What John Swinney gets right about Scottish independence
Like Sinn Fein in Ireland, the SNP are pushing nationalism down the agenda.
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The question of Scottish independence has reappeared in the political agenda since the EU referendum in 2016. You can find the latest on the topic here from Chris Deerin, our Scotland editor, and other political commentators.
How Scotland learned to love Nigel Farage
The same energy that once fuelled the independence campaign is now behind Reform UK.
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Why the Scottish Tories are marooned
The decline of the independence debate has left the Conservatives struggling to find political purpose.
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The SNP’s contradictory coalition is fracturing
As Scottish independence falls down the agenda, progressives and conservatives are being pitted against each other.
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Letter of the week: Context dependence
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The fight to save the fractured Union
In an age of political alienation and resurgent nationalism, can the United Kingdom still hold?
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Is Labour or the SNP leading in Scotland?
Contradictory polls are explained by different estimates of the scale of defections from the SNP to Scottish Labour.
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Labour takes Rutherglen: the end of SNP domination?
What the result means for the next general election and Scottish independence.
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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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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Scottish independence is not going away
Long-term demographic change means support for separation will outlast the SNP’s travails.
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Nicola Sturgeon’s encore – and Humza Yousaf’s new(-ish) plan for independence
Scotland’s former first minister gives evidence to the Covid inquiry, as her successor sets out his agenda for the next…
Can Labour really save the Union?
For some Scots, a Starmer government will be their last shot at making the UK work.
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Nicola Sturgeon could lose all that she holds dearest
If Sturgeon places anything above Scottish independence, it is her personal integrity.
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Alex Salmond bids to disrupt Labour with pro-independence electoral pact
The former Scottish first minister has written to all SNP MPs calling for an agreement between Alba, the SNP and…
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The treatment of Joanna Cherry shows Scotland’s culture of liberal intolerance
The barring of the SNP politician from the Edinburgh Fringe is yet another blow to free speech and open debate.
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“Independence is one of those issues that will never go away”: Anas Sarwar on the fight over Scotland
The Scottish Labour leader on Brexit, trans rights and how Keir Starmer can win the next election.
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Scotland deserves better than the parliament it has
Almost 25 years on from devolution, the Scottish government has too often been unambitious and self-interested.
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Could Labour give the SNP a second independence referendum?
The suggestion that the SNP could force another vote in return for propping up a minority Labour government is helpful…
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The humbling of the SNP
After nearly two decades, the age of nationalist hegemony may be over.
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