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Why we can’t risk firing the indyref2 starting gun at the wrong time
I FIRST joined the SNP in 1976 and, having campaigned for the party and candidates in numerous council, Holyrood, Westminster and European parliamentary elections, it is fair to say it has been a long – and at times exhausting – journey. The days
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Children take centre stage at the Royal National Mod
THE junior competitions got under way at today's Royal National Mod in Inverness continues. The girls Silver Pendant and the boys Silver Kilt Pin kicked off proceedings this morning, with youngsters performing a selection of Gaelic material.
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Hit back when Tories deploy ‘nationalist’ and ‘separatist’ as slurs
LANGUAGE is important. The Tories are following a deliberate strategy of substituting “nationalist” for “national” in misnaming the SNP because they understand the importance of language in forming impressions in voters. Boris Johnson has been
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Douglas Ross is silent when it's England lagging behind on vaccinations
THREE times more 12-15-year-olds vaccinated in Scotland than in England. Where is DRoss? You can be guaranteed if it were the other way round he would be in every TV and radio studio. The vaccination figures for England/UK have not been on
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Former Gordonstoun pupil was groped by physics teacher at school, inquiry hears
A FORMER pupil at Gordonstoun has told an inquiry that a teacher who would go on to be convicted of sexual offences groped him at the school. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) heard evidence from a man who attended the Moray boarding school
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The REAL Scottish Politics: Union put Scotland in harm's way on Covid
A DAMNING Commons report was published today – confirming that the British Government's handling of the early phases of the pandemic was woefully inept, chaotic and callous in its disregard for human life, so much so that the report found that
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UK Government demands over Northern Ireland Protocol 'very hard to accept'
THE UK Government’s demands over the Northern Ireland Protocol are “very hard to accept”, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. It comes as Brexit Minister Lord Frost said the UK was prepared to trigger Article 16 of the protocol - which allows either
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UK could suspend Northern Ireland Protocol to safeguard peace, says Frost
THE UK Government is prepared, if necessary, to suspend the Northern Ireland Protocol in order to safeguard the peace process, Brexit minister Lord Frost has warned. In a keynote speech in Lisbon, Frost said the protocol, agreed with the EU as
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Why do Scottish celebs get pelters for daring to speak about independence?
BRIAN Cox is just the latest Scot to run into Unionist sniper fire for daring to have an opinion about his native land, despite being in the US most of the time. I’m thinking, as Catherine Tate is wont to say, he won’t be much “bovvered”.
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Holyrood must start its inquiry into Covid pandemic, Labour urge
SCOTTISH Labour have said Holyrood must start its inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic after a major report from two Westminster committees laid out mistakes made by the UK Government during the pandemic. Nicola Sturgeon announced in August that
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Inside look: All you need to know about COP26 agenda and timetable
GLASGOW is set to host thousands of delegates and world leaders in less than three weeks as COP26 kicks off in the city. The climate change talks have been dubbed “humanity’s last chance to save the planet” by the Scottish Greens, and is set to
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Senior Tories 'peddling climate conspiracies' weeks before COP26
THE Scottish Greens have called on Boris Johnson to remove "dangerous Trumpian extremism" from his party if he is to have any credibility with world leaders ahead of COP26. It comes as a climate change denial group recently changed its name and
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What's to stop Scotland holding a non-binding independence referendum?
