Fox hunting should have ended 20 years ago in Scotland. This new ban seeks to ensure that hunters can't exploit loopholes in the law.

THE BBC has refused to say why it hasn't covered the story of a Conservative peer's house being raided by police.

A SCOTTISH Tory activist campaigning ahead of a crucial by-election has been caught on camera removing other parties’ leaflets from a private…

BUSINESS secretary Grant Shapps has presented anti-strike legislation to the Commons which will require some public service employees to continue…

COUNCIL workers in Shetland will not be given a bank holiday on the Monday after the King’s coronation in May.

The Department for Education rebuffed a Freedom of Information request submitted in January asking for records of any meetings between ministers, officials and Koru Kids since last October

29 April 2022 | NEWS It has come to light that 56 MPs are currently under investigation for sexual misconduct allegations, amid allegations that Conservative MP Neil Parish had watched pornography in...

THERE was applause in the studio of BBC Question Time after a member of the audience spoke to defend Nicola Sturgeon’s record on the pandemic…

KING Charles’ visit to a Scottish food bank has been branded a “pretence of compassion”, by anti-monarchy campaigners.

THE leader of the Scottish Conservatives has been branded a "f*****g w*****r" during a live Channel 4 interview.

THE tax rises imposed on Scotland’s highest earners in the Scottish Budget enjoy widespread majority support, new polling has found.

I AM at a loss as to why

SCOTS much prefer to see the Saltire on their food and drink than the Union flag, results from a new survey have shown.

THE media in Scotland does not have a sterling reputation – except perhaps among its own practitioners. However, there are growing signs that its…

From How covid-19 spreads: narratives, counter narratives, and social dramas, published in the BMJ in 2022: Public masking became a libertarian lightning rod. Libertarianism is a political ideology…

A YEAR on from the Queen’s death, it’s clear that the monarchy in Scotland should have ended with her death. When we think of Britishness, the…

IT was with gratitude that I read both Lesley Riddoch’s column and Xander Elliards’s story on Nicola Sturgeon’s appearance before the Covid-19…

A new poll has been conducted which shows how the other 14 realms of the Commonwealth - besides the UK - really feel about the monarchy.

A FLAGPOLE flying a Saltire in tribute to war soldiers will stay in place after councillors granted retrospective planning permission.

SNP MPs will oppose any attempts by the UK Government to remove the country from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the party’s…

We should not assume that voters are as caught up in the drama as the opposition parties would like to think

A FRESH poll has shown that a majority of Scots want to see an independent Scotland become a republic with an elected head of state.

HUMZA Yousaf was the only party leader not to say “God save the King” as he led a parliamentary debate following the coronation at the weekend.

AS a reader of The National, I find it enjoyable reading the comments from people on all topics but particularly those related to getting our…

I felt it in my bones as I watched. This heavy-handed theatrical assault on Chez Sturgeon was just going to piss off the SNP support and pull back any waverers. SNP supporters feel free to criticis…

IT is “terribly important” that the people of Scotland are given the right to choose their own future, Graham McTavish has told the Sunday…

Image: Richard Johnson/Shutterstock Many thanks to reader bringiton for alerting me to this. Research undertaken for Transport Scotland in 2022, by Ernst and Young LLP, compared the ferry systems o…

SCOTLAND should have a new public broadcaster after independence replacing the BBC, a new white paper has said.

Scottish Health Secretary, Michael Matheson Thanks to an inadvertent slip by BBC UK via their How long do patients wait for an ambulance? app today, we can confirm that the average waiting time for…

Labour revival? In Scotland? Aye right! Small sub-polls but when they all say the same thing, there is something there. From People Polling with data collected on 29 March, has increased lead : Sco…

action to meet targets – that’s according to MSPs on Holyrood’s Health and Social Care Committee. No doubt they’ll claim it was a very short report with no time for any mean…

A “FAR-RIGHT” author has been condemned for his “racist” comments about Scotland’s First Minister.

THE Scottish Government has criticised Tory plans to hang portraits of the King in public buildings like schools and nurseries, with the First…

FIRST Minister Humza Yousaf has said that the UK Government’s attempts to limit Scottish diplomacy overseas “undermine devolution”.

THE First Minister has called for “fairness and balance” from future episodes of Question Time.

JIM Sillars, in his letter of October 10, points out the folly of campaigning for “further devolution” instead of unfettered independence from…

Support for Scottish independence has risen by 6 points since our last poll for STV News in May.

AT long last, a letter in The National (Nov 4, from Andy Anderson in Ardrossan) that covers the misdirection of those – and there are many of them…

THERE was applause in the studio of BBC Question Time after a member of the audience spoke to defend Nicola Sturgeon’s record on the pandemic…

IMAGES PA With so few full Scottish polls, a sequence of sub-polls by the same pollster is our only way of reasonably assessing the notion of Labour recovery in Scotland, of the kind much hoped-for…

Image: FBU From the Fire Brigades Union two days ago but studiously ignored by all mainstream media: Speaking at today’s Scottish TUC Congress in Dundee, Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf promis…

BBC Scotland is facing new questions over the quality of its content as new data shows viewing figures have fallen sharply.

