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Scottish Tories heading for total wipeout as Labour gains, exclusive poll shows: Scottish Conservatives are facing an electoral rout and total wipeout at the ...
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Scottish Tories heading for total wipeout as Labour gains ...
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'The stuff of nightmares': Row over moves to nationalise Caledonian Sleeper: A ROW has erupted over moves to nationalise the Caledonian Sleeper service which ...
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'The stuff of nightmares': Row over moves to nationalise Caledonian ...
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Scottish Tories heading for total wipeout as Labour gains, exclusive poll shows: Scottish Conservatives are facing an electoral rout and total wipeout at the ...
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Scottish Tories heading for total wipeout as Labour gains ...
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'The stuff of nightmares': Row over moves to nationalise Caledonian Sleeper: A ROW has erupted over moves to nationalise the Caledonian Sleeper service which ...
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'The stuff of nightmares': Row over moves to nationalise Caledonian ...
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Humza Yousaf faces no confidence vote: If last week wasn’t bad enough for hapless Humza Yousaf, this week has brought him even more turbulence ...
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Humza Yousaf faces no confidence vote
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Dispute over climate policy: Scottish coalition government collapsed: The Scottish SNP is ending its collaboration with the Greens. First Minister Humza Yousaf ...
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Dispute over climate policy: Scottish coalition government collapsed
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SNP 'Progressivism' is a dangerous, intolerant ideology that mirrors Donald Trump's contempt for political opponents – Nina Welsch
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SNP 'Progressivism' is a dangerous, intolerant ideology that ...
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Nicola Sturgeon pulls out of Commons committee appearance after Murrell charged: The former first minister was due to appear before MPs on the Scottish Affairs ...
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Nicola Sturgeon pulls out of Commons committee appearance after Murrell ...
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Humza Yousaf and his ridiculous, feigned outrage: On Tuesday, Humza Yousaf was angry at UK ministers for not including Scottish sub-postmasters in laws that will ...
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Humza Yousaf and his ridiculous, feigned outrage
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100 MPs to stand down at the next general election: More than 60 are Conservatives and they include former prime minister Theresa May.
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100 MPs to stand down at the next general election
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SNP's scrapping of climate change target is a failure as pathetic as their excuses – Scotsman comment
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SNP's scrapping of climate change target is a failure as pathetic as their ...
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Scotland’s coalition government collapses: Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf kills agreement between SNP and Scottish Greens amid bitter row over climate ...
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Scotland’s coalition government collapses
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Scotland's wobbling pro-independence party ditches coalition with Greens: Opponents said on Thursday they would seek to oust the leader of Scotland after the ...
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Scotland's wobbling pro-independence party ditches coalition with Greens
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It’s no surprise the SNP’s climate change law has failed: The SNP has binned its flagship goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland by 75 per cent by ...
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It’s no surprise the SNP’s climate change law has failed
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Scottish Greens: How you can help kick Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater out of the coalition – John McLellan
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Scottish Greens: How you can help kick Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater out ...
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UK Election: Labour Shouldn’t Write Off Scotland's SNP Just Yet: Despite numerous internal crises and a recent revival of Scottish Labour ...
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UK Election: Labour Shouldn’t Write Off Scotland's SNP Just Yet
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More workers moving to Scotland from UK than leaving after SNP tax rises, HMRC finds
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More workers moving to Scotland from UK than leaving after SNP tax rises ...
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Starmer could win a record landslide despite over half the country not voting for him
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Starmer could win a record landslide despite over half the country not ...
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SNP-Green government to ditch key climate target: Scottish Government plans to scrap a flagship climate target have been branded “the worst environmental ...
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SNP-Green government to ditch key climate target
Quick Glance: Scottish Government Abandons 'World-Leading' Climate Target
  • The Scottish Government has abandoned its “world-leading” target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.

  • Ministers will bring forward legislation to ensure the climate change target “better reflects the reality of long-term climate policymaking”.

  • Scotland will move away from legally binding annual targets to a five-yearly carbon budget approach.

  • A new package of climate action measures was announced, including tripling the number of charging points for electric vehicles and exploring a new integrated ticketing system for public transport in Scotland.
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Humza Yousaf could never realise Sturgeon’s fantasy climate plans: It was Cop26 in Glasgow and Nicola Sturgeon was in her element, posing for selfies with Greta ...
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Humza Yousaf could never realise Sturgeon’s fantasy climate plans
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Penny Mordaunt: Scots will not stand for SNP's block on their freedom of speech and debate
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Penny Mordaunt: Scots will not stand for SNP's block on their freedom of ...
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Free the Greens from the SNP’s clutches!: Participation of the Greens in the Scottish governing coalition may have significantly damaged the cause which is the ...
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Free the Greens from the SNP’s clutches!
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Rishi Sunak pushes back date for first Rwanda asylum flights: The Prime Minister said the first flight would take off in July despite previously promising it ...
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Rishi Sunak pushes back date for first Rwanda asylum flights
Quick Glance: British Parliament Approves Deportations to Rwanda
  • The controversial plan to deport refugees to Rwanda has been approved by the British Parliament.

