Labour takes Rutherglen: the end of SNP domination?
What the result means for the next general election and Scottish independence.
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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.
Labour has finally ended the age of SNP hegemony
The party’s victory in the Rutherglen & Hamilton West by-election is a turning point.
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Why did Nicola Sturgeon fail her own education mission?
The former Scottish first minister made schools her priority but the reality has been drift and decline.
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Liz Lloyd: Labour would make Scottish independence more likely
Nicola Sturgeon’s former chief of staff on what she got right. And where she went wrong.
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Inside Labour’s battle for Scotland at the Rutherglen by-election
In central-belt suburbia, “austerity Labour” and the “sleazy SNP” fight for the future of Scottish politics.
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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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Can the Lib Dems become the third party again?
Party strategists crave the parliamentary and media rewards that overtaking the SNP would bring.
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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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Keir Starmer lands with a bump
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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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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Can Murray Foote save the SNP?
The new party chief executive has to deal with a police investigation, falling income and electoral slide.
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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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Rutherglen by-election: Labour’s key to unlocking Scotland?
The latest by-election could provide a chance for Labour to regain lost seats north of the border.
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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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