The SNP’s treatment of Fergus Ewing shows its decline
A more confident party would have shrugged off the veteran MSP’s rebellions, not suspended him.
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A more confident party would have shrugged off the veteran MSP’s rebellions, not suspended him.
ByThe SNP leader knows there is no prospect of him opening negotiations with the UK government – but is forced…
ByJury-free rape trials are a necessary attempt to change a system stacked against women.
ByHumza Yousaf’s strategy too often amounts to little more than handing out money.
ByHumza Yousaf should allow parents to choose how they spend childcare vouchers.
ByLong-term demographic change means support for separation will outlast the SNP’s travails.
ByUnder the SNP, the government has continually swung its great clunking fist only to punch itself in the face.
ByThe First Minister’s anaemic, underwhelming Programme for Government won’t fill Scotland’s political void.
ByAnas Sarwar is looking to exploit SNP weakness on the economy.
ByAnas Sarwar can position himself as the alternative to the SNP’s legacy of half-baked, over-budget policies.
ByThe parties have governed together before and it could suit both to do so again.
ByThe junior partner is the biggest winner from the continuation of the discredited power-sharing deal.
BySNP rule has created a system of high taxes and low-quality public services.
ByThe Scottish First Minister is drowning, not waving.
ByHumza Yousaf’s big idea can’t mask woolly and self-indulgent economic thinking.
ByLabour’s refusal to scrap the two-child benefit cap is a test of the Scottish party’s independence.
ByThe First Minister must show he has a purpose beyond the simple preservation of power.
ByLaptops and tablets provided by the SNP in the country’s poorer areas have simply disappeared.
ByVicious internal feuds at Westminster and Holyrood are a sign that panic is setting in.
ByScotland’s ancient, far-flung communities have had enough of being mistreated by the distant and the ignorant.
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