I’M no lawyer, but could Scotland not have a non-binding advisory referendum? After all, we’d only be asking a question and seeking a reply. We’d not be declaring UDI, nor advocating revolution.The next step, presuming a majority said yes to wanting
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Tories told to take down 'pack of lies' about 'lock out' at Scotland game
THE Scottish Tories have been accused of deliberately spreading disinformation after blaming the Scottish Government’s vaccine certificate scheme for a so-called “fiasco” at Hampden this weekend. The party has come under fire after claiming thousands
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Man dies while working on jetty at Perthshire hotel
AN investigation has been launched after a man died while working on a jetty at a hotel in Perthshire. Police were called at around 2.40pm on Wednesday, October 6, following reports of a vehicle going into water in the Killin area. A 48-year-old
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Body found in police search for missing man on Isle of Lewis
THE family of a missing man have been alerted after the discovery of a body on the Isle of Lewis. Donnie Scott, 42, from Barvas, was reported missing on Monday and police had been appealing for help to try and find him. Officers have found
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Nicola Sturgeon crowned the 'most influential woman in the UK'
NICOLA Sturgeon is the most influential woman in the UK, according to a new online report. Scotland’s First Minister saw off the likes of screenwriter and actress Michaela Coel and the Queen in The Body Shop's study, which looked at Google searches
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Scotland records 27 Covid deaths and more than 1900 new cases
SCOTLAND has recorded a further 1908 Covid cases and 27 new deaths in the past 24 hours, the Scottish Government has announced. It means the death toll under this daily measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous
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Douglas Ross contacts police over art piece that spells out 'porn'
THE Scottish Conservative leader has spoken to the police after street art spelling out “porn” was put up in a Moray town. Douglas Ross, who represents Moray at Westminster and is also the MSP for the Highlands and Islands region, took issue with
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Terror accused told forum he wanted Nicola Sturgeon ‘to die’, court hears
A MAN on trial for terrorism offences discussed livestreaming “an incident” and said he wanted First Minister Nicola Sturgeon “to die” in an online pro-fascist forum, a court has heard. Sam Imrie has been charged with posting statements on social
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Tory MP axed from charity role after confusing Asian ministers
A TORY MP has been axed from a senior role with a leading charity after confusing two Asian Cabinet ministers. The MailOnline reported that James Gray, the MP for North Wiltshire, had been speaking at an event for the St John Ambulance charity
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UK Government's COP26 agenda 'woefully inadequate', activists say
THE UK Government’s agenda for COP26 is “woefully inadequate”, a climate activist group has said. COP26 president Alok Sharma gave a speech in Paris on Tuesday less than three weeks before the United Nations climate talks are set to take place
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Sally Rooney speaks out after denying Israeli publisher the rights to new novel
AUTHOR Sally Rooney has clarified her decision not to sell the translation rights for her book Beautiful World, Where Are You to an Israeli publishing house. The acclaimed Irish author released a statement saying she had been "very proud" to have
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RT launches fresh legal challenge over Salisbury poisoning report
BOSSES at Russian television news channel RT have begun the latest round of a legal challenge against Ofcom’s decision to censure programmes about the Salisbury poisonings and the conflict in Syria. The watchdog, which licenses RT to broadcast
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Claims about impact of foreign workers on the UK were simply wrong
FREEDOM of movement covers the whole of the EU, not just a corridor of the Balkans, Poland and UK. The notion of UK citizens being pushed down into the mud of poverty because of cheap European labour is 100% wrong. Very wrong. The cheap labour
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Minimum alcohol pricing had 'minimal impact' on crime, study finds
MINIMUM pricing for alcohol had little impact on drink-related crime in Scotland, a study has found. Researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University analysed Police Scotland data for trends in alcohol-related crime, disorder and public nuisance
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The one quote Brexit minister Lord Frost wants you to forget
IN the latest instalment of the logic-defying Brexit chronicles, unelected Tory minister Lord Frost is threatening to rip up the deal he negotiated with the EU. The Brexit minister is to set out the UK's demands for changes to the Northern
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Covid makes up two-thirds of Scotland's spike in additional winter deaths
SCOTLAND has recorded the second-highest number of winter deaths in 30 years with the spike largely due to coronavirus, official figures show. The number of deaths was 10% higher than the average of the previous five winters, according to the National
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Record number of hate crimes reported in England and Wales, figures show
THE number of hate crimes recorded by police in England and Wales has hit its highest level on record, with a 12 per cent rise in racially motivated incidents, official figures show. There were 124,091 hate crimes recorded in the year to March
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Two people injured after train crashes through buffers at busy London station
TWO people were injured when a train crashed through buffers at a station. The incident involved a London Overground service at Enfield Town station, north London, during rush hour this morning. Images posted on social media show the train
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Nigel Farage breaks silence over viral pro-IRA video message
GB News presenter Nigel Farage has come under fire for the use of a controversial slogan linked to the IRA. He claimed he was duped into sending the personalised message on the site Cameo. Farage announced earlier this year that he will present
