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- John Swinney sets out goal to be ‘long-term political leader’ for Scotland 28/12/2025John Swinney has set out his intention to be a “long-term political leader”, with the First Minister making clear he would serve a full term if re-elected next May and that he expected to stand again in 2031 ...
- Govan 1973: Margo MacDonald and the rise of the SNP in a Labour stronghold 28/12/2025Gerry Hassan reflects on the SNP’s first electoral earthquake in Glasgow’s famous neighbourhood
- £100,000 of Champagne drunk in House of Lords bars this year 28/12/2025MORE than £100,000 worth of Champagne was drunk in House of Lords bars this year
- A deep dive into polling in 2025 – and what it told us about Scotland 27/12/2025THE past is a foreign country, as the saying goes, and at least as far as Scottish opinion poll results are concerned, the independence movement has every reason to be thankful that we don’t live in that strange land anymore.
- The big finance questions facing Holyrood in 2026 27/12/2025THE UK Budget has offered some respite for Scotland’s Finance Secretary as she drafts her spending plans but it has far from solved Scotland’s public finance headache.
- Booming tourism spending shows 'Scotland is one of the world's great destinations' 27/12/2025TOURISM spending in Scotland has boomed over the last two years, demonstrating how the country is “one of the world’s great destinations”, the SNP have said.
- Labour set for 'one hell of a battering' in Scottish election, expert says 27/12/2025KEIR Starmer's party is set for a "battering" at the Scottish elections next year, a political expert has warned.
- Price of cooking Christmas dinner soars by 55 per cent, SNP say 25/12/2025THE price of cooking a Christmas dinner has soared by 55% since 2019, according to the latest figures, with the SNP blasting the Labour UK Government for "continual mismanagement" of Scotland's energy.
- Prime Minister branded 'no cheer Keir' as Budget forces pub prices up 23/12/2025THE Prime Minister has been branded “no cheer Keir” as a report shows that 90% of pubs will increase drink prices in response to Labour’s Budget.
- Barclays urged John Swinney to crack down on Palestine Action, FoI reveals 23/12/2025BARCLAYS pressed the Home Office and the Scottish Government to crack down on Palestine Action before the group was proscribed, documents obtained by The National reveal.