2+ hour, 47+ min ago   (1126+ words) IN a couple of years from now a policy the Scottish Government is about to introduce will be assessed and will not only have failed but might very possibly have backfired. We know that already but it is going ahead…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (486+ words) A MAJOR new project from Scotland’s leading pro-independence think tank aims to address key concerns of undecided voters, The National can reveal. Common Weal has appointed a panel of experts, including lawyer and former SNP MP Joanna Cherry and Professor…...

2+ hour, 47+ min ago   (822+ words) THE UK is at a “pivotal moment of constitutional change,” Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney has said ahead of a landmark meeting with the leaders of Wales and Northern Ireland. The SNP leader will join Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (510+ words) THE momentum for constitutional change is “undeniable” and Westminster “must prepare for a post-UK future”, John Swinney has said ahead of meetings with the first ministers of Wales and Northern Ireland. Scotland’s First Minister will speak to Plaid Cymru leader…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (617+ words) JOHN Swinney must go to the people of Scotland to ask whether the country should have a second independence referendum, according to Alex Salmond’s former top aide. Chris McEleny, who was Salmond’s right-hand man during his time as Alba leader,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1046+ words) THE Scottish Government has been warned against pursuing an “unwinnable and deeply damaging” cuts agenda amid mounting speculation about an early Westminster election. There is growing expectation that Andy Burnham could go to the polls as early as next spring…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1191+ words) JOHN Swinney is being urged to back a new independence strategy at the SNP’s forthcoming party conference, the Sunday National can reveal. More than 50 branches are calling on the First Minister to back an updated approach to gaining independence after…...

1+ day, 2+ 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, 14+ hour ago   (604+ words) AN SNP MSP has called for assurances that the William Wallace letter will return to Scotland “in one piece” after it was confirmed the historic document is to tour England before coming back north of the Border in 2028. The letter,…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (631+ words) JOHN Swinney has torn into Reform UK's Scottish leader Malcolm Offord for "spreading racist filth" at a fiery First Minister's Questions. Offord attempted to take Swinney to task on this week's Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) results which showed…...