  • Despite resistance in the upper house and multiple votes, the law was passed.

  • Prime Minister Sunak is pushing for deportations to deter refugees from dangerous crossings.

  • Experts question the effectiveness of the measure, while concerns about costs and legal implications persist.
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Labour overtakes SNP in polls for first time: Uh oh. Today brings tidings of misery for hapless Humza Yousaf as a new poll reveals that support for Labour has ...
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Labour overtakes SNP in polls for first time
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Insight: Greens could harm SNP’s election as Bute House Agreement set for second trans rights test
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Insight: Greens could harm SNP’s election as Bute House Agreement set for ...
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Green leader Patrick Harvie faces no confidence vote over Cass Review response: The Green co-leader and Scottish minister has refused to say if he accepts the ...
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Green leader Patrick Harvie faces no confidence vote over Cass Review ...
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Wars of Independence shaped the identities of Scotland and England: Two acclaimed medieval historians talk to our Writer at Large about their new book which ...
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Wars of Independence shaped the identities of Scotland and England
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Why won’t Humza close Scotland’s tartan Tavistock?: Another day, another Holyrood mess. This time, it’s hapless Humza Yousaf being criticised for his slow ...
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Why won’t Humza close Scotland’s tartan Tavistock?
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The SNP’s net zero hypocrisy: The Scottish nationalists are no stranger to hypocrisy, as their latest U-turn shows. For on Thursday afternoon the Yousaf regime — ...
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The SNP’s net zero hypocrisy
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The Greens are embarrassing the SNP: For an image of the ‘progressive nationalism’ that has disfigured Scottish public life over the past decade ...
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The Greens are embarrassing the SNP
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SNP ditches public trust question from national survey: If you don’t want to know the answer, don’t ask the question. That seems to be the mantra by which the ...
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SNP ditches public trust question from national survey
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Rossendale and Darwen MP in sex pest and tax dodger MPs warning: A SENIOR East Lancashire MP has warned that recent Parliamentary scandals make the House of ...
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Rossendale and Darwen MP in sex pest and tax dodger MPs warning
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‘We’ll get rid of the Tories’: Inside the hyperlocal plan to smash the Blue Wall: The Lib Dems keep losing deposits. But there's confidence a ...
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‘We’ll get rid of the Tories’: Inside the hyperlocal plan to smash the ...
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Cass gender report: Scottish Government defends decision to inform young people of puberty blockers pause before public
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Cass gender report: Scottish Government defends decision to inform young ...
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Hate crime Scotland: SNP ministers spent £400k on public information campaign: The campaign was launched ahead of new legislation being rolled out.
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Hate crime Scotland: SNP ministers spent £400k on public information ...
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Quick Glance: Tory Donor's Racist Comments on Diane Abbott
  • Comments made by a Tory donor about Diane Abbott deemed racist

  • Frank Hester apologizes for his remarks, Downing Street labels them unacceptable

  • Cabinet Minister Kemi Badenoch described the comments as racist and called for space for forgiveness

