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WHAT started as a good week in the battle against coronavirus in Scotland has ended with very encouraging news. For the second day in a row…

THE former foreign editor of the Times has been praised by the SNP for switching from No to Yes.

In a comprehensive 61-page judgement, Lady Carmichael summed up the case made by both sides. The UK Government argued that “the pursuer (Keatings) lacks standing, that the action is hypothetical and premature, that the action is incompetent, and that it would, for a variety of reasons, be wrong as a matter of constitutional law for the court to grant the declarator the pursuer seek". Keatings’ lawyers said: "He is a campaigner for Scottish independence. He pleads that as a campaigner,...

BORIS Johnson is the “voice of the majority of the Scottish people,” Downing Street has claimed. The bizarre comment from the Prime Minister’s official spokesperson came as more questions were asked over the ousting of Luke Graham, the former Scottish Tory MP in charge of the No 10 Union Unit. It emerged last night that he was being replaced by Vote Leave chief and Dominic Cummings’s protege, Oliver Lewis. Known as Sonic, the