'Scotland is at a tipping point in terms of gender equality'
Snapshots from the Women 50:50 campaign’s first conference in Edinburgh, with Nicola Sturgeon, Kezia Dugdale and Alison Johnstone...
View ArticleRemembrance Sunday: Queen leads tributes as services held across UK
Monarch marks 70th year of wreath-laying at the Cenotaph, while Jeremy Corbyn urges mourning the dead but also ‘supporting the living’...
View ArticleAlistair Carmichael 'leaked Sturgeon memo thinking it was true'
Former Scotland secretary denies intent to smear first minister by leaking supposed preference for a Tory general election win...
View ArticleLawyer asks judges to throw out Sturgeon memo leak case
Bulk of evidence alleging that former Scotland secretary Alistair Carmichael lied to protect his election chances is ‘irrelevant’, his lawyer argues...
View ArticleLib Dem MP admits to 'untruthfulness' over Sturgeon memo leak
Election court hears that former Scottish secretary Alistair Carmichael misled inquiry until after retaining Westminster seat...
View ArticleEven Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin, book review: Rebus returns and he’s lost...
Ian Rankin once made it clear that he wanted to write “palpably Scottish” fiction, but he didn’t become Britain’s bestselling male crime writer by appealing solely to the fiefdom of Nicola Sturgeon and...
View ArticleAlistair Carmichael legal challenge set to continue
The next stage of the legal challenge to Alistair Carmichael's election as MP for Orkney and Shetland is due to resume later. The election court will hear evidence from six witnesses over four days....
View ArticleBBC Scotland bosses lobby for 'Scottish Six' news programme
Executives to tell Tony Hall that show would help answer growing complaints about corporation’s weak coverage of Scottish affairs...
View ArticleColum Eastwood: Ten-year rise to SDLP leader
Colum Eastwood's ascension to leader of the SDLP marks a meteoric rise. The 32-year-old has gone from councillor in Londonderry to party leader in just ten years. In the course of the leadership...
View ArticleFirst Minister's Questions: Jeering or leering?
Politicians have to get used to a wide range of responses to their rhetorical pronouncements. From avid enthusiasm to flat indifference. At Holyrood Nicola Sturgeon faced a rather different challenge....
View ArticleParis attacks: Nicola Sturgeon warns against post-terrorism bigotry
The Paris attacks have prompted Scotland's first minister to warn there is no place for "bigotry and prejudice" in Scotland. Nicola Sturgeon stressed that any hate crime in the wake of the tragedy was...
View ArticleSNP MP Tommy Sheppard admits he tried amphetamines and says he might snog...
In this week’s Backbencher’s Questions, John Pienaar put SNP MP Tommy Sheppard in the spotlight. During three minutes of tough, quick-fire questions, he admitted trying amphetamines and cannabis in the...
View ArticleOrkney and Shetland shocked by MP's memo lie, election court hears
Voter says she felt let down when Alistair Carmichael admitted authorising leak of memo that wrongly claimed Nicola Sturgeon wanted David Cameron to win...
View ArticleAlastair Campbell meets Nicola Sturgeon
Camera Press Comment / Politics Alastair Campbell meets Nicola Sturgeon By Alastair Campbell 18 November 15 After the SNP triumphs of last May's general election, the SNP leader talks Labour, David...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon vows to replace tax credit losses for families in Scotland
First minister promises ‘credible’ plans to mitigate cuts, but will not confirm if she will match full amount of lost benefits...
View ArticleSNP call for Holyrood to have power to call future independence referendum
Senior SNP MPs have tabled an amendment to the Scotland Bill calling for Holyrood to be given control over any future referendum on independence. Former first minister Alex Salmond and Westminster...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon pledges 'credible' tax credit plan
Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to deliver "credible, deliverable and affordable plans" to protect poorer families in Scotland from tax credit cuts. But the first minister did not give any details on what...
View ArticleScottish Government should have power to call a second referendum, say SNP MPs
The Scottish Government should have the power to call a second referendum on independence with or without...
View ArticleSturgeon reveals what makes her tick on Desert Island Discs
If you come across Nicola Sturgeon on a desert island, expect to find a "hot-headed, impulsive" character, blasting out a Cilla Black record and reading a biography of Lady Thatcher. Don't take my word...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon to push for gender balance on public sector boards
First minister praises progressive social attitudes, adding Scotland is ‘at a tipping point in relation to gender equality’...
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