7+ hour, 38+ min ago   (410+ words) THE Scottish Greens will use an opposition debate at Holyrood this week to force a vote on strengthening the Scottish Government’s boycott of Israel. The motion on Wednesday will call for any company, parent company or subsidiary involved in illegal…...

1+ day, 37+ min ago   (547+ words) ANDY Burnham has been urged to “blacklist” a company with links to illegal Israeli settlements from a license to drill in the North Sea by a former first minister after the Prime Minister announced sanctions last week. Humza Yousaf has…...

1+ day, 7+ 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…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (617+ words) JOHN Swinney must go to the people of Scotland to ask whether the country should have a second independence referendum, according to Alex Salmond’s former top aide. Chris McEleny, who was Salmond’s right-hand man during his time as Alba leader,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1046+ words) THE Scottish Government has been warned against pursuing an “unwinnable and deeply damaging” cuts agenda amid mounting speculation about an early Westminster election. There is growing expectation that Andy Burnham could go to the polls as early as next spring…...

1+ day, 7+ 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…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (758+ words) LABOUR have been called to U-turn on their decision to vote against a cap on all party donations after Reform UK received £72 million in “dark money” from crypto billionaires in one day. On Saturday Nigel Farage’s party received a £36m donation…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (891+ words) WHEN I heard that the Labour Government was imposing sanctions on Israel’s illegal settlements, my first response was cynicism. Israel is a state, after all, which has committed a livestreamed genocide. It wiped Gaza from the face of the earth,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (432+ words) JOHN Swinney has invited Prime Minister Andy Burnham to meet to agree a "legal mechanism" which would trigger a second Scottish independence referendum. It comes after Burnham said that the rules governing when a repeat of the 2014 vote could be…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (656+ words) THOUSANDS have signed a fresh petition demanding a second referendum on Scottish independence after Andy Burnham set out the conditions for one, with an email being sent straight to the Prime Minister's inbox. Around 23,000 Scots had already signed the so-called…...