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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Who is Humza Yousaf kidding on Scottish independence?
The SNP leader knows there is no prospect of him opening negotiations with the UK government – but is forced…
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Scotland’s stand against misogyny is an example to others
Jury-free rape trials are a necessary attempt to change a system stacked against women.
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Will the SNP ever learn to say no?
Humza Yousaf’s strategy too often amounts to little more than handing out money.
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The SNP needs to set Scotland’s childcare sector free
Humza Yousaf should allow parents to choose how they spend childcare vouchers.
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Scottish independence is not going away
Long-term demographic change means support for separation will outlast the SNP’s travails.
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The Scottish state is broken
Under the SNP, the government has continually swung its great clunking fist only to punch itself in the face.
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Humza Yousaf has nothing to offer but reheated Sturgeonism
The First Minister’s anaemic, underwhelming Programme for Government won’t fill Scotland’s political void.
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The battle for Scotland’s business vote
Anas Sarwar is looking to exploit SNP weakness on the economy.
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Scottish Labour must do less, better
Anas Sarwar can position himself as the alternative to the SNP’s legacy of half-baked, over-budget policies.
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Is a Labour-Lib Dem coalition Scotland’s future?
The parties have governed together before and it could suit both to do so again.
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When will the SNP put itself before the Greens?
The junior partner is the biggest winner from the continuation of the discredited power-sharing deal.
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Scotland has been left with the worst of both worlds
SNP rule has created a system of high taxes and low-quality public services.
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What the plot against Humza Yousaf reveals
The Scottish First Minister is drowning, not waving.
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The problem with the SNP’s “well-being economy”
Humza Yousaf’s big idea can’t mask woolly and self-indulgent economic thinking.
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Can Anas Sarwar stand up to Keir Starmer?
Labour’s refusal to scrap the two-child benefit cap is a test of the Scottish party’s independence.
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What is the point of Humza Yousaf?
The First Minister must show he has a purpose beyond the simple preservation of power.
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Scotland is falling behind in the digital race
Laptops and tablets provided by the SNP in the country’s poorer areas have simply disappeared.
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Why the SNP is eating itself
Vicious internal feuds at Westminster and Holyrood are a sign that panic is setting in.
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Orkney’s bid to join Norway is a symptom of SNP arrogance
Scotland’s ancient, far-flung communities have had enough of being mistreated by the distant and the ignorant.
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