The SNP post-Sturgeon: Did it really have to end like this?
Like dominoes, Scottish giants tumble. First fell Nicola Sturgeon, who declared her shock abdication at Bute House just over one month ago. Then deputy first minister John Swinney, who has swivelled around the apex of Scottish politics for decades, followed suit. Now Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell, who held his role as Party CEO for 24 […]
Week-in-Review: SNP internal warfare points to broader struggle over party identity
The race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader entered a new brutal phase this week as claimants to the Bute House throne battled for position. Taking to our TV screens for the first time, the disputable heirs health secretary Humza Yousaf, finance secretary Kate Forbes and former minister Ash Regan upped the ante — and […]
SNP leadership latest – Humza Yousaf far ahead in MP and MSP endorsements
Voting in the SNP leadership election opened at noon on 13 March, with the race to replace Nicola Sturgeon now heading into its final week. Scottish health secretary Humza Yousaf, finance secretary Kate Forbes and former community safety minister Ash Regan are all on the ballot paper, having successfully reached the minimum of 100 nominations from at […]
SNP leadership race: The key problems facing Kate Forbes’ candidacy
It was 2003 when New Labour spinner Alastair Campbell apprised an interviewer “I’m sorry, We don’t do God”, stepping in before prime minister Tony Blair’s religiosity could be probed. The poignant intervention, as Blair readied to answer a question on whether his Christianity created common ground with US President George Bush, has taken on a […]
Forbes insists she is ‘servant of democracy’, amid backlash on same-sex marriage views
Kate Forbes has insisted she is a “servant of democracy” after a backlash over her views on same-sex marriage dogged her leadership launch on Monday. Ms Forbes, who has served as the SNP’s finance and economy secretary since February 2020, caused controversy on Monday after she said she would have voted against the landmark equalities […]
SNP is ‘played out’ in Scotland, says minister as he eyes ‘opportunity’ for Conservatives
Health minister Neil O’Brien has claimed that the SNP is “played out” in Scotland, adding that he viewed the departure of Nicola Sturgeon is an “opportunity” for the Scottish Conservatives. Nicola Sturgeon called a surprise press conference yesterday and announced that she was resigning as Scotland’s first minister after eight years in the job. She […]
Nicola Sturgeon resigns as Scottish first minister – inside her rise and fall
Nicola Sturgeon has formally announced her resignation as Scottish First Minister after over well over a decade spent at the apex of Scottish politics, as both deputy first minister and first minister. The announcement came in a press conference at Bute House in Edinburgh. Initially, there were no reports that Sturgeon was going to quit. […]
The SNP’s goal is, and always will be, purely independence, says Mhairi Black
Mhairi Black of the SNP says that nothing can change the SNP’s goal of independence. The party will remain fixed on achieving it, and nothing will get in their way. The Conservatives have made it clear that they are not willing to allow independence, but Black says ‘anything is possible in Westminster’.
UK government set to block Scottish gender reform bill
The Westminster government could torpedo a law passed in Scotland which would allow children to change their gender from the age of 16 as soon as today. The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was passed by a majority of MSPs last month. The bill would remove the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria for […]
Keir Starmer looks to Nicola Sturgeon ‘for inspiration’, Douglas Ross claims
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has claimed that Labour leader Keir Starmer looks to Nicola Sturgeon “for inspiration”, adding that you cannot “fit a hair” between Labour and the SNP on policy. The comments come as the Scottish Conservative leader, who is both an MSP and an MP, prepares to give a new year speech in Edinburgh on Friday. […]
