Chris Marshall
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Nicola Sturgeon, a politician who promised so much, has left behind a country divided and a party at war
One of the criticisms of Nicola Sturgeon in recent months has been her apparent aloofness, a hoarding of power which saw her come to rely on the advic... → Read More
Joanna Cherry: SNP members are furious about the way Kate Forbes has been treated
SNP MP Joanna Cherry says members of the party are “furious” at the treatment of leadership candidate Kate Forbes and the unwillingness of the current... → Read More
Ash Regan: The referendum route to Scottish independence has been exhausted
Ash Regan: The referendum route to Scottish independence has been exhausted Ash Regan called for the referendum route to Scottish independence to be abandoned as she set out her pitch to be next SNP leader. Regan said a majority for independence-supporting parties at an election should be enough to trigger negotiations with the UK Government. And she said she would not go to court to challenge… → Read More
Kate Forbes Equal Marriage Opposition Loses Her Support Of Scottish Ministers
Kate Forbes’ campaign for the SNP leadership has been dealt a significant blow after a number of Members of Scottish Parliament (MSPs) withdrew the... → Read More
MSPs pull their support for Kate Forbes following equal marriage comments
Kate Forbes’ campaign for the SNP leadership has been dealt a significant blow after a number of MSPs withdrew their endorsement following comments sh... → Read More
Angus Robertson rules himself out of SNP leadership race
Angus Robertson has said he will not stand to replace Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the SNP. → Read More
John Swinney: It’s not that we’re waiting for austerity to come – it’s here and it’s reactivated
As the UK Government once again flirts with austerity, Scotland’s finance secretary talks to Holyrood about the challenges he faces with the limited p... → Read More
Organisations warn of 'serious concern' over National Care Service
A number of organisations including trade unions and charities have written to Nicola Sturgeon calling for the rollout of the new National Care Servic... → Read More
Failing health: The NHS is broken, so how do we fix it?
Later this year, the NHS will celebrate its 75th birthday and a lifetime of providing cradle-to-grave care. But like many of those who grew up alongsi... → Read More
Alex Salmond criticises 'ineptitude' of SNP to put pressure on UK Government over independence
Former First Minister Alex Salmond has accused the SNP under Nicola Sturgeon of “extraordinary political ineptitude” for failing to put more pressure ... → Read More
Cost-of-living crisis: MSPs inundated with requests for help
Our exclusive survey, which was responded to by around a third of parliamentarians, found that 84 per cent have seen an increase in their caseload ass... → Read More
Despite positive polling on independence, all is not well within the SNP
When the Supreme Court last month closed off Nicola Sturgeon’s legal route to another referendum, it felt like a major defeat not only for the first m... → Read More
Hell on Wheels: How the Edinburgh tram project got back on track
If there’s one street which has suffered more than any other during the construction of the Edinburgh tram project, it’s Leith Walk. Roughly a mile lo... → Read More
Scottish independence: Has democracy been denied or is Nicola Sturgeon in denial?
Is Scottish democracy really being denied or has Nicola Sturgeon’s last shot at a referendum just slipped away? → Read More
Could raising the school starting age help Scotland close the gap on some of its European neighbours?
Campaigners believe raising the school starting to six and encouraging more structured play could help boost educational... → Read More
Bitter Together: Can Rishi Sunak rebuild the relationship with Scotland?
The new prime minister has taken some tentative steps in re-building his government’s relationship with Scotland, but th... → Read More
'We grow them and then they leave': Scotland's science sector is in need of nurturing
Scotland has a proud history of being at the forefront of scientific discovery, but we shouldn’t take that for granted → Read More
Political climate: There are worrying signs the government will undermine net zero
Recent weather events in the UK and overseas have underlined why we cannot renege on climate commitments → Read More
Nicola Sturgeon: I intend to be first minister for quite some time
Sturgeon said a new fund would deliver £20bn of investment over the first decade of independence → Read More
Ivan McKee: Scottish Government will pay pensions after independence
McKee was speaking at a Holyrood fringe event at the SNP conference in Aberdeen → Read More