Scotland needed Kate Forbes
She was a politician of rare conviction and capability.
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She was a politician of rare conviction and capability.
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A panicked and confused party is attracted by the prospect of a unity candidate.
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The momentum is behind the Sturgeon acolyte John Swinney to be the next first minister rather than Kate Forbes.
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The former leadership candidate should not remain on the back benches when the SNP cabinet is among the weakest of…
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Will Kate Forbes ultimately be forced to choose between politics and God?
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The SNP has “lost momentum” and radical change is required, says the former leadership candidate in a bold intervention.
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As Humza Yousaf’s leadership woes deepen, his old rival remains ready and willing to serve.
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A doubtful Scotland is watching and waiting.
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The SNP deputy leader in Westminster spoke at a New Statesman event about Kate Forbes, gay rights and what life…
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In the midst of the party’s leadership election, Westminster overturning a second key policy could cause further fractures.
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Despite the best efforts of Sturgeon loyalists, the Finance Secretary may yet edge the contest.
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The first TV debate neglected the real economic and social problems facing Scotland.
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Even Kate Forbes pretends that another referendum is imminent – it isn’t and the party should get real.
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The socially conservative religious beliefs of Scotland’s finance secretary have dismayed her supporters, yet her leadership campaign survives. Could she…
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Supporters of marriage should be more concerned about financial insecurity than a pernicious woke agenda.
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The SNP candidate is the electoral equivalent of arriving on a nudist beach in a three-piece suit and wondering why…
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A poll putting the finance secretary eight points ahead shows that Scotland is not the country that SNP hardliners may…
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Controversy over her opposition to equal marriage is less about religion than it is politics parading as religion.
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The Scottish independence movement has stalled – but the Union won’t be secure until Westminster remakes a decaying constitutional settlement.
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The finance secretary’s declaration that she would have voted against equal marriage has dismayed her supporters.
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