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Scots voted in their first MSPs on May 6, 1999 – and the man expected to become the new first minister was one of them.

In today's letters, our readers discuss renewable energy's effect on environment, capercaillie risk of extinction and the clock change.

Prof Sir John Curtice on what the polls tell us about the race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon.

Charles faces challenge to convert outpouring of affection for his mother into enduring support for the institution

The feud between Sturgeon and Salmond could derail Scottish independence Damage inflicted by the former first minister on his protege could have serious consequences in May’s Holyrood elections Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 16:59 Martin Kettle GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond (L) and Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon present the White Paper for...

Damage inflicted by the former first minister on his protege could have serious consequences in May’s Holyrood elections, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle<br>

Few spectacles are more horribly watchable than a political feud. From Caesar and Pompey in the ancient world to Gordon Brown versus Tony Blair in the modern one, feuds are riveting and often barely believable in their intensity. During the Napoleonic wars, a pair of cabinet ministers even found time to fight a duel, in which the foreign secretary George Canning was shot in the thigh by the war minister Viscount Castlereagh. The feud between...