David Cameron is threatening to close the Scottish government’s overseas offices after Humza Yousaf met President Erdogan of Turkey without UK officials.
Two thirds of Scotland’s allocated vaccines have arrived, contradicting health secretary Jeane Freeman’s claim that delivery has been held up by the UK government.
Brussels scuppers important strand of Humza Yousaf’s independence strategy by refusing to negotiate with any politicians not authorised by the UK government.
Nicola Sturgeon has told Rishi Sinai in a “constructive” first meeting that she intends to hold an independence referendum “with or without the UK government’s agreement”.
Exclusive: Salmond launches an extraordinary personal attack on Sturgeon, saying her testimony to the inquiry into sexual assault claims made against him are “simply untrue”.
Revealed: Celtic’s refusal to accept blame for systematic child abuse at its feeder club are undermined by archives which show “official” links between the two organisations.
Revealed: SNP ministers tried to censor a report that found Nicola Sturgeon had failed to raise education standards and pressured a watchdog to say there had been “significant” improvement.
Leading academic Sir Anton Muscatelli
@UofGVC
describes Brexit as a ‘deceit of historic proportions’ and condemns the ‘xenophobia and economic illiteracy’ of the hard Brexiteers
‘They have left a light on for us’ ...... In reality the ‘Scotland loves Europe’ symbol projected onto the European Commission building was paid for by the SNP
A former Celtic Boys Club boss accused of abusing teenagers told police he was hired directly by Jock Stein to produce players for Celtic, contradicting claims the two teams were “entirely separate”.
JK Rowling has accused Nicola Sturgeon of prioritising the views of lobby groups over the safety of women and girls by pushing through gender reforms in the face of public opposition.
🔺 SNP ministers have flown the equivalent of ten times around the world in the past 18 months despite their firm commitment to reduce international air travel emissions.
SNP ministers accused of undermining their green credentials by taking nearly 300 chauffeur-driven limousine journeys in a single month, while advising the Scottish public to leave their cars at home.
@jk_rowling
denounces “modern McCarthyism” behind feminist MP
@joannaccherry
being “no-platformed” by Edinburgh club - as leading lawyer
@RoddyQC
warns move is illegal.
Teaching materials containing pro-independence slogans and a factsheet on Nicola Sturgeon have been condemned as “so one-sided as to be seriously misleading” by a leading education expert.
The Scottish Tory leader has indicated that he would be willing to work with Labour in a “grand coalition” to try to keep the SNP out of power after May’s Holyrood election.
Revealed: A senior SNP minister was secretly paid a £33,000 salary top-up while leader of the party at Westminster in a deal that infuriated colleagues.
🔺Exclusive interview: Gender reform bill rebel Ash Reagan: “I think a lot of women don’t want to speak up because they’re very concerned about what kind of backlash they’ll get.”
Exclusive: Nicola Sturgeon accused of hiding behind almost 400 commissions, inquiries and working groups to avoid making the hard decisions that risk turning voters off independence.
Officials in Brussels have contradicted Nicola Sturgeon and reiterated the EU’s policy which insists new member states must “legally commit” to join the euro single currency.
JK Rowling says the SNP minister who resigned from Nicola Sturgeon’s government over “profoundly misogynistic” gender reforms will be seen as a “heroine” to future generations.
Revealed: SNP ministers rejected a £190m UK government bailout for universities because it would gift Westminster too much control over Scottish education.
Senior SNP figures increasingly concerned Nicola Sturgeon and husband Peter Murrell may be charged as part of the police investigation into party finances.
Exclusive: Gerald King, a former senior figure at Celtic FC’s feeder club, has been charged in connection with an alleged sexual offence against a child.
Sturgeon is using her daily briefings as a political platform and should confine them to parliament, where she can be challenged, says the new Scottish Conservative leader.
🔺 Nicola Sturgeon prioritised matters outside her control that were “partly or wholly reserved” to Westminster, according to research into the former first minister’s diary.
Revealed: Jock Stein, the great Celtic manager, appointed a coach to its feeder club who was later jailed for abusing boys there - undermining claims the two teams were “entirely separate”.
An SNP employee who accused two MPs of sexual harassment has claimed the party’s Westminster leader “is unfit to oversee staff” and urged workers to complain about the politicians who are under investigation still being in post.
Nicola Sturgeon’s claims that Scotland’s A&E waiting times are “the best performing in the UK” have been undermined by the official statistics regulator.
The appointment of a transgender woman and former SNP candidate to the female-only role as head of a rape crisis centre prompts calls for an equalities investigation amid claims she has no legal right to the position.
Scottish Conservatives are furious at the UK government’s handling of the Owen Paterson affair and have accused ministers of ruining their credibility at Holyrood.
A Polish shipyard is considering suing the Scottish government over the “rigged” awarding of a ferry contract to the state-owned Ferguson Marine business.
Exclusive: SNP ministers have failed to hand over key documents relating to the unlawful investigation of Alex Salmond despite two court orders and a search warrant.
Disrespectful SNP ministers obstructed a parliamentary inquiry into a £2 billion skills strategy that failed to help young people find jobs, a cross-party committee has found.
Revealed: Celtic FC and its scandal-hit feeder club shared an identical child protection policy, undermining the Scottish Premiership outfit’s refusal to accept responsibility for systematic sexual abuse
A legal expert has warned Scotland’s controversial gender laws will provide men “who cross-dress for erotic purposes” with a “magic certificate” to access women’s spaces.
A leading economist appointed to Nicola Sturgeon’s panel of advisers has warned that the damage from tearing up the 300-year-old Union between Scotland and England risks being equivalent of “Brexit times ten”.
The SNP’s ten-year economic plan for Scotland has been described as a “long wishlist with no magic wand to deliver it” by one of the country’s richest businessmen.
Exclusive: Detectives in the US launch investigation into alleged sex attack on a Celtic Boys Club player that former Parkhead bosses are said to have tried to suppress.
🔺Exclusive: ‘Secretive’ SNP ministers accused after it emerges hundreds of confidentiality clauses signed by disgruntled public sector staff at a cost of £13 million in payouts.
Revealed:The risk of ice falling from the cables of the £1.3bn Queensferry Crossing was highlighted to the Scottish government while the bridge was being designed.
Rory Stewart, the failed Conservative leadership candidate, and the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer drew bigger Edinburgh Fringe crowds than Nicola Sturgeon.
Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of presiding over an Orwellian “Ministry of Truth” after her claims about Scotland’s renewable energy output were repeatedly called into question.
What’s Up? SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been urged to apologise after telling MSPs he does not have Whatsapp - despite using the messaging platform a fortnight ago.
‘Scots die from drugs because, at a cold, fundamental level, the Scottish government does not care enough about this scandal to do anything about it’ writes
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