Scottish National Party

Keir Starmer enters Downing Street as UK prime minister after historic victory

New leader names Rachel Reeves as Britain’s first female chancellor of the exchequer

Tories warn of Labour landslide in final day of UK election campaigning

Comments by ally of Rishi Sunak come as Sun newspaper tells readers to back Keir Starmer on Thursday

Rishi Sunak stuns Westminster by calling snap election for July 4th

British prime minister’s Conservative Party widely expected to lose to opposition Keir Starmer’s Labour after 14 years in power

Bambie Thug impresses the scholars with Ogham messaging

Ireland’s Eurovision entrant gets top marks for using ancient alphabet correctly

Kate Forbes appointed deputy first minister as SNP leader John Swinney appoints Scottish cabinet

Forbes had challenged Humza Yousaf for the SNP leadership last year but opted not to stand against Swinney

Scotland’s new first minister promises to reach out to opposition

John Swinney’s erstwhile SNP leadership rival Kate Forbes is expected to be brought back into the cabinet

John Swinney confirmed as new leader of the SNP and likely first minister

Mr Swinney will now face a vote at Holyrood, where it is likely he will become the Scottish parliament’s nominated candidate to be the country’s seventh first minister

A week of high drama in Scottish politics ends with the SNP’s disparate camps joining forces

John Swinney looks set to be crowned leader of the SNP and of Scotland, as Kate Forbes bides her time

SNP’s ‘dream team’ unites as Kate Forbes pulls out of leadership race and backs John Swinney

SNP veteran Swinney promises to bring his erstwhile young rival back into the heart of Scotland’s government

Humza Yousaf tried to appear strong, but ended up looking weak

Scotland’s outgoing first minister, who announced on Monday he would quit, lacked political guile, his rivals say

Humza Yousaf to resign as Scotland’s first minister

SNP leader’s decision comes ahead of two no-confidence votes after he ended power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens

Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf will try to repair rift with Greens to save his job

Angry Scottish Greens threatening to back no-confidence motion in the SNP leader after he ended governing partnership with Green Party

Yousaf faces no-confidence vote as SNP’s powersharing deal with Greens collapses

First minister says SNP would govern ‘on our policy terms’ after ending power-sharing arrangement with Greens

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband charged with embezzlement of SNP funds

Peter Murrell was re-arrested on Thursday morning in political finance investigation

SNP leader looks to Republic in bid to free Scotland from Britain’s flagging economy

Humza Yousaf suggests an independent Scotland could be as much a competitor as potential partner for the Republic

UK Commons speaker fighting against attempts to remove him from role after no confidence motion

Lindsay Hoyle changed parliamentary procedure to allow Labour amendment on Gaza debate, sidelining SNP’s original motion

Humza Yousaf faces questions over his political judgment in ministerial iPad affair

Scotland’s health minister Michael Matheson suddenly quit this week, three months after it emerged an £11,000 holiday roaming charge had been racked up on his taxpayer-funded iPad

Humza Yousaf on Gaza, Scottish independence and talking to Labour about the next government

The SNP leader and Scotland’s first minister says he has chosen sides in the Gaza war and that side is ‘humanity’

Starmer allies play down Labour rebellion over Gaza vote

Labour leader loses ten front benchers who voted for Scottish National Party ceasefire motion

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