  • Labour and the Liberal Democrats call for the Conservatives to return donations from Hester
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Scots misogyny law plans could be blocked for protecting trans women: The legislation is set to be considered at Holyrood after fury that women were not given ...
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Scots misogyny law plans could be blocked for protecting trans women
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Vote to be tabled in bid to repeal controversial hate crime laws: The party previously claimed the Hate Crime Act is the 'biggest ever burden placed on ...
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Vote to be tabled in bid to repeal controversial hate crime laws
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We're sick of Big Brother Harvie's endless virtue signalling: How did we ever get into such a mess? With the incompetent and hypocritical SNP/Green management of ...
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We're sick of Big Brother Harvie's endless virtue signalling
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New update for WASPI women as State Pension compensation debate next month: SNP MP Patricia Gibson’s motion for a debate is supported by 60 MPs from across all ...
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New update for WASPI women as State Pension compensation debate next month
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Assisted dying: Try living my life and then see how you feel: I’VE read and heard a lot in the media regarding who is or isn’t going to support/vote in favour ...
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Assisted dying: Try living my life and then see how you feel
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Jim Sillars: SNP needs to get away from the Yes movement: JIM SILLARS is recalling a visit he made to the Scottish Parliament for the unveiling of the portrait ...
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Jim Sillars: SNP needs to get away from the Yes movement
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The SNP’s climate U-turn shows how it has trapped itself: When I interviewed Mairi McAllan for the New Statesman recently, it was evident that she had something ...
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The SNP’s climate U-turn shows how it has trapped itself
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Creative Scotland has not recovered all money for explicit art film, Scottish Parliament told
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Creative Scotland has not recovered all money for explicit art film ...
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Scotland's home builders call for pause in new net zero laws: Scotland’s housebuilders have called for a rethink of new net zero laws impacting homes provision ...
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Scotland's home builders call for pause in new net zero laws
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This is South Africa’s most important election since apartheid: Whatever the short-term consequences of the ANC losing its monopoly on power – and, economically ...
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This is South Africa’s most important election since apartheid
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Scottish ministers urged to ‘poverty proof’ childcare by expanding free places to children under three
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Scottish ministers urged to ‘poverty proof’ childcare by expanding free ...
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Lorna Slater launches attack on Humza Yousaf as Green pact scrapped: Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater MSP has accused the SNP of selling out future ...
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Lorna Slater launches attack on Humza Yousaf as Green pact scrapped
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Scotland’s spring of discontent: Next month marks 17 years since the Scottish National Party’s first Scottish Parliament election victory ...
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Scotland’s spring of discontent
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Why SNP's national integrated ticketing system for public transport looks likely to end in total failure – Dr Richard Dixon
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Why SNP's national integrated ticketing system for public transport looks ...
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Chris Deerin: What is the SNP getting out of coalition deal with Greens?: It feels more than a little ironic that it is the Greens who are now considering an ...
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Chris Deerin: What is the SNP getting out of coalition deal with Greens?
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Scotsman Letters: Speedier action needed to ban wet wipes: It's good that the sale and supply of wet wipes containing plastic will be banned by legislation being ...
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Scotsman Letters: Speedier action needed to ban wet wipes
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Ditching SNP-Green deal could smooth path for A96 dualling, says SNP councillor: A Moray SNP councillor has suggested the case for fully dualling the A96 is ...
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Ditching SNP-Green deal could smooth path for A96 dualling ...
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The SNP cannot be saved, but indy can still be salvaged: We’re watching the final act of the current iteration of Scottish nationalism. It’s a pitiful spectacle ...
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The SNP cannot be saved, but indy can still be salvaged
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McAllan admits ‘taking cars off road tomorrow’ would have kept climate target intact
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McAllan admits ‘taking cars off road tomorrow’ would have kept climate ...
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Welsh government makes U-turn on decision to lower speed limits amid fierce public opposition
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Welsh government makes U-turn on decision to lower speed limits amid ...
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UK government under fire for failing to help Scottish councils deal with ‘unprecedented pressures’ caused by asylum policy
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UK government under fire for failing to help Scottish councils deal with ...
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'Green ministers voting to drop 2030 target may hit brand': Scottish Greens will be weighing any potential damage to their party's brand and electoral fortunes - ...
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'Green ministers voting to drop 2030 target may hit brand'
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Alex Salmond’s long road to north-east 2026, as Alba prepares for election run: Candidates including Neale Hanvey in Fife are being lined up for contests in SNP ...
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Alex Salmond’s long road to north-east 2026, as Alba prepares for election ...
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SNP look to Humza Yousaf succession after worst week: A succession plan is being discussed among politicians in the SNP as to the way forward if the party loses ...
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SNP look to Humza Yousaf succession after worst week
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General election 2024: Scottish Highland love story - what's behind popularity of Lib Dems in the north?
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General election 2024: Scottish Highland love story - what's behind ...
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Scottish independence: If Labour wants to save the Union, it needs to show the UK has a decent, progressive future – Joyce McMillan
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Scottish independence: If Labour wants to save the Union, it needs to show ...
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Humza Yousaf tells independence rally in Glasgow ‘last 48 hours have been tough’ amid Murrell charge
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Humza Yousaf tells independence rally in Glasgow ‘last 48 hours have been ...
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Ministers to change juryless trial pilot plan after SNP revolt threat: Humza Yousaf's government is to planning to press ahead with controversial pilot for ...
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Ministers to change juryless trial pilot plan after SNP revolt threat
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Contempt of Court, Peter Murrell and how the law applies: Police Scotland and Scotland's Crown Office have both issued warnings related to Peter Murrell's arrest ...
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Contempt of Court, Peter Murrell and how the law applies
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Humza Yousaf’s struggle for a narrative goes on: Nicola Sturgeon’s legacy is quickly falling apart. Her arrest (without charge) during the investigation into the ...
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Humza Yousaf’s struggle for a narrative goes on
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Climate change: Scotland scraps 2030 legal climate target, but sets out policy proposals
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Climate change: Scotland scraps 2030 legal climate target ...
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How did my MP vote on the smoking ban? Full list of MPs who rebelled against Rishi Sunak
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How did my MP vote on the smoking ban? Full list of MPs who rebelled ...
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Tories demand NHS answers over puberty blockers as SNP under pressure over Cass review
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Tories demand NHS answers over puberty blockers as SNP under pressure over ...
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Operation Branchform: SNP probe fears amid force 'turmoil': A complainer in the Operation Branchform investigation has raised concerns over whether the probe ...
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Operation Branchform: SNP probe fears amid force 'turmoil'