HALF of Scots would vote for the SNP at the next General Election if doing so would mean leaving the Union, a poll has found.

THE Scottish Greens have taken a council seat from Labour in their first ever by-election win.

SUPPORT for Scottish independence has risen to 48 percent, according to a new poll...

WHEN Humza Yousaf proposed a referendum on whether or not to retain the monarchy as head of state in an independent Scotland … we didn’t expect…

and getting much less in return. BBC Reporting Scotland is happily reporting the above outrageous lie by the opposition parties as if it was a credible claim. 114 000 will pay the new advanced rate…

THE publisher of a popular children’s book series, which tells the life stories of inspirational historical figures, is facing criticism after…

CAMPAIGNERS yesterday took to the streets to raise awareness of Scottish independence – in the Netherlands.

On BBC 4 this morning but nowhere on BBC Scotland, this: 1 in 4 children in England was NOT seeing a health visitor by the time they turned one…..Alison Morton is the Chief Executive of the I…

THE SNP is to adopt a more aggressive communications strategy with the launch of a new rebuttal unit which will actively respond to their…

So few viewers yet they can pay me to tell whoppers ever day? That’s some effin’ business model. The response to my FoI requesting the viewing figures for Reporting Scotland, below. Not…

Cornwall in 2022: (Image: Surfers Against Sewage) Bob Lamont The “shocking” BBC Scotland headline is on instruction from London, “make smoke”, to cover increasing Tory embarrassment as public anger…

PATRICK Harvie has said the Scottish Greens will be turning down their invitations to the Coronation as the party prepares to hold an event to…

THE King appears to have been branded a “scab” by Maori MPs ahead of his first visit to the country as monarch.

HUMZA Yousaf has been named Scot of the Year in the 2023 Scottish Asian & Business Awards.

AN audience member on Question Time told Scottish Labour’s deputy leader that she would never vote for her party again as they accused opposition…

A MAJORITY of Yes voters and SNP voters believe Nicola Sturgeon should continue as First Minister, a poll has found.

THERE will be no Scottish Tory MPs in the House of Commons after the next General Election, according to a new poll ...

FIRST Minister Humza Yousaf has urged Keir Starmer to "respect Scotland's voice" on independence if he becomes the next UK prime minister.

A TORY MSP repeatedly failed to declare an interest in blood sports while attempting to water down hunting legislation, The National can reveal.

AN exclusive survey, carried out for The National, has suggested that a majority of Scots would back independence in a de facto referendum ...

STEPHEN Flynn has branded the leader of the Scottish Conservatives “a wee dafty” as the pair clashed in the Commons.

Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images The media carpet-bombing of the SNP on party finances, ferries and f…anything they can dig up, could not last. The Yougov poll for 3-8 August has the SNP up at …

AS a 29 year old, straight man brought up on the west coast of Scotland without any transgender friends, I would never claim to be the most…

Scottish Labour only really has drug deaths to use for comparisons with other parts of the UK. Health is a minefield for them so they carefully tip-toe around the facts. We’re not going to le…

BREAKING: Humza Yousaf has called on Suella Braverman to resign after a far right crowd attacked police in London near the Cenotaph

From the 1st to the 3rd August 2023, CalMac ferries have been operating at 97.99% reliability, across up 520 sailings a day, by 33 vessels, to more than 50 ports. The few cancellations have mostly …

THE supposed contribution the royal family makes to the cultural and economic success of the United Kingdom has always been, I feel, hugely…

BEFORE Brexit, the UK economy was faltering badly. It was becoming characterised by low productivity and high inequality.

IT’S been almost seven years since the Brexit referendum, but I vividly remember the sinking feeling of watching the results on TV, as…

THE Leader of the House of Commons has been accused of misleading parliament over claims she made about the Scottish Government’s fishing ban…

A PETITION has been lodged at Holyrood demanding the abolition of any and all alterations to Scottish law which have been made after lobbying from…

Thousands more taxpayers moved to Scotland than left each year in the period after income tax rates were put up north of the Border, new research…

DETECTIVES have not reported any cases for prosecution over the high-profile investigation into the SNP’s finances.

Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this. From the Guardian today: Newly-qualified teachers are planning to quit the UK to teach abroad because of abject pay and conditions in schools at home,…

THE First Minister has revealed that the Scottish Government has not been consulted on border checks at a main point of entry for goods coming from…

Opiates and opioids, including heroin, morphine and methadone, are implicated in more than 8 out of 10 drug related deaths in Scotland. The picture is the same globally. Naloxone is a medication de…

THE SNP’s former leader at Westminster has said that there is “no reason” for Nicola Sturgeon to be suspended from her party.