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Westminster 'must prepare for a post-UK future,' says John Swinney
1+ day, 2+ 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…...
Shattering the myth of Scottish exceptionalism will allow us to move forward
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (813+ words) DENIAL is a hell of a drug. Yes, from an electoral point of view, Scotland had become very different from the rest of the UK. From that, though, came Scottish Exceptionalism, hanging like a perfumed cloud over towns, villages and…...
John Swinney faces backlash after ditching world-leading autism bill
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (717+ words) MORE than 1000 campaigners and MSPs have called on John Swinney to reconsider ditching world-leading legislation aimed at improving lives for those with autism. In his Programme for Government last week, the First Minister dropped the Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence…...
Details matter – and the Scottish Government is getting too many wrong
4+ day, 22+ 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…...
There’s nothing wrong with suggesting some merging of services
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (657+ words) AFTER reading the letter from Dr Iain Evans (Sep 8), I took time to reflect on the Holyrood election this year. I can assure Dr Evans that the victory secured was due in no small part to the leadership of First…...
Rural Scotland is a gigantic wee country – don't minimise it
1+ week, 1+ day ago (947+ words) ONE upside of my changed life, since the May election, is that I have been able to get some driving practice in. That may sound strange, coming from someone who passed his test 20 years ago. It may be relevant to…...
John Swinney to probe legal aid award in Outer Hebrides dog cafe row
1+ week, 5+ day ago (478+ words) JOHN Swinney has said he will probe whether the Scottish Legal Aid Board was right to fund a case by an American woman over a row about her dog not being allowed into a cafe. The First Minister was asked…...
The Scottish Government has chosen the worst option on taxing wealth
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (765+ words) HM Revenue and Customs issued new data this week showing that, as a result of Rachel Reeves increasing the capital gains tax rate in the UK in October 2024, the tax yield in the year to April 5, 2025 almost doubled over the…...
Scottish Government will act to ‘repay trust of the people’, vows John Swinney
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (292+ words) JOHN Swinney has said his Government’s agenda for the next five-year parliamentary term will “repay the trust of the people of Scotland by relentlessly delivering for them”. The First Minister is due to present his Programme for Government to MSPs…...
Constitutional change matters – unless Scotland and Northern Ireland want a say
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1345+ words) THERE’S a particular kind of politician who spends years insisting that constitutional questions are boring, divisive and hopelessly irrelevant to ordinary people, only to discover, the moment they get into Downing Street, that constitutions are actually enormous fun. Welcome to…...