

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Badenoch in pledge to ?get all our oil and gas out of the North Sea?
31 Aug 2025 at 12:03pm
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said a Conservative administration would maximise extraction.

Colin Smyth MSP denies ?camera in toilets? claims as police carry out full sw...
29 Aug 2025 at 3:46pm
Colin Smyth was suspended by Scottish Labour after he was charged with allegedly possessing indecent images.

Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer elected co-leaders of Scottish Greens
29 Aug 2025 at 11:04am
Current co-leader Lorna Slater and activist Dominic Ashmole were also in the running, with the new leadership announced at an event in Edinburgh.

New Scottish Green leadership team to be announced
29 Aug 2025 at 7:02am
Current co-leader Patrick Harvie revealed earlier this year he would step down from the role.

MSP barred from Scottish Parliament after reports of ?camera in toilets?
28 Aug 2025 at 9:26pm
MSP Colin Smyth was arrested and charged in connection with possession of indecent images, prompting his suspension from Scottish Labour.

John Swinney blasts Elon Musk over spreading ?misinformation? over Dundee gir...
28 Aug 2025 at 7:12pm
The First Minister said the world?s richest man was trying to 'undermine' the social 'cohesion' in Scottish communities, which he said was 'totally and utterly unacceptable'.

MSP should stand down after defection to Reform, says Swinney
28 Aug 2025 at 3:10pm
Graham Simpson announced he was leaving the Scottish Conservatives to join Nigel Farage?s party on Wednesday.

Scottish Government consultation to add women and girls as protected characte...
28 Aug 2025 at 12:30pm
The update would make it a criminal offence to stir up hatred against women and girls, as well as men and boys, because of their sex.

Former Scottish Labour councillor who quit following race row joins Reform
28 Aug 2025 at 11:04am
Audrey Dempsey was suspended by the party after being accused of making racist remarks.

Immigration is growing issue for voters and Reform is growing issue for polit...
27 Aug 2025 at 5:49pm
During a press conference in West Lothian, Nigel Farage revealed his first MSP defector.

Nigel Farage reveals first Reform MSP and Scottish election plans
27 Aug 2025 at 3:15pm
The Reform leader said illegal migration was set to become a bigger debate in Scotland.

New Reform MSP denies bullying female member of Tory staff
27 Aug 2025 at 1:40pm
Accusations were levelled by a Conservative source after Graham Simpson announced his defection.

Graham Simpson: Who is Scotland?s only Reform MSP?
27 Aug 2025 at 1:16pm
The former newspaper journalist has become Nigel Farage's figurehead in the Scottish Parliament.

Tory becomes first MSP to defect to Nigel Farage?s Reform
27 Aug 2025 at 11:14am
Graham Simpson, who represents Central Scotland, will be Reform's first MSP.

Daily Record

Daily Record - Politics

Tories promise to extract "all" remaining oil and gas from North Sea
31 Aug 2025 at 11:53am
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch will make a speech in Aberdeen on Tuesday in an attempt to use energy policy as a political dividing line.

Union chief accuses asylum protesters of 'weaponsing' teenager's rape for pol...
31 Aug 2025 at 4:30am
SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: The STUC has written to the government over concerns about the recent hotel protests in Falkirk and elsewhere.

Hopes for Gazan student with Scots uni place as UK Government prepare evacuat...
31 Aug 2025 at 4:30am
The 32-year-old woman could be evacuated by the UK government after her plight was highlighted y the Sunday Mail.

Jack McConnell criticises Keir Starmer's judgement on foreign aid cuts
31 Aug 2025 at 4:30am
SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: The former First Minister spoke as he prepares to help 200 schoolgirls in Malawi with scholarship project.

Nigel Farage criticised by senior Church of England bishop after chaotic Scot...
30 Aug 2025 at 6:00pm
Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell said the Reform UK leader, who has promised mass deportations, was not offering a solution to the ?big issues? driving people to risk the English Channel crossing.

MSP Colin Smyth denies hiding secret camera in Scottish Parliament toilet
29 Aug 2025 at 2:40pm
The South Scotland MSP released words to the media after he was charged by Police Scotland

"No camera found" in parliament toilet after MSP Colin Smyth charged over "hi...
29 Aug 2025 at 11:54am
Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone issued the statement after Colin Smyth was charged.

Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer elected as new Scottish Greens co-leaders
29 Aug 2025 at 10:24am
The pair replace Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, both of whom had served as junior ministers in the Scottish Government under a power sharing deal with the SNP.

