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John Purvis, politician and banker whose childhood experiences convinced him a united Europe would lead to security and prosperity

BORIS Johnson’s continued clinging on to his positions as Prime Minister and leader of the Tory Party is an undignified mess; a new ethical low…

MSPs will be offered the chance to trial software to automatically flag threatening social media messages to police as part of improved security…

IN my career, the next big move will be retirement. I’m on the way out. In university, we sometimes talk about our students being “digital…

UNTIL this week, I did

THE Scottish Tory electoral machine has become rather well oiled over the last half decade-or-so. The party’s result in the Scottish Parliament…

Scottish Election 2021: How has the parliament changed since 1999? © DCT Media Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Six Scottish parliamentary elections have now been held since the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. In the past two elections, the SNP has fallen just short of the 65 seats needed for a majority – after winning 69 in the 2011 election. Prior to this, a coalition between Labour and the Liber...

Updated: May 9, 2021, 9:52 pm © DCT Media Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Six Scottish parliamentary elections have now been held since the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. In the past two elections, the SNP has fallen just short of the 65 seats needed for a majority – after winning 69 in the 2011 election. Prior to this, a coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats made up the government. ...

THE all purpose alibi in Westminster’s serial lobbying scandals is that “no rules were broken.” Which only underlines how hopelessly inadequate these rules must have been. Even the reliably blunt Lord Pickles, who gained plaudits for telling a committee last week that he could detect no particular boundaries between seconded civil servants and the private sector, turns out to be president of a forum to improve liaison between business and the Tory party. One which openly flags up its re...

Douglas Ross challenges other opposition leaders to back no confidence votes in Sturgeon and Swinney Mr Ross argued Holyroods "stagnant and feeble" procedures means the votes are the only way the opposition can "confront" them. 8 March 2021 • 2:48pm Douglas Ross has challenged the other opposition party leaders to back no confidence votes in Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney Credit: Stuart Nicol The Scottish Tory leader has challenged Holyroods other opposition parties to show the courage to ...