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5 months
David Cameron is threatening to close the Scottish government’s overseas offices after Humza Yousaf met President Erdogan of Turkey without UK officials.
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2 years
🔺Poll: Scots want to retain the monarchy and believe the royal family is a benefit to the country.
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1 year
🔺Senior members of the SNP are braced for Nicola Sturgeon’s imminent arrest.
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3 years
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.
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11 months
Brussels scuppers important strand of Humza Yousaf’s independence strategy by refusing to negotiate with any politicians not authorised by the UK government.
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2 years
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”.
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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”.
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1 year
Here’s the front page of ⁦ @timesscotland ⁩ …
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5 years
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.
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🔺UK security minister urged to intervene after almost £400,000 of Scottish government money was given to a “suspected Iranian front entity”.
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Rugby great Jim Telfer calls for ‘anti-English’ Flower of Scotland to be ditched
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2 years
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.
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5 years
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 ⁦⁩
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4 years
‘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
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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”.
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2 years
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.
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5 years
Catholic schools should be abolished to end divisions fuelling resurgent sectarian violence in Glasgow, a former senior police officer has said.
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🔺 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.
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1 year
🔺Poll: Almost half of voters think Nicola Sturgeon should be suspended by the SNP.
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2 years
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.
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🔺Poll: Most Scots no longer trust Nicola Sturgeon.
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5 years
Exclusive: Celtic FC will face legal action “within weeks” over systemic sexual abuse at its feeder club.
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1 year
@jk_rowling ⁩ denounces “modern McCarthyism” behind feminist MP ⁦ @joannaccherry ⁩ being “no-platformed” by Edinburgh club - as leading lawyer ⁦ @RoddyQC ⁩ warns move is illegal.
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3 years
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.
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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.
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🔺Exclusive: One of Scotland’s most senior legal figures has called for the SNP hate crime law to be withdrawn
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2 years
Sarah Smith, the former BBC Scotland editor, describes her relief at leaving the “bile, hatred and misogyny” of Scottish politics.
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10 months
The Scottish government is to be investigated by UK officials over concerns it has been spending public money on issues outside of its remit.
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1 year
🔺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.”
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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.
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2 years
Exclusive poll: Voters do not trust Nicola Sturgeon to spend public money wisely.
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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.
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2 years
Exclusive: Claims Sturgeon was prevented from imposing an earlier lockdown in Scotland have been undermined by official documents.
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1 year
Support for Scottish independence has risen significantly, according to a poll conducted in the wake of the Supreme Court’s indyref ruling.
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2 years
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.
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1 year
Official: Scotland’s botched census led to increased costs and the lowest response rate of the modern era.
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🔺 A mosque under official investigation due to its suspected links to the Iranian state has received almost £200,000 from the Scottish government.
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2 years
Nicola Sturgeon is accused of misleading parliament over ferries deal.
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10 months
Senior SNP figures increasingly concerned Nicola Sturgeon and husband Peter Murrell may be charged as part of the police investigation into party finances.
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1 year
🔺Exclusive: UN expert warns Nicola Sturgeon that her self-ID gender policy will have global consequences as she repeated calls for it to be delayed.
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2 years
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.
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Support for rejoining the EU is soaring among Scottish voters, a new poll shows.
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3 years
Daily Record launches inquiry as staff are accused of using hate speech on social media in wake of Rangers fans handing over dossier.
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5 years
Leading historian says bigots are to blame for resurgent sectarianism in Scotland rather than Catholic schools.
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1 year
The role of the civil service in Scotland is being re-examined.
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4 years
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.
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2 years
Sport: Aston Villa closing in on deal for Rangers defender Calvin Bassey
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7 months
🔺 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.
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5 years
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”.
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2 years
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.
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1 year
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.
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3 years
Exclusive: Thousands of people object to Police Scotland’s plan to expand its use of Gaelic.
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1 year
Support for independence is waning with the second poll in the space of a month showing resurgent unionist sentiment in Scotland.
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3 years
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.
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The Treasury has rejected a Scottish government request for more money to fund public sector pay rises.
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2 years
SNP MP @joannaccherry has called for her party to investigate an equality charity it supports with almost £500,000 of taxpayer money. ⁦⁩
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Fire chiefs warn Sturgeon plans to chop the bottom off school doors pose a safety risk.
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Poll: Support for Scottish independence has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year.
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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.
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A Polish shipyard is considering suing the Scottish government over the “rigged” awarding of a ferry contract to the state-owned Ferguson Marine business.
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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.
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BBC guilty of pro-SNP bias after serialising a book by Scottish government medical adviser Devi Sridhar.
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🔺Nicola Sturgeon may have broken the law by deleting all of her WhatsApp messages, critics have said.
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One of the country’s leading suppliers of heat pumps has warned that the “green” alternative to gas boilers is not suited to the Scottish climate.
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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.
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Senior SNP figures accused of treating voters “like fools” after claiming the UK government would pay the state pensions of an independent Scotland.
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Around 35 alleged sexual abuse survivors have now joined a multimillion-pound lawsuit against Celtic FC.
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5 years
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
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A leading cruise line has cancelled its summer programme from Scotland and blamed coronavirus “uncertainty” created by the Scottish government.
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SNP plans to force through an independence referendum next October would be rejected by the European Union, experts have said.
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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.
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Military shipbuilding in Scotland will end if the country becomes independent, MPs have been told.
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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”.
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Exclusive poll: Nicola Sturgeon has failed to boost support for Scottish independence over her record seven years as first minister.
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Pet stores selling toys of Nicola Sturgeon for cats to sink their claws into say the novelty item is one of their top-selling products.
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Businesses are preparing to sue the SNP-Green government for millions after ministers were forced to shelve Scotland’s flagship recycling scheme.
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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.
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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.
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🔺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.
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🔺How the SNP’ ‘captured’ Scotland’s civil service — and why it matters
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JK Rowling’s name has been written out of her own Fantastic Beasts film
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Rory Stewart, the failed Conservative leadership candidate, and the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer drew bigger Edinburgh Fringe crowds than Nicola Sturgeon.
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🔺The SNP have received just one donation from a living person since Humza Yousaf became leader …
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🔺Revealed: The SNP kept the resignation of the party’s auditors secret from its own ruling council.
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2 years
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.
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3 years
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.
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‘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 ⁦ @alexmassie ⁩ in Comment
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Poll: More than half the people in Scotland have little faith in the NHS and believe Nicola Sturgeon should focus on the health service.
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Scottish budget: Glasgow tech entrepreneur considers moving abroad.
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