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Greens to force vote to close ‘loopholes’ in Scottish Government Israel boycott
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (410+ words) THE Scottish Greens will use an opposition debate at Holyrood this week to force a vote on strengthening the Scottish Government’s boycott of Israel. The motion on Wednesday will call for any company, parent company or subsidiary involved in illegal…...
Westminster 'must prepare for a post-UK future,' says John Swinney
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (510+ words) THE momentum for constitutional change is “undeniable” and Westminster “must prepare for a post-UK future”, John Swinney has said ahead of meetings with the first ministers of Wales and Northern Ireland. Scotland’s First Minister will speak to Plaid Cymru leader…...
Early election warning to SNP over 'unwinnable' public sector cuts push
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1046+ words) THE Scottish Government has been warned against pursuing an “unwinnable and deeply damaging” cuts agenda amid mounting speculation about an early Westminster election. There is growing expectation that Andy Burnham could go to the polls as early as next spring…...
More than 5000 Scottish Waspi women die 'waiting for justice', figures show
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (523+ words) MORE than 5000 Scottish Waspi women have died “waiting for justice” since 2020, new figures have shown. Analysis of statistics from the National Records of Scotland by the SNP showed that 5060 Scottish women died younger than 66 after changes to the state pension…...
Labour’s Israel sanctions prove pressure work. Now we must push harder
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (891+ words) WHEN I heard that the Labour Government was imposing sanctions on Israel’s illegal settlements, my first response was cynicism. Israel is a state, after all, which has committed a livestreamed genocide. It wiped Gaza from the face of the earth,…...
John Swinney invites Andy Burnham to meeting on second independence referendum
4+ day, 50+ min ago (432+ words) JOHN Swinney has invited Prime Minister Andy Burnham to meet to agree a "legal mechanism" which would trigger a second Scottish independence referendum. It comes after Burnham said that the rules governing when a repeat of the 2014 vote could be…...
Thousands of Scots bombard Andy Burnham's inbox with fresh demand for indyref
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (656+ words) THOUSANDS have signed a fresh petition demanding a second referendum on Scottish independence after Andy Burnham set out the conditions for one, with an email being sent straight to the Prime Minister's inbox. Around 23,000 Scots had already signed the so-called…...
Andy Burnham doesn't know what he's unleashed with indyref2 admission
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (587+ words) WHY did Andy Burnham say that Scotland could get an independence referendum on “exactly” the same terms as an Irish border poll? It seems clear that he said it because it is what he believes. And that is fair enough....
Andy Burnham's indyref2 comments 'are dangerous', senior Scottish Labour MSP says
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (738+ words) IT is “dangerous” to compare Scotland to Northern Ireland – and Prime Minister Andy Burnham was actually talking about the “distinction” between the two when he appeared to lay out the route to a second independence referendum, a Scottish Labour leadership…...
Details matter – and the Scottish Government is getting too many wrong
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (903+ words) AS a Scot, it embarrasses me to say this, but the Scottish Government’s new Programme for Government, published last week to much fanfare, is absolutely riddled with errors. Putting the inadequacies of the content aside, the workmanship is shoddy, substandard…...