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Iain Macwhirter

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The sorry fate of Nicola Sturgeon

The sorry fate of Nicola Sturgeon
21.03.2025 10

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Nicola Sturgeon’s dismal legacy

Nicola Sturgeon’s dismal legacy
12.03.2025 2

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How independent are Britain’s nukes?

26.02.2025 4

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It’s time to reform the Gender Recognition Act

23.02.2025 3

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Elon is America’s Trotsky

16.02.2025 9

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Will the SNP come to its senses on North Sea oil?

17.01.2025 6

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My part in Twitter’s downfall

Two years ago, I was the victim of a peculiarly postmodern version of left-wing cancel culture. After joking on Twitter about the Tory government...

27.12.2024 7

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NHS Scotland can’t go on like this

Another Scottish budget and another dire warning from the spending watchdog, Audit Scotland, that the National Health Service in Scotland is out of...

03.12.2024 3

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We don’t need the Supreme Court to define a ‘woman’

In a scenario straight out of Monty Python, learned judges in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom will today start solemnly debating what a...

26.11.2024 10

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Closing the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil fields is a net zero own goal

Environmental campaigners are hoping to announce at Cop29 that they’ve halted two major oil and gas fields in the North Sea. A crucial court battle...

12.11.2024 2

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What does John Swinney have against two-spirit Scots?

You may have thought that the Scottish government had abandoned gender metaphysics after the collapse of the ‘Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland)...

22.10.2024 2

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Scottish visas are a terrible idea

The last thing Labour needs right now, after the last hundred days of scandal and mishap, is a row over immigration. So the party will not have...

16.10.2024 3

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Alex Salmond was an unstoppable force of nature

It is hard to believe that I will no longer wake up on Monday mornings to the sound of Alex Salmond on the phone, either berating me for my latest...

12.10.2024 2

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The SNP fraud probe has gone on too long

So here’s a thing. Last week a prominent defence lawyer broke ranks and declared that the police investigation into alleged misuse of SNP party...

09.10.2024 9

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It’s a tough time to be Scottish

Hard-working Scots could be forgiven for resorting to a stiff drink tonight as they contemplate an extraordinary triple attack on their living...

01.10.2024 4

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How the SNP damaged the independence cause

If you really want to annoy a Scottish nationalist, tell them the 2014 Scottish independence referendum had a lot in common with Brexit. Well, what...

18.09.2024 4

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Why the SNP keeps failing in its war on child poverty

The poor are always with us, Jesus said, and that has never been more true than in Scotland over the past 25 years. One in four children is still...

08.09.2024 4

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John Swinney is leading the SNP to oblivion

As the SNP gathers for its conference in Edinburgh this weekend, its membership nearly halved from a peak of 125,691, there is a palpable sense of...

30.08.2024 2

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Drug deaths rise again under the SNP

Scotland’s drug misuse deaths – the worst in Europe – have long been a stain on the Scottish government’s record. Today it just got worse. The...

20.08.2024 2

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The Senedd, like Holyrood, has failed its people

There are disturbing parallels between the meltdown of the Labour administration in Wales and the recent chaos of the SNP government in Scotland. ...

16.07.2024 1

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