Monica Lennon calls for suspension of rebel Scottish Labour MP to be lifted
29 Aug 2025 at 4:30am
EXCLUSIVE: Labour is facing calls to restore the whip to Brian Leishman.

Labour MSP Colin Smyth "put secret camera in parliament toilet"
28 Aug 2025 at 7:44pm
The Daily Record can reveal that Smyth, who has been suspended from the party after being charged in connection with possession of indecent images, also faces charges of placing a camera in a toile...

The National

The National | Politics

'Reckless ignorance': Kemi Badenoch vow to extract 'all' North Sea oil slammed
31 Aug 2025 at 12:57pm

 TORY leader Kemi Badenoch has been accused of ?reckless ignorance? after vowing to extract every last drop of oil and gas from the North Sea. 

Alister Jack claims gender reform block led to Nicola Sturgeon's resignation
31 Aug 2025 at 12:11pm

ALISTER Jack has claimed that his decision to use a Section 35 order to block Holyrood?s gender reforms from becoming law led to Nicola Sturgeon?s resignation.

'Everyone is welcome': New Scottish independence hub officially opens
31 Aug 2025 at 11:23am

A NEW independence hub has opened up in the west of Scotland as campaigners hope it will be at the heart of the local community to help create a more prosperous future for the country ...

MSPs 'interviewed as part of police probe into secret camera in Holyrood toilet'
31 Aug 2025 at 10:19am

SEVERAL MSPs and other parliamentary staff have allegedly been contacted by police as part of an investigation into claims a camera was placed in a Holyrood toilet.

Rhoda Meek: We?re winning Gaelic battle but losing war to save a community la...
31 Aug 2025 at 5:00am

A COUPLE of weeks ago, a Labour candidate for the Glasgow Central constituency in the upcoming 2026 Scottish Parliament elections was forced to defend a statement she had made about Gaelic Medium Education.

Andrew Tickell: Britain?s toxic press is the real driver of division in this ...
31 Aug 2025 at 5:00am

ONE thing people get wrong about the ?24-hour news cycle? is the idea that every story is now just an evanescent thing ? here today, gone tomorrow. Even before the advent of social media, today?s headlines were classically tomorrow?s fish and chip paper ...

John Swinney pledges 'relentless focus' on delivering Scots priorities
31 Aug 2025 at 5:00am

FIRST Minister John Swinney has pledged to be ?resolutely focused? on delivering for Scots as the Holyrood recess comes to an end ...

Green co-leaders vow to inject hope back into Scottish independence fight
31 Aug 2025 at 5:00am

THE new co-leaders of the Scottish Greens have vowed to be ?relentlessly positive about the future of Scotland? and restore a narrative of hope in independence as they steer the party into a new era.

Who is funding Reform and what do they want? We take a look
31 Aug 2025 at 5:00am

We?ve delved into the records to find out who is funding Reform UK and why they might be doing so

Gerry Hassan: The UK is a mess and Unionism is failing, but we can get out of it
31 Aug 2025 at 5:00am

BRITAIN is in crisis. Doom and gloom are everywhere. The right sees this as an existential mess where everything they detest can be torn down. Meanwhile, what passes for the centre-left shifts ever rightward to appease the increasingly emboldened right ...

Holyrood Magazine

Holyrood Website

Scottish Government under pressure over digital inclusion ?inaction?
29 Aug 2025 at 3:31pm
Thousands still digitally excluded despite warning from Audit Scotland, leading Scottish charity has said

Scottish Greens: Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer elected as new leaders
29 Aug 2025 at 12:07pm
Just 950 out of over 7,000 members cast a vote in the ballot

MSP shut out of parliament amid spy cam report
29 Aug 2025 at 8:26am
The South Scotland MSP had previously been suspended by Labour after being charged with possessing indecent images

More redundancies planned at Edinburgh University
28 Aug 2025 at 1:36pm
Around 350 staff have already taken voluntary redundancy

Ministers move to protect women under hate crime laws
28 Aug 2025 at 12:48pm
It comes more than four years after the passing of the act, when parliamentarians voted to exclude ?sex? from the list of characteristics

Former Labour councillor defects to Reform
28 Aug 2025 at 12:38pm
Audrey Dempsey was suspended by the Labour Party in April 2024 after being accused of making racist remarks

Watchdogs raise alarm over 'critical gaps' in flood prevention
28 Aug 2025 at 8:00am
Challenges for local and national government

Criminal Appeal Court to livestream cases in Scottish first?
27 Aug 2025 at 1:03pm
The public will be able to view cases live from later this week

Graham Simpson MSP defects from Conservatives to Reform
27 Aug 2025 at 12:11pm
Simpson tells media he is giving Scottish Tories 'what they want'

?Real risk? prisoner human rights being violated, report warns
27 Aug 2025 at 7:00am
The prison complaints system is not consistently accessible or transparent, Scotland's human rights watchdog has warned

Guardian - Scottish Politics

Scottish politics | The Guardian

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...

