6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (730+ words) DOES an independent Scotland “really” need its own currency? Let me put it this way – if the entire point of independence is to fly the Saltire in place of the Union Jack, and to replace God Save the King with…...

8+ hour, 42+ min ago   (609+ words) Leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin are expected to meet in Cardiff to sign an agreement aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. The meeting on Monday will involve the first ministers…...

22+ hour, 28+ min ago   (583+ words) THE leaders of the UK’s devolved administrations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at giving Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish voters a say on their constitutional futures. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (402+ words) AMSTERDAM is one of those iconic global cities like London and New York already seared into your consciousness before you even set sight on the canals, the sprawling red light districts and the proud cycle-mounted inhabitants. But there is much…...

1+ day, 6+ 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…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (458+ words) Good evening! This week's edition of the In Common newsletter comes from Craig Dalzell. A PROMINENT member of the Scottish financial sector is worried about data centres. Not for quite the same reasons as many of the rest of us…...

4+ day, 15+ 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…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (738+ words) IT is “dangerous” to compare Scotland to Northern Ireland – and Prime Minister Andy Burnham was actually talking about the “distinction” between the two when he appeared to lay out the route to a second independence referendum, a Scottish Labour leadership…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (302+ words) THE BBC has been forced to issue a correction after failing to declare a guest's Unionist links. In a programme on BBC Radio Scotland on July 30, presenter Stephen Jardine interviewed Dr Robert Kilgour during a segment on Scotland's social care…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (704+ words) A FAR-RIGHT group that has provided funding to vigilante groups in Scotland has been promoting swords, daggers and battle axes to its supporters, The National can reveal. Emails sent to Knight Templar International’s (KTI) mailing list in recent weeks have…...