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Critically, the SNP under his leadership had shunned the ... By any standard, that merits his place in Scottish history and made him an icon to many who shared his ambition. To most who opposed ...

The FM reiterates his point about Scotland delivering more growth per head than the rest of the UK. Swinney says there has ...

They are understood to want a private funeral for the SNP icon and a public memorial later. Tributes and flowers have been laid at Holyrood over the last few daysCredit: Michael Schofield ...

Scottish politics too often descends into squabbling between Edinburgh and London. Politicians at Holyrood routinely blame ...

John Swinney points out Labour have "inherited an entirely unsustainable set of circumstances in the public finances". The first minister says the Tory government had a "menacing agenda for fourteen ...

Where’s the dramatisation of the recent SNP psychodrama? Alasdair Gray would have turned 90 ... imagination and courage – and maybe a soundtrack by Mogwai. The Glasgow post rock icons did the honours ...

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The SNP’s Westminster leader has unveiled a controversial plan to sit in both the Commons and the Scottish Parliament amid speculation he will replace John Swinney. Stephen Flynn announced he was ...