Nicola Sturgeon?s immense political talent is undeniable. The nationalism was...
14 Aug 2025 at 6:00am
Many of her admirers gloss over her desire to break up the UK as Scotland?s first minister. But in her open and touching memoir, it plays a starring roleNicola Sturgeon was ? and still is ? important, talented, personable and, to many, inspirational. She was also extremely lucky and often wrong, ...

Scottish Greens must focus on working-class vote, says leadership candidate
13 Aug 2025 at 4:24pm
MSP Gillian Mackay says party must broaden appeal beyond middle-class urbanites The Scottish Greens have to broaden their appeal beyond middle-class urbanites by talking to voters in industrial towns facing wholesale job losses, a Green leadership candidate says.Gillian Mackay is one of four Sco...

Wee Ginger Dug

Wee Ginger Dug

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 …

It?s independence or remaining the MoD?s nuclear dump
11 Aug 2025 at 4:34pm
At the end of my last blog piece about attempts to get the UN to recognise Scotland as a non self-governing territory, I noted that it’s not the UN which needs to be persuaded of the case for Scottish independence, it’s the people of Scotland themselves. With that in mind let us get back to …

Scotland and the United Nations, an unlikely path to independence
10 Aug 2025 at 12:17pm
There has been some pushback online from Liberation Scotland/Salvo supporters about the comment I made in my previous piece about the UK employing its veto as a permanent member of the UN Security Council in order to block any potential UN resolution demanding the decolonisation of Scotland should Liberation Scotland/Salvo succeed in their bid to …

Breaking the constitutional logjam
8 Aug 2025 at 6:18pm
There has been a lot of discussion in the past few weeks about various strategies to achieve independence. These include John Swinney’s plan, which I wrote about a few days ago. There is also the decolonisation initiative which Salvo, the campaigning wing of Liberation Scotland is presenting to the United Nations, which in my opinion …

Thoughts on the SNP?s independence strategy
4 Aug 2025 at 5:07pm
We are back from our trip to England, and before writing anything else I have to tell you that both my other half and I are completely besotted with our new baby granddaughter. I realise that I am contractually obliged to be biased, but Ivy is gorgeous. She’s a very happy little girl, full of …

Trump?s visit to Scotland
24 Jul 2025 at 1:35pm
On Friday Scotland will be infested with the presence of Donald Trump, a convicted criminal, abuser of women and best friend of deceased child sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein – and those are his best qualities. The orange skinned authoritarian is coming here to play golf, taking yet another publicly funded holiday from his day job …

The BBC?s institutional bias
18 Jul 2025 at 2:09pm
Professor Richard Murphy has ended his chances of ever being invited back on BBC Scotland. On Wednesday morning he called out the Corporation’s obvious biases on the issues of Scottish independence, Israel-Palestine, and its constant platforming of right wing views and right wing news framing. During a phone-in on BBC Radio Scotland’s Mornings Show discussing …

The Courier

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Scottish Politics News From Holyrood and Westminster | The Courier

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

The new Wolf of Badenoch plans to plunder all our oil and gas
31 Aug 2025 at 10:01am
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 Professor John Robertson OBA Today in BBC Politics: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said her party will remove all net zero requirements on oil and gas companies drilling in the North Sea...

Access to an NHS dentist in Scotland is twice that in affluent Wiltshire
31 Aug 2025 at 9:06am
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 Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC Wiltshire yesterday: The British Dental Association (BDA) has warned of an “unprecedented collapse” in dentistry, with many dentists pulling out of NHS con...

