Gary Gibbon
Nicola Sturgeon: border checks ‘lack all credibility’
Nicola Sturgeon feels that Theresa May has gifted her a priceless argument for the second Scottish independence referendum whenever it comes.
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27m
Would Labour election win kill or save Scottish independence?
Could this election kill the independence cause in Scotland or actually bring it back to life? Krishnan Guru-Murthy discusses manifestos and independence with the SNP’s former Deputy Westminster Leader Mhairi Black, Scottish Labour’s Pam Duncan-Glancy, and Scottish Conservative’s Craig Hoy.
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6m
General election in Scotland: crime writer Val McDermid and Barney Crockett debate
Election issues are debated by one of Scotland’s most eminent cultural figures, the crime writer and independence campaigner Val McDermid, and the new Lord Provost of Aberdeen, Barney Crockett, who’s also the former Labour leader of Aberdeen City Council and opposes independence.
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4m
Scottish campaign: Brexit and Westminster balance dominate
We are focusing on the final hours of a Scottish campaign that is far more about Brexit, and potentially affecting the balance at Westminster, than about independence, although that remains in many voters’ minds. I’ve been taking the temperature in the granite city of Aberdeen.
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4m
Tory conference: indyref2 and election expenses
In Cardiff, there’s been no sign of compromise from Theresa May, as she told Conservatives a second Scottish referendum would be “bad for us all”.
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8m
Scottish independence referendum take 2?
Theresa May hit back at Nicola Sturgeon and told her that another referendum on Scottish independence was off the cards…indefinitely. The SNP called it a democratic outrage! May v Sturgeon: the gloves are off but what next?
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
David Cameron will be remembered for gambling and losing
David Cameron’s last Prime Minister’s Questions showed him at his best. It was astute, witty and self-deprecating. But history will cast it aside.
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Gary Gibbon
EU – Gordon Brown deployed to reach the unreachables
It’s hoped by Remain campaigners that Gordon Brown can reach some of the voters that Jeremy Corbyn struggles to reach.
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Gary Gibbon
SNP works out where ‘centre of Scottish political opinion truly is’
Demanding powers and then not using them is one of the central stories at the heart of this campaign.
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Gary Gibbon
Brexit and Scottish independence
Isn’t there a strong chance that Brexit leads to Scottish independence? How can a self-respecting unionist risk that?
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FactCheck Q&A: English votes for English laws?
The Conservatives are promising an “English rate of income tax” voted for by English MPs. But what does the small print say?
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Paul Mason
SNP: a path to fiscal autonomy, but do the sums add up?
What Scots will do if the mandate contained in the SNP manifesto is first delivered then ignored will determine whether the UK survives as a political entity.
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Gary Gibbon
Scotland: could tactical voting dent SNP’s election prospects?
Our YouGov poll adds to Labour’s gloom in Scotland with one tiny qualification. There’s a chance the headline figures for MPs elected are a bit better (or less awful) than it might seem.
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Gary Gibbon
Nicola Sturgeon: for many Scots, the SNP leader can do no wrong
Nicola Sturgeon has arrived in the top job with perfect timing and it would seem, for many Scots, perfect casting.
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Gary Gibbon
SNP holding on to yes vote
The SNP is now sitting on – allowing for a bit of churning – pretty much all the Labour supporters who backed independence.