Analysis: What on Earth Happened to the SNP?
Adam Ramsay
Amid huge gains for Labour and breakthroughs for the Greens and pro-Gaza independents, the SNP crashed hard on Thursday night. Adam Ramsay lays out the many reasons why.
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Analysis: The SNP Finally Has an Election Pitch. Is It Too Late?
Adam Ramsay
SNP leader John Swinney promised 'the most leftwing' manifesto of the major parties. Adam Ramsay weighs it up.
Opinion: In Scotland, There’s No Excuse to Vote for Genocide
Adam Ramsay
‘Every appearance by an official Israeli representative in Scotland is like a visit to enemy territory,’ an Israeli official told Haaretz in 2012. Good, writes Adam Ramsay.
Opinion: Scotland Needs an Industrial Strategy
Adam Ramsay
For too long, the Scottish government has been timid about setting a clear economic direction. With the SNP plunging in the polls, any hope of its renewal lies across the road to economic transformation, writes Adam Ramsay.
Opinion: What Led to Humza Yousaf’s Incredible Self-Own?
Adam Ramsay
The first minister collapsed his own premiership. But beneath the SNP's manoeuvring, its existential threat is conflict aversion. Adam Ramsay writes.
Opinion: After Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP’s Lack of Political Vision Is Total
Jonathon Shafi
Humza Yousaf just missed a big chance to carve out a distinctive political identity and caved to the corporate lobby, argues Jonathon Shafi.
Opinion: Labour or the SNP? It’s Not Much of a Choice for Working Class Scots
Jonathon Shafi
Scotland deserves better than a rightwing Labour party committed to a two-child benefit cap or a neoliberal SNP without a real independence strategy, argues Jonathon Shafi.
Opinion: Humza Yousaf is Playing a Dangerous Game
Jonathon Shafi
In the wake of Nicola Sturgeon’s arrest, Humza Yousaf has told his MSPs to stand by the former leader or quit the SNP. It could be a grave mistake, writes Jonathon Shafi.
Opinion: The SNP Must Choose: Scrap Nukes or Join Nato
Jonathon Shafi
An independent Scotland can’t join Nato at the same time as disarming Faslane, argues Jonathon Shafi.
Opinion: Who’s to Blame for Deep Poverty in Scotland?
Jonathon Shafi
New research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows a stark rise in levels of deep poverty in Scotland. Yet the problem isn’t only to be found in Westminster, argues Jonathon Shafi.
Opinion: There’s No Coming Back From the SNP Crisis
Jonathon Shafi
For the SNP, a period of unrivalled political power, organic internal discipline and the semblance of a united forward march to independence is over, argues Jonathon Shafi.
Opinion: Nicola Sturgeon’s Legacy: Cuts, Privatisation and a Party in Chaos
Jonathon Shafi
The outgoing Scottish First Minister leaves her country and party facing an uncertain future, writes Jonathon Shafi.
Analysis: What Now For Scotland?
Jonathon Shafi
In Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon's departure was expected - but not this soon. As the shockwaves settle, the SNP must rapidly recalibrate or face terminal decline, argues Jonathon Shafi.
Analysis: The SNP Have Joined Forces With The Tories To Create ‘Green’ Scottish Tax Havens
Jonathon Shafi
The establishment of two new deregulated ‘freeports’ in Scotland is a rare example of agreement between Holyrood and Westminster – at the expense of workers’ rights.
Analysis: 2023 Will Be Make Or Break For The Scottish Independence Movement
Jonathon Shafi
It’s official: there will be no Scottish independence without the UK’s say-so. The judgement has forced Scottish politics out of its stupor – but perhaps also into a crisis, writes columnist Jonathon Shafi.
Analysis: Westminster May Have Given Up On Trans Rights But Scotland Hasn’t
Emily Tolano
Scotland is defying Tory transphobia to push ambitious legislation that will make trans lives easier.
Report: Are Rent Controls Coming to the UK?
Rivkah Brown
40 years since Thatcher scrapped them, rent controls are back on the political agenda. Rivkah Brown reports.
Analysis: Westminster Is Holding Scotland’s Drug Policy Hostage And It’s Killing People
Andre Gomes
Scotland has the highest rate of drug deaths in Europe. But new Conservative plans will only punish users – with deadly results, writes Andre Gomes.