Can Scottish Labour ever hope to challenge the SNP?
Persuading SNP supporters to “come home” is a far harder task for Labour than winning over Tory voters.
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Scotland’s forests are the largest they have been for 900 years
The share of Scotland that is forested has increased from 6 per cent a century ago to around 18 per…
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The Kremlin’s illegal war stresses the need for all nations to stand up for democracy
Western governments must demonstrate that their values – including vigorous, open debate – are being prioritised at home as well…
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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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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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Our fears are about male abusers, not transgender women
It’s about male abusers – who, as a former specialist sex crimes prosecutor, I know can trick and cajole women.
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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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