Are lives less at risk as operational fire staffing reduces at less than half...
31 Aug 2025 at 8:22am
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The Scottish Government and trade with China ? Chinese oppression or child ab...
31 Aug 2025 at 5:52am
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The SNP should absolutely not charge in and ?tool up for dirty fight to death...
30 Aug 2025 at 5:44pm
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As US tech firm which supplies Israeli forces and which risks patient safety ...
30 Aug 2025 at 2:09pm
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Supported by their Pink Ladies spineless Labour are refusing to call out and ...
30 Aug 2025 at 12:20pm
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Why don?t BBC Scotland want to tell you about Scotland?s first walk-in mental...
30 Aug 2025 at 12:02pm
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Thanks to SNP among the best paid in Europe with by far the smallest classes ...
30 Aug 2025 at 10:45am
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200 000 barrels of radioactive waste dumped in the Bay of Biscay approved by ...
30 Aug 2025 at 9:48am
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Scotland and Independence

"scotland independence -guardian" - Google News

'Everyone is welcome': New Scottish independence hub officially opens - TheNa...
31 Aug 2025 at 11:26am
'Everyone is welcome': New Scottish independence hub officially opens  TheNational.scot

Tory peer: Park the constitution ? then talk indyref in 2036 - The Herald
31 Aug 2025 at 5:02am
Tory peer: Park the constitution ? then talk indyref in 2036  The Herald

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

Michael Gove 'in agreement' with SNP leader John Swinney over independence - BBC
17 May 2025 at 8:00am
Michael Gove 'in agreement' with SNP leader John Swinney over independence  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

Scottish independence poll 2025 - Statista
23 Jun 2025 at 8:00am
Scottish independence poll 2025  Statista

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

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

A new era: Scottish Greens Co-Leadership election - Scottish Greens
29 Aug 2025 at 12:09pm
A new era: Scottish Greens Co-Leadership election  Scottish Greens

SNP

"SNP" - Google News

Why are so many MSPs choosing to leave Holyrood? - BBC
31 Aug 2025 at 7:59am
Why are so many MSPs choosing to leave Holyrood?  BBC

'Difficult to comprehend how bad': How 'fair work' in Scotland is a lie - The...
31 Aug 2025 at 6:22am
'Difficult to comprehend how bad': How 'fair work' in Scotland is a lie  The Herald

Shared SNP effects across breeds increase the genomic prediction accuracy for...
26 Aug 2025 at 2:02pm
Shared SNP effects across breeds increase the genomic prediction accuracy for numerically small breeds  Nature

Nicola Sturgeon?s memoir Frankly taps into SNP discontent over party?s future...
25 Aug 2025 at 2:30am
Nicola Sturgeon?s memoir Frankly taps into SNP discontent over party?s future  The Guardian

If the SNP is committed to Ferguson Marine, it must prove it - The Times
30 Aug 2025 at 7:15pm
If the SNP is committed to Ferguson Marine, it must prove it  The Times

SNP membership falls, deficit soars and £100,000 campervan now only worth £41...
21 Aug 2025 at 8:00am
SNP membership falls, deficit soars and £100,000 campervan now only worth £41,000, accounts reveal  Sky News

SNP independence rebel weighs bid for party president - TheNational.scot
29 Aug 2025 at 5:19pm
SNP independence rebel weighs bid for party president  TheNational.scot

£150,000 salary and WFH 3 days a week? is this SNP's laziest fat cat? - Daily...
30 Aug 2025 at 7:09pm
£150,000 salary and WFH 3 days a week? is this SNP's laziest fat cat?  Daily Mail

Labour may need Reform to oust the SNP in Scotland - The Telegraph
28 Aug 2025 at 5:06pm
Labour may need Reform to oust the SNP in Scotland  The Telegraph

SNP facing financial challenge as membership drops - BBC
21 Aug 2025 at 8:00am
SNP facing financial challenge as membership drops  BBC

Referendum (Google News)

"Scotland referendum -guardian -telegraph" - Google News

Tory peer: Park the constitution ? then talk indyref in 2036 - The Herald
31 Aug 2025 at 5:02am
Tory peer: Park the constitution ? then talk indyref in 2036  The Herald

SNP majority only way to secure second referendum - Swinney - BBC
28 Jul 2025 at 8:00am
SNP majority only way to secure second referendum - Swinney  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

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

Michael Gove 'in agreement' with SNP leader John Swinney over independence - BBC
17 May 2025 at 8:00am
Michael Gove 'in agreement' with SNP leader John Swinney over independence  BBC

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 Curtice lays out 'most likely' route to new Scottish independence refere...
6 Aug 2025 at 8:00am
John Curtice lays out 'most likely' route to new Scottish independence referendum  TheNational.scot

Keir Starmer Is Driving Scotland Towards Independence. The Least He Can Do Is...
15 Apr 2025 at 8:00am
Keir Starmer Is Driving Scotland Towards Independence. The Least He Can Do Is Let Us Go  Novara Media

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