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An encounter with Glasgow’s new leader – and some ideas to get him started
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (119+ words) It’s hard to believe really that Ricky Bell, the new boss of Glasgow Council, is only the second leader of the city to be appointed from the Scottish National Party because it feels like they’ve been in charge far longer…...
Peter Murrell could be ordered to repay more than he embezzled from SNP
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (1126+ words) Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell could be ordered to repay around 34% more than the £400,000 he embezzled. Murrell was sentenced to more than five years in prison in June after he admitted misappropriating a total of £400,310.65 from the SNP between…...
Swinney to join Welsh and Irish leaders to sign independence referendum pact
20+ hour, 43+ min ago (641+ words) The First Ministers of the UK’s devolved nations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn Féin…...
Scotland's World Cup ties with Massachusetts lead to new investment push
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (483+ words) The UK and Scottish governments have joined together to fund science collaboration with the United States. It will also support Scottish life sciences companies looking to expand into the US through investor introductions, commercial partnerships and provide assistance navigating regulations…...
Burnham rejects Swinney's call for IndyRef2 talks and insists vote is 'off limits"
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (877+ words) Andy Burnham has rejected John Swinney's calls for talks on a second Scottish independence referendum, insisting there is "no consensus" for a new vote. The Prime Minister said the issue remained "off limits". The Labour leader claimed the First Minister…...
Swinney calls for Indyref2 talks after Burnham sets out conditions for new vote
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (945+ words) John Swinney has written to Andy Burnham asking to meet to discuss the process for an “agreed legal mechanism” for holding a Scottish independence referendum. The First Minister's letter comes after the Prime Minister appeared to shift the UK Government's…...
Today's cartoon by Steven Camley - on CalMac's latest woes and SNP Indy ambitions
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (88+ words) The Herald Today's cartoon by Steven Camley - on CalMac's latest woes Today's cartoon by Steven Camley - on CalMac's latest ferry woes and the SNP's singking independence ambitions. You can read the story here. You can find Steven Camley in The…...
Breaking up Glasgow could haul it back from the brink
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (1202+ words) Over the past year or two, President Trump has been threatening the United States’s friendly neighbours with invasion, first demanding that Greenland then Canada become part of a “big, beautiful America”. The rest of the world watches in horror, thinking…...
'Too wee, too poor, too stupid? The strange message behind Swinney’s big reform plan"
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (833+ words) John Swinney’s speech launching his new Programme for Government was a curious thing to watch. The FM is not a naturally flamboyant speaker or even the best speech deliverer, but behind all the presentational confidence he was able to muster…...
What is happening to Sturgeon Murrell house as Branchform to return to court?
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (681+ words) It was the image that came to stand for the Police Scotland's long-running investigation into the SNP's finances Operation Branchform. More than three years on, Murrell is now serving a prison sentence of five years, three months for embezzlement and…...