Nicola Sturgeon is the author of her own misfortune
The First Minister’s careless handling of the gender bill has split her government, her party and the nationalist movement.
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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.
A Scottish transgender rapist has exposed Nicola Sturgeon’s dangerous complacency
The First Minister’s insistence that women had nothing to fear from the gender bill has been proved wrong.
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Stephen Flynn: “The Tories and Labour are one and the same”
The SNP’s new man in Westminster on the party’s internal divisions, Scotland’s gender bill and Brexit.
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The twilight of the British Union
If Labour wins the next election it will face nationalist opponents in Scotland and England. Could the UK survive?
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Scottish Labour’s gender bill farce shows it’s not ready to lead
Anas Sarwar’s party risks coming across as a limp facsimile of the SNP.
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Disgraced former minister withdraws from Labour selection contest
Party members raised concerns over Frank McAveety’s sexualised comments about a 15-year-old girl.
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The tragedy of Nicola Sturgeon
As she enters the winter of her first-ministership, the gap between Sturgeon’s ambition and delivery is ever clearer.
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Nicola Sturgeon is right on gender recognition
It’s nobody else’s business – especially not the state’s – what your gender is.
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Will the gender reform battle boost support for Scottish independence?
Westminster’s veto has turned a debate over policy into one over Scotland’s power to govern itself.
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Rishi Sunak has every right to block Scotland’s gender bill
Ignore the hysteria: this is a matter of nationalist incompetence, not unionist conspiracy.
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Does Nicola Sturgeon regret her Scottish independence gamble?
The SNP may announce tests that must be passed before it commits to a “de facto” second referendum.
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How do the SNP and Welsh Labour compare with the Tories in England?
The devolved nations are facing their own NHS crises and unhappy workers.
The SNP has no one but itself to blame for the Scottish NHS crisis
The hapless Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has come to resemble a man squashed by a falling piano.
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Will Westminster thwart the SNP’s gender reform bill?
For Nicola Sturgeon, yet another legal battle with the UK government would be a helpful distraction.
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What’s behind the surge in support for Scottish independence?
The Supreme Court verdict appears to have increased backing for Yes – but there are deeper changes under way too.
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Will the SNP’s tax-raising gamble pay off?
The SNP is doing everything it can to make Scots see themselves as distinct, even if it costs them more…
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Nicola Sturgeon has stoked needless divisions over trans rights
The First Minister has stubbornly refused to debate or even particularly to acknowledge her opponents on gender reform.
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Is support for Scottish independence resurging?
Nicola Sturgeon seems unable to contemplate departing office without the national question being answered.
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Can Keir Starmer’s vision of the great “unbinding” of Britain save the Union?
Labour hopes its devolution proposals will hold the country together.
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The SNP must end its addiction to centralisation
Gordon Brown’s proposals are a reminder that under the Scottish nationalists, devolution has stopped at the border.
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