Archive: Snp

Tax rate changes are a smart move by the SNP

Judging by the muted Tory and Labour responses, it succeeded in taking the wind out of their sails

BASC discuss snaring at SNP conference

The UK’s largest shooting organisation highlighted that snaring remains an essential pest control tool for land managers in Scotland
BASC at the SNP conference

A former environment minister for the Scottish National Party affirmed his support and recognised the importance of the sport to the Scottish economy.
Scottish budget a balancing act between policy priorities and protecting revenues

Scottish draft budget highlights the tricky challenge of investing in public services while seeking to maintain a competitive tax base
SNP grouse shooting policy will harm rural Scotland, says BASC

BASC insists a Scottish National Party policy in favour of the licensing of driven grouse shoots could have a significant negative impact on Scotland’s rural economy

The SNP's political stardust is starting to fade

Sturgeon gave a flat speech to a flat conference
Sturgeon speech: Hinting at radical reform is not the same as implementing it

This was the the first minister saying she might be bold and radical in the future, but then again, she might not

Indyref2 is still on the table

Apart from the timescale nothing much has changed
Smears against SNP critic show it's not just 'fringe elements' using dirty tactics

One nurse takes on the Scottish first minister - and is treated to an exercise in online political smears

The Scottish election fight which could define the future of the SNP

The constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk will be a key battleground in the general election
Sturgeon's push for second referendum has been a gift to her rivals

Political momentum is with the Scottish Conservatives

The Conservatives are making a comeback in Scotland - Sturgeon should be worried

Ruth Davidson has helped to detoxify the Scottish Conservatives' brand
SNP mull Norway-style arrangement to solve their Brexit problem

Could Sturgeon strike a deal to stay in the single market without maintaining full EU membership?

Nicola Sturgeon is starting a fight she will struggle to win

Sturgeon faces a battle to win support for a second referendum
Nicola Sturgeon pushes for second independence referendum to stop hard Brexit

First minister warns Theresa May not to force Scotand out of the single market

Nicola Sturgeon under pressure to tackle squalid conditions in her constituency

Protestors from Nicola Sturgeon's constituency to descend on SNP conference this week
SNP, Plaid and Greens join forces to condemn Tories 'toxic' conference

The three parties have come together to condemn the anti-immigration rhetoric at the Conservative party conference

Rats, filth and cockroaches: What it’s like to live in Nicola Sturgeon's constituency

The conditions on Sturgeon's doorstep are very different from the idealistic rhetoric used by the first minister
Now the SNP must work with parties it spent years humiliating

Without a SNP majority, Scottish politics will remain as unpredictable as ever

The SNP government is drifting towards authoritarianism

Forget personal responsibility, the SNP is convinced it always knows best
Jez we cannae: Scottish Labour going backwards under Jeremy Corbyn

Labour hopes of a Scottish revival have failed to be realised

British Politics in 2015 – the year pundits got almost everything wrong

Pundits failed to grasp how public loyalty to the main parties is in decline
SNP takes credit for global fall in car thefts

Can the SNP really take any credit for falling crime rates?