Will the SNP ever break its addiction to North Sea oil?
The new Cambo oilfield shows a planet-killing industry retains its grip on Nicola Sturgeon’s party.
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Why Scotland is facing an exam grades scandal for the second year running
Teachers are furious with the Scottish government for imposing a system that could lead to results as unfair as last year’s,…
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How Scottish nationalism became the ideal form of political attention-seeking
Scots have discovered that the trick to getting noticed is to continuously threaten the structure of the British state.
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Nicola Sturgeon is nurturing a new generation of SNP talent to win independence
Scottish finance secretary Kate Forbes, regarded by the First Minister as her likely successor, exemplifies the party’s younger, more policy-focused wing.
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Why is the government planning to scrap English Votes for English Laws?
Boris Johnson is promoting a monolithic idea of Britishness that, evidence suggests, is shared by fewer and fewer people across the…
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How Scotland is becoming newly polarised over the Europe question
As the political prospects for a combination of Scottish UK and EU membership disappear, more unionists are backing Brexit and…
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Why the battle over Scottish independence is heading for the courts
The SNP will try to use courtroom clashes with the UK government to build anger among the electorate.
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How Brexit changed us: I fear the Union may never recover
Brexit has sent a traumatic shockwave through the Union and all but destroyed the carefully balanced mechanisms that have kept…
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