What is the point of Humza Yousaf?
The First Minister must show he has a purpose beyond the simple preservation of power.
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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 is falling behind in the digital race
Laptops and tablets provided by the SNP in the country’s poorer areas have simply disappeared.
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Why the SNP is eating itself
Vicious internal feuds at Westminster and Holyrood are a sign that panic is setting in.
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Orkney’s bid to join Norway is a symptom of SNP arrogance
Scotland’s ancient, far-flung communities have had enough of being mistreated by the distant and the ignorant.
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Nicola Sturgeon is back on form at the Covid Inquiry
This was the Sturgeon Scotland grew so used to – confident, eloquent and keen to land a blow on the…
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How to end the war between Scotland and Westminster
If Labour wants to preserve the Union it must treat Holyrood as an adult partner.
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Can Labour really save the Union?
For some Scots, a Starmer government will be their last shot at making the UK work.
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The SNP is living in a parallel universe
Humza Yousaf’s latest independence paper is yet another instance of the party doing the same thing and expecting different results.
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The humiliation of the populists
Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon have both been undone by democracy.
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Nicola Sturgeon could lose all that she holds dearest
If Sturgeon places anything above Scottish independence, it is her personal integrity.
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Why Scottish business is putting its money on Labour
After 16 years of SNP government, firms north of the border are increasingly impressed by Anas Sarwar’s party.
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More misery for the SNP as Nicola Sturgeon is arrested
The SNP’s difficulty is Labour’s opportunity.
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Alex Salmond bids to disrupt Labour with pro-independence electoral pact
The former Scottish first minister has written to all SNP MPs calling for an agreement between Alba, the SNP and…
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Will the SNP ever stop blaming Westminster for its own failures?
The bottle return scheme is only the latest example of the Scottish government’s epic incompetence.
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It’s time for the SNP to set Scotland’s councils free
As long as Holyrood greedily hoards power to itself, the public will continue to suffer.
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What is the point of the Scottish Conservatives?
Labour’s revival and the SNP’s implosion means the Tories must now be more than the “party of the Union”.
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Scotland won’t change until its government does
It is difficult to see the point of this frightened and confused SNP administration – even on its own terms.
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The SNP has abandoned rural Scotland – now it risks losing the rest of the country too
A focus on liberal identity politics and left-wing economics is testing the party’s supporters to breaking point.
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The treatment of Joanna Cherry shows Scotland’s culture of liberal intolerance
The barring of the SNP politician from the Edinburgh Fringe is yet another blow to free speech and open debate.
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“Independence is one of those issues that will never go away”: Anas Sarwar on the fight over Scotland
The Scottish Labour leader on Brexit, trans rights and how Keir Starmer can win the next election.
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