First Minister John Swinney moves the motion that the 2026 Scottish Parliament election will be fought by the SNP on a clear platform of national independence during the SNP annual conference at the ...
A year or so ago, the Scottish National Party looked to be in deep trouble. They had been comprehensively thrashed in the general election, falling from 48 MPs to just nine. They had managed to have ...
SNP minister repeatedly ignores questions on how independent Scotland would deal with 'vast' deficit
A senior SNP figure has been accused of "failing to answer basic questions" about the party's plans for an independent Scotland. Shirley-Anne Somerville was asked five times by BBC presenter Nick ...
A leading SNP MSP who was quizzed by police probing SNP fraud claims was last night at the centre of a £20,000 cash–for–votes controversy. Former SNP treasurer Colin Beattie offered to give his party ...
IF the normal rules of politics applied in Scotland, the SNP would be sure-fire losers at next year’s Holyrood election. Public services are on their knees. Polling shows a majority of Scots take a ...
An SNP minister has been accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’ after boasting about his woodburning stove just days after voting against protecting them for others. Jim Fairlie posted a picture of the heater on ...
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“If the normal rules of politics applied in Scotland, the SNP would be sure-fire losers at next year’s Holyrood election,” said Chris Musson in The Scottish Sun. Public services “are on their knees” ...
That’s a speech that will have ticked a lot of boxes for the SNP delegates in Aberdeen - I overheard one audience member refer to it as “a John special”. John Swinney defined himself against a ...
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John Swinney said his plans for a second independence referedum were 'the most realistic' SNP members have backed John Swinney's plan to declare a mandate for a second independence referendum, if the ...
The SNP has been accused of giving Alex Salmond an “undignified” tribute at their conference on the first anniversary of his death. The former First Minister received fifteen seconds of praise despite ...
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