A change of leader alone will not save the SNP
A panicked and confused party is attracted by the prospect of a unity candidate.
ByKate Forbes
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 should bring back Kate Forbes
The former leadership candidate should not remain on the back benches when the SNP cabinet is among the weakest of…
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Kate Forbes: The rooted nomad
Will Kate Forbes ultimately be forced to choose between politics and God?
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Kate Forbes: The SNP must repeal power-sharing deal with the Greens
The SNP has “lost momentum” and radical change is required, says the former leadership candidate in a bold intervention.
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Could Kate Forbes make a comeback?
As Humza Yousaf’s leadership woes deepen, his old rival remains ready and willing to serve.
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Can Humza Yousaf put the broken SNP back together?
A doubtful Scotland is watching and waiting.
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Mhairi Black: “I have no doubt that Scotland will become independent in my lifetime”
The SNP deputy leader in Westminster spoke at a New Statesman event about Kate Forbes, gay rights and what life…
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Downing Street blocking Scotland’s bottle scheme will provoke a fresh crisis for the SNP
In the midst of the party’s leadership election, Westminster overturning a second key policy could cause further fractures.
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The SNP machine is in a state of panic over Kate Forbes
Despite the best efforts of Sturgeon loyalists, the Finance Secretary may yet edge the contest.
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Will the SNP leadership candidates ever talk about anything other than independence?
The first TV debate neglected the real economic and social problems facing Scotland.
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SNP leadership candidates need to abandon the independence delusion
Even Kate Forbes pretends that another referendum is imminent – it isn’t and the party should get real.
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Why Kate Forbes just won’t quit
The socially conservative religious beliefs of Scotland’s finance secretary have dismayed her supporters, yet her leadership campaign survives. Could she…
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The real reason to worry about young people not getting married
Supporters of marriage should be more concerned about financial insecurity than a pernicious woke agenda.
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Kate Forbes has the right to think what she likes – and we have the right to dislike her for it
The SNP candidate is the electoral equivalent of arriving on a nudist beach in a three-piece suit and wondering why…
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Could Kate Forbes yet defy the SNP machine and win the leadership?
A poll putting the finance secretary eight points ahead shows that Scotland is not the country that SNP hardliners may…
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Kate Forbes does not get a free pass just because of her faith
Controversy over her opposition to equal marriage is less about religion than it is politics parading as religion.
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Why the battle for the Union is far from over
The Scottish independence movement has stalled – but the Union won’t be secure until Westminster remakes a decaying constitutional settlement.
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Is Kate Forbes’s SNP leadership campaign over already?
The finance secretary’s declaration that she would have voted against equal marriage has dismayed her supporters.
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Kate Forbes emerges as early favourite for SNP leadership
With Angus Robertson, the bookie’s favourite, out of the race, the finance secretary is the frontrunner to replace Nicola Sturgeon.
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