Scotland is missing elder statesmen
Holyrood lacks an equivalent to the cadre of former UK leaders who offer the wisdom of experience.
ByExplore 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.
Holyrood lacks an equivalent to the cadre of former UK leaders who offer the wisdom of experience.
ByHumza Yousaf and his party have nothing to sell to an increasingly desperate electorate.
BySuch is the decline of the Scottish health service that senior medics are now questioning whether it can remain free.
ByShadow cabinet ministers are asking why it took an SNP motion for the party to shift its position.
ByKeir Starmer believes backing the motion would jeopardise future Middle East negotiations.
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ByThe Scottish health secretary’s delayed departure will only add to questions over the First Minister’s judgement.
ByThe Scottish education minister Jenny Gilruth has opened the door to change on university funding.
ByScottish ministers are disturbingly willing to announce schemes that have been shared with no one.
ByPolicy did trump personality under the former Scottish first minister – but the wrong kind.
ByScottish politics is finally competitive again and voters will punish an exhausted ruling party.
ByThe SNP’s combination of high taxes and low economic growth is sending a negative message to the world.
ByThe former leadership candidate should not remain on the back benches when the SNP cabinet is among the weakest of…
ByWill Kate Forbes ultimately be forced to choose between politics and God?
ByThe SNP has “lost momentum” and radical change is required, says the former leadership candidate in a bold intervention.
ByUnder the SNP, pupil performance in maths, science and reading has plummeted.
ByContradictory polls are explained by different estimates of the scale of defections from the SNP to Scottish Labour.
ByA Scottish health secretary needs authority and credibility – not questions around his £11k iPad expenses bill.
ByAs voters look for an alternative, it’s no longer enough for Anas Sarwar’s party to simply talk down the SNP.
ByScottish Labour should learn from the SNP’s fatal obsession with strategies and consultations.
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