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SCOTLAND never looks more bonny than when she is decorated with glittering snow. The last year has been like an endless snow day anyway, but now we…

ONE wag has compared the Holyrood committee investigating the Salmond imbroglio to Handforth parish council, whose warring ways went viral recently.…

Share And she called for the Holyrood inquiry into the handling of harassment complaints to use special powers to compel Mr Salmond to attend. It comes after Nationalist MSPs on the inquiry committee grouped together to refuse to publish his written evidence –putting his appearance before the inquiry in jeopardy. Scottish Labours interim leader Jackie Baillie said: The First Minister cannot simply ignore the ministerial code. That would have deeply damaging consequences for the parliament, th...

The Yes movement’s increasingly fractious divisions threaten to alienate the moderate voters the SNP needs to win over. 

JOANNA Cherry has said some SNP members have engaged in "performative histrionics redolent of the Salem witch trials" in her sacking from…

NICOLA Sturgeon has urged the Holyrood inquiry into the Alex Salmond affair to compel the former First Minister to appear.

Nicola Sturgeon was put under pressure to say if she will resign if she is found to have misled parliament over the Alex Salmond affair.

Alex Salmond decided that there was little point in giving evidence to the Holyrood Harassment Inquiry yesterday, leaving an empty chair. He clearly thought that the chair could speak more eloquently than could under the circumstances. He may be right. The committee had refused to publish his submission of evidence (which had also gone to the parallel Hamilton Inquiry into whether or not Nicola Sturgeon broke the ministerial code). Now, every dog in the street knows what Mr Salmonds submiss...

Scotland's first minister says she will challenge "ridiculous conspiracy theories" when she faces an inquiry.

A kingdom of fragments The SNP is likely to win a resounding victory in the Scottish Parliament elections. How long can London hold off a second independence referendum?  The Holyrood election in May is the most significant in the more than 20-year history of devolution and among the most freighted democratic events of the nearly 314-year-old Union between Scotland and England. Current polls suggest the SNP will secure a majority, with a mandate for a second independence referendum, putting ...