The SNP’s factional war has only just begun
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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.
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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The SNP’s climate U-turn shows how it has trapped itself
In Scotland, bad strategy is making for bad law across government.
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Humza Yousaf’s struggle for a narrative continues
The SNP’s cancellation of its climate pledges shows a party that no longer knows why it’s in government.
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Is the SNP prepared to oust Humza Yousaf?
Senior party figures know their leader’s project has failed and that it cannot be reconstructed.
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Mairi McAllan: the SNP’s reluctant firebrand
The 31-year-old Scottish MSP has been tipped as a future first minister – but does she even want power?
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JK Rowling is right to scorn Scotland’s new Hate Crime Act
The SNP sees itself as a vanguard of progressive values. But this priggish law is at odds with the notion…
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Scotland is missing elder statesmen
Holyrood lacks an equivalent to the cadre of former UK leaders who offer the wisdom of experience.
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The SNP isn’t ready for an election
Humza Yousaf and his party have nothing to sell to an increasingly desperate electorate.
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Will the SNP now finally wake up to the NHS crisis?
Such is the decline of the Scottish health service that senior medics are now questioning whether it can remain free.
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Labour’s uneasy victory over Gaza
Shadow cabinet ministers are asking why it took an SNP motion for the party to shift its position.
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There is a real split between the SNP and Labour on Gaza
Keir Starmer believes backing the motion would jeopardise future Middle East negotiations.
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Scottish nationalism finds a new home in the House of Lairds
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Michael Matheson’s resignation deepens Humza Yousaf’s woes
The Scottish health secretary’s delayed departure will only add to questions over the First Minister’s judgement.
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The SNP has been mugged by reality on tuition fees
The Scottish education minister Jenny Gilruth has opened the door to change on university funding.
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The SNP has resorted to scattergun policy
Scottish ministers are disturbingly willing to announce schemes that have been shared with no one.
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The problem with Nicola Sturgeon wasn’t a “cult of personality”
Policy did trump personality under the former Scottish first minister – but the wrong kind.
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The SNP will have nowhere to hide in 2024
Scottish politics is finally competitive again and voters will punish an exhausted ruling party.
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