Will the SNP ever address the Scottish schools crisis?
Failing to educate children effectively is about as grievous a state deficiency as can be imagined.
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Explore a diverse range of articles examining the Scottish National Party (SNP), covering its policies, leadership, electoral impact, and key debates surrounding Scottish independence and devolved governance.
How will Nicola Sturgeon use her final years in office?
The Scottish First Minister has a rare degree of freedom to shape her legacy.
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Has the war in Ukraine ended the SNP’s hopes of Scottish independence?
The world has changed and Nicola Sturgeon’s party has no choice but to change with it.
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Why the SNP’s economic strategy offers continuity not transformation
The muddled, contradictory shopping list is a consequence of the deep-rooted defensiveness of Scotland’s political economy.
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How the SNP became the most anti-Putin party in the UK
Nicola Sturgeon and her nationalists have turned their backs on Alex Salmond’s pro-Russian antics by standing steadfastly with Ukraine.
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Why Scottish nationalism is simultaneously safe and stuck
Scottish independence isn’t a rousing, visionary cause but a glum complaint, too tepid to command popular sacrifice.
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What does the SNP have to show for 15 years in power?
Despite the governing party’s remarkable longevity, the landscape of big, bold projects in Scotland is depressingly sparse.
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Will Kate Forbes be Scotland’s next leader?
At 31, the SNP finance minister is tipped to succeed Nicola Sturgeon. But will her social conservatism and evangelical Christianity…
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Who would win if an election was held tomorrow?
Make your prediction and see the latest forecast with Britain Predicts, the New Statesman’s election calculator
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The SNP is shutting its eyes to the crisis in Scottish schools
After a prolonged period of lockdown and home-learning, the Covid hangover is being felt everywhere. What have education ministers and…
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What does life after Nicola Sturgeon have in store for the SNP?
The Scottish independence debate looks like a game being played by an elite few, leaving some observers wondering just how…
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Boris Johnson needs to stop treating Scotland like an irritating child
The Conservative government’s disdain for Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP risks rotting the Union from the inside.
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Why climate activists should support the bin strikes marring Cop26’s elite spectacle
The walk-out of refuse collectors in Glasgow is an opportunity for a formidable show of solidarity with workers.
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The SNP needs to stop blaming everyone but itself
The party’s insistence that problems must always be laid at someone else’s door is exhausting, and politics at its worst.
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Will Scotland’s dizzying quest for a global role ever end?
Nationalists have modelled an independent Scotland on countries from every corner of the planet, often with little serious justification.
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Can any party balance the books after the Scottish election?
Chris Deerin hosts the third Scottish election special edition of the New Statesman podcast.
Why SNP “hegemony” presents an opportunity for an “insurgent” opposition in Scotland
Blair McDougall on the impact of a 14 year SNP incumbency
The Alex Salmond affair has shown Scotland at its worst
Rather than shedding light on devolution’s darkest chapter, the Holyrood inquiry has done the opposite.
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Nicola Sturgeon: Britain’s most powerful woman
The First Minister, who turned 50 this month, has had a good crisis and the SNP is surging in the…
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Brown boosted as party hails emphatic victory over the SNP in Glasgow North East
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