How will Nicola Sturgeon use her final years in office?
The Scottish First Minister has a rare degree of freedom to shape her legacy.
ByNicola Sturgeon
The politics of Scotland’s bookishness
The country’s official embrace of literature reveals much about its comfortably stuck political culture, cosily immured from an increasingly illiberal…
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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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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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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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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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Nicola Sturgeon is dividing Scotland over trans rights, not uniting it
The First Minister’s refusal to hold an honest debate doesn’t help the trans community – arguably, it endangers it.
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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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