The farmer who has become a focal point for Scottish land reform
When Andrew Stoddart broke down as he was asked about the effect all this is having on his young family, the reality of unsafe leases to farmers in Scotland was painful and direct.
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When Andrew Stoddart broke down as he was asked about the effect all this is having on his young family, the reality of unsafe leases to farmers in Scotland was painful and direct.
Nicola Sturgeon used her leader’s speech to make a very personal plea to Scotland’s voters to trust her with running the Scottish government.
Nicola Sturgeon tried to put the second referendum issue to one side this morning so her conference would focus on the Holyrood elections. But she didn’t put the issue in the long grass … you can distinctly see it still popping up above the vegetation. The SNP leader and First Minister told her party that…
The SNP promised radical reform of land ownership in Scotland, a country where fewer than 500 people own more than half of all private land.
Last night’s acrimonious PLP meeting happened over a policy position where they nearly all agree. Labour has much bigger divisions coming down the track.
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The government is prepared to take military action in Syria if it can win a majority in the Commons, but with the Labour leadership frontrunner and SNP sceptical, victory is not assured.
Bloated and undemocratic, the current House of Lords is a nonsense. It’s time for a re-think.
There is a genuine sense that some of those supporting Jeremy Corbyn are invigorated by the sense of a genuine alternative to the broad consensus among the major parties.
Labour may be the victim of entrism – infiltration by members and supporters of other parties – but it’s only a very small explanation of Jeremy Corbyn’s extraordinary success.
Alex Salmond says that it is ‘inevitable’ that Scotland will have another referendum, but what could actually spur another vote on the country’s future in the UK?
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has written to David Cameron asking for assurances that MSPs’ communication has not been intercepted by the intelligence agencies.