Who will be the next SNP leader?
Stephen Flynn’s decision to stand for Holyrood is another signal of his ambition.
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Explore 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.
Scotland’s Trumpian turn
Reform’s rise north of the border shows the growing appeal of anti-establishment politics.
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Why can’t the SNP get on with business?
Mark Logan’s resignation as the government’s chief entrepreneur is another warning.
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Can the SNP and Labour learn to work together?
The talk at Holyrood is of greater collaboration across the chamber in a new political era.
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The SNP has spent its way into crisis
Emergency financial controls are a damning indictment of the Scottish government’s record.
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The SNP’s uncivil war
Scores are being settled inside the party after its electoral humiliation by Scottish Labour.
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Want to be a Conservative MP? Come to Scotland
Voters anxious about the Union could help save the party from oblivion.
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Stephen Flynn: “This election is a straight choice between Starmer or Sunak, dull and duller”
The SNP’s House of Commons leader on how the Westminster consensus fails the United Kingdom.
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The SNP’s U-turn on oil and gas is a challenge to Labour
Keir Starmer’s party may look like it has failed to choose Scotland’s side in the energy debate.
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Can the SNP avoid electoral disaster?
Having shed voters and money, the party is entering the campaign in an enfeebled state.
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How the SNP lost itself in hyper-liberalism
Scotland’s hegemonic progressive regime was a chimera. Labour should take note.
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Can John Swinney be more than a caretaker leader?
The SNP front-runner will seek to unite his warring party by bringing Kate Forbes back into the fold.
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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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Scotland declares independence from the SNP
The party is now in serious trouble: divided, factionalised and beset by scandal.
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The SNP’s agonies are simply democratic politics working
Humza Yousaf and his party have learned a painful lesson: many Scots are still social conservatives.
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A change of leader alone will not save the SNP
A panicked and confused party is attracted by the prospect of a unity candidate.
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The SNP’s factional war has only just begun
The momentum is behind the Sturgeon acolyte John Swinney to be the next first minister rather than Kate Forbes.
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Humza Yousaf has turned on the Scottish Greens too late
The First Minister’s decision to end the power-sharing deal looks panicked rather than strategic.
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Scotland’s spring of discontent
Doubts are growing over Humza Yousaf’s leadership of the SNP. Will he be ousted before the next Holyrood election in…
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The SNP’s hold on Holyrood is in the balance
As the Scottish Greens decide whether to withdraw from power-sharing, Humza Yousaf’s government looks ever more precarious.
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