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Swinney accuses Reeves of ‘channelling Thatcher’ with financial reforms
The Scottish First Minister criticised plans set out by the Chancellor in her Mansion House speech on Tuesday night.
Brian Leishman: Scottish MP among four suspended by Starmer over 'persistent breaches of party discipline'
SNP Westminster deputy leader Pete Wishart MP said: “It says it all that the only Labour MP who has dared stand up for ...
First Minister John Swinney says it's in 'Scotland's interest' he meets with Donald Trump
The US president's private visit to Scotland later this month will come ahead of his state visit to the UK in September.
Donald Trump meeting is an 'opportunity' for Scotland, insists John Swinney
The SNP leader said most Scots would expect him "to engage, promote and pursue the interests of the country" with the US ...
EUAN McCOLM: Ignore the urge to stick two fingers up to Trump, deploy some 'necessary hypocrisy' and welcome him to Scotland, Mr Swinney - it's your duty
John Swinney was perfectly clear. So far as the First Minister was concerned, the UK should not be rolling out the red carpet ...
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Yes supporters need to avoid the rhetoric of nihilism and despair
AN anti-colonial trope is making loud noises stage-left across Scotland’s current political theatre considered as the ...
Trump tells Starmer: Get rid of ‘windmills’ and focus on North Sea oil
Donald Trump has urged Sir Keir Starmer to “get rid of the windmills” in Scotland and focus on extracting more North Sea oil ...
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‘Politicians should protect communities’: the ‘failure’ of government on energy infrastructure; plus - could you be a new voice for choir?
New voices are always assured of a welcome, especially from the male population. There is no requirement for an audition and ...
Most Europeans would support independent Scotland joining EU, poll finds
Support for Scotland to join the EU ranged from just under two-thirds (63 per cent) to three-quarters (75 per cent).
The worst Scottish town centres for empty shops as SNP criticised for ‘decades of decline’ on high streets
In 2023-24, the town centre rate in Scotland hit 12.3 per cent after rising for the second consecutive year. The worst hit area was South Ayrshire, with a staggering 35.3 per cent of town centre shops ...
GRAHAM GRANT: Swinney wants to steer Scotland to bright new horizons, but with his hand on the tiller we are heading for the abyss
Musing on Scotland's future at a recent conference, John Swinney waxed lyrical about 'taking charge of our own destiny, with ...