Oh dear. Kwasi Kwarteng was struggling, wasn’t he? You could see it in his face, poor chap – all twisted and contorted. His neck craned. His eyebrows so high they were in danger of disappearing off his forehead. We were in the Commons and the SNP‘s energy spokesman Alan Brown was up on his feet … Read more
The Scottish National Party is at the centre of a criminal fraud probe amid claims cash donated to a £600,000 fundraising drive has gone missing. Police Scotland said the investigation focused on seven complaints about donations and had been launched after consultation with prosecutors. Detectives are looking at allegations that cash which was earmarked for … Read more
Ministers ‘hope bid to host the 2030 World Cup can help save the union’ as Nicola Sturgeon pushes for Scottish independence Boris Johnson is pushing a joint British and Irish bid to host the 2030 World Cup The prospect has been boosted by Euros and response to Super League plan Government sources suggested World Cup … Read more
SNP wins by-election in Airdrie and Shotts called after sitting MP opted to swap Westminster for the same seat in Holyrood Anum Qaisar-Javed was elected with 10,129 votes, ahead of Labour’s candidate Kenneth Stevenson came in second with 8,372 votes. Tory candidate got 2,812 SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon sent her congratulations By Chris Jewers … Read more
‘When – not if’: Nicola Sturgeon uses first call with Boris Johnson to warn she WILL hold a referendum despite PM telling her to focus on Covid recovery as Gordon Brown launches fresh bid to KEEP Scotland in the UK Nicola Sturgeon told Boris Johnson a re-run of 2014 border vote is ‘when, not if’ … Read more
Following the failure of Nicola Sturgeon’s pro-independence SNP to win an overall majority in last week’s elections to the Scottish parliament, the 314-year-old Union between England and Scotland lives to fight another day. Of course, it is by no means certain that the British Government would have bowed to Sturgeon’s demands for a second independence … Read more
There’s no gratitude in politics, they say. But this aphorism appears to have been refuted in last week’s multiple elections. The Conservatives in England, the SNP in Scotland and Labour in Wales: all were rewarded. The point is that in each of our nations, the leaders of these (governing) parties were fronting up the Covid … Read more
Michael Gove today told Nicola Sturgeon to focus on fixing the NHS after she renewed her independence drive despite the SNP falling short of a majority in crunch elections. The Cabinet Office minister said Ms Sturgeon should think again about her ‘priorities’ in the wake of the Holyrood results, where her party saw a boost … Read more
Boris Johnson last night threw down the gauntlet to Nicola Sturgeon over Scottish independence by urging her to join a UK-wide council of war to rebuild the nation after Covid. After knife-edge election results left the SNP one seat short of an overall majority in the Scottish Parliament, the Prime Minister called on Ms Sturgeon to … Read more
Key moments for today in Scots battleground seats Scotland will find out today whether Nicola Sturgeon has managed to win a majority, with results from key seats set to be declared throughout the day. So far 49 constituencies have been confirmed, with the SNP on track to form the next Scottish Government. The Nationalists made … Read more