The SNP has no one but itself to blame for the Scottish NHS crisis
The hapless Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has come to resemble a man squashed by a falling piano.
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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.
Will Westminster thwart the SNP’s gender reform bill?
For Nicola Sturgeon, yet another legal battle with the UK government would be a helpful distraction.
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What’s behind the surge in support for Scottish independence?
The Supreme Court verdict appears to have increased backing for Yes – but there are deeper changes under way too.
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Will the SNP’s tax-raising gamble pay off?
The SNP is doing everything it can to make Scots see themselves as distinct, even if it costs them more…
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Nicola Sturgeon has stoked needless divisions over trans rights
The First Minister has stubbornly refused to debate or even particularly to acknowledge her opponents on gender reform.
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Is support for Scottish independence resurging?
Nicola Sturgeon seems unable to contemplate departing office without the national question being answered.
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Can Keir Starmer’s vision of the great “unbinding” of Britain save the Union?
Labour hopes its devolution proposals will hold the country together.
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The SNP must end its addiction to centralisation
Gordon Brown’s proposals are a reminder that under the Scottish nationalists, devolution has stopped at the border.
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Mhairi Black expected to stand for SNP Westminster deputy leader
The left-winger is set to become Stephen Flynn’s running mate in the contest to replace Ian Blackford.
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Ian Blackford’s resignation shows Nicola Sturgeon’s grip is slipping
The biggest danger facing the First Minister now is that all this upheaval could poison her legacy.
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The SNP can do better than Ian Blackford
The party’s Westminster leader seems to belong to a different era to the Nordic-lite social democracy pursued by Nicola Sturgeon.
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Scotland can never be an equal partner with England, in the Union or outside it
The SNP’s depiction of Scotland as a prisoner of Westminster is shrewd politics, but detached from inescapable realities.
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PMQs: The SNP’s defiant Ian Blackford takes centre stage
“The very idea that the United Kingdom is a voluntary union of nations is now dead and buried,” cried the…
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Supreme Court defeat should be a signal for Nicola Sturgeon to move on, but she won’t
This futile attempt to get permission for another independence referendum has wasted energy at a time of crisis.
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Supreme Court rules Nicola Sturgeon cannot hold independence referendum
The judges concluded that Holyrood needs Westminster approval to legislate for a second Scottish independence vote.
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The SNP has missed its golden opportunity to win independence
The high watermark of Scottish nationalism has passed – and Nicola Sturgeon knows it.
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The problem with late-period Nicola Sturgeon
The First Minister has moved away from pragmatic, moderate governance and back towards the radical left-wing activism of her youth.
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Nicola Sturgeon targets Keir Starmer’s Brexit vulnerabilities
Will the First Minister’s attempt to paint Labour as being in bed with the Tories still work in a new…
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Scotland’s rent freeze
The responsiveness of the country’s proportional electoral system to left-wing pressure is in sharp contrast with English conservatism.
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Is the SNP truly committed to keeping the monarchy?
Beneath the surface, anti-royalist sentiment endures among Scottish nationalists.
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