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UK must be independent Scotland's 'best friend' or its image would be 'eroded'
THE UK Government should be planning to have the “closest possible” links with an independent Scotland, according to an Emeritus Professor of Law at Oxford University. Writing in the London School of Economics blog, Derrick Wyatt QC argues that
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Glasgow School of Art appoints interim chair as Muriel Gray steps down
GLASGOW School of Art (GSA) has appointed its interim chairwoman after Muriel Gray stepped down last month. Kristen Bennie has been an independent governor at the school since 2019 and will take the top job temporarily while the search for Gray
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WATCH: Tory minister refuses to apologise to Covid victims ELEVEN times
THE UK Government has refused to apologise despite a damning new report finding serious errors and delays from Tory leaders cost lives during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The study, from the cross-party Science and Technology Committee
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Art display to represent those devastated by climate crisis opens in Glasgow
A PROTEST art exhibition has opened in Glasgow to represent lives that have been devastated by the climate crisis in countries around the world. The three paintings featured at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum show faces partly obscured
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Looking back at the key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment
I RECENTLY received an email from a reader asking if I could explain more about the Scottish Enlightenment – which, as she stated, keeps getting mentioned without anyone really explaining what it was. Back in January 2018, I wrote a short series
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Study could see whisky deliver £1bn for Scots economy
SNP trade unionists have submitted a motion to set up a feasibility study that could see the Scottish whisky industry deliver up to £1 billion pounds for the Scottish public purse. The SNP Trade Union Group, the largest of the SNP affiliated organisations
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Case for the Union is a mess but here is where Yes must be careful
THE Unionist camp has been playing hard ball of late but underneath the posturing is a profound lack of substance and coherence. One minute the Downing Street Union Unit is promising this and that, the next it is disbanded, then we have “muscular
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Scottish nurses to vote on industrial action over pay dispute
NURSES are being asked to vote on whether to take industrial action over a pay dispute with the Scottish Government. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is balloting members after rejecting the pay rise offered by the Government and warned that
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Push for employers to hire more disabled Scots gets under way
A NEW campaign has launched to support employers to increase diversity and inclusion within the workplace by offering opportunities to disabled people looking for work. Enable Works, the largest specialist provider of skills and employability services
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I want independence – not the UK telling me if my granny is a foreigner
A UNION is a curious political beast. As a small child mad on steam trains, I watched the A4 Pacific locomotive “Union of South Africa” thunder out of Haymarket tunnel, wreathed with steam, unstoppable. Times change; that locomotive is preserved as
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Author speaks out over misogynist abuse of Scots-speaking creatives
ONLINE abuse of female Scots-speaking creatives is classist, misogynist and must stop, according to Scots author and journalist Emma Guinness. Writing in The National today Guinness, who also goes by Emma Grae, explains how the harassment directed
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Scottish spaceport deal could see first ever trips to space from UK next year
A ROCKET company has signed a deal with a Shetland spaceport that could see the first journeys to space from the UK next year. Skyrora, a rocket company with its headquarters in Edinburgh, has agreed a multi-launch deal over the next decade for
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Scottish Government urged to create post-Brexit foreign policy strategy
THE Scottish Government should create a post-Brexit strategy for Scotland’s European and international relations, according to a new report. Titled Scotland’s Global Standpoint, the report analyses the state of debate on EU and foreign affairs
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MoD spending is ‘wasting taxpayers’ money', report finds
THE Ministry of Defence’s lack of strategy for its land and buildings is wasting taxpayers’ money and resources that could support frontline personnel and develop new military capabilities, a report by the Public Accounts Committee has found. The
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World-renowned Scots observatory gets £2.3m funding boost
A PROJECT to build Shetland’s world-renowned bird observatory has taken a step forward with a funding package totalling £2.35 million. The £7.4m development, led by Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust (FIBOT), will create seven new green jobs, help
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Wee Ginger Dug: This is how life is one year on from having my stroke
TODAY marks a significant personal anniversary. Exactly one year ago, I suffered a massive stroke. It would be great to be able to report that 12 months on I had completely recovered and was back to what was normal beforehand, but sadly that’s not
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Online retailers warned Black Friday could damage their business
E-COMMERCE retailers have been warned that Black Friday and festive shopping rushes could end up damaging their businesses instead of benefitting them. Online business experts say thousands of eager retailers – including an army of Amazon and eBay
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Scottish Government pans Tory calls for life sentences as courts have power
THE Scottish Government has rubbished Tory calls for whole life sentences to be brought into Scots law - as courts already have the power to do so. Scottish Tory community safety spokesman Russell Findlay made the call for whole life orders to
