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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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.
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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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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How to remake the Union
The path is open to Labour, the founding party of devolution, to offer a reconfigured United Kingdom.
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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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Who will replace Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader?
We profile the leading candidates to succeed the Scottish First Minister, including Kate Forbes, Angus Robertson and Keith Brown.
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Steady as she goes
The lesson from Nicola Sturgeon's time in power is that Scotland is a powerless nation.
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Will Kate Forbes’s religion stop her leading the SNP?
Her conservative beliefs on abortion and gender put her at odds with her party’s image.
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After Nicola Sturgeon’s departure, Scottish Labour can win big
Labour insiders think the SNP has blown it.
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Westminster Tories can beat the SNP after all
With Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, Alister Jack can call himself giantslayer.
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Why Nicola Sturgeon was destined for failure
The First Minister’s overriding obsession with Scottish independence led to the neglect of other policy areas.
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What is behind the fall of Nicola Sturgeon?
The SNP’s fraught divisions over the gender bill and the path to independence destroyed the First Minister’s leadership.
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Kate Forbes is the SNP’s best hope
The finance secretary is the outstanding candidate to succeed Nicola Sturgeon and give the party the reset it desperately needs.
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What will Nicola Sturgeon’s legacy be?
Given the favourable circumstances, the SNP should arguably be much closer to achieving independence than it is.
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Nicola Sturgeon is running out of time – and her rivals know it
As the First Minister’s popularity declines, her grip on her party and the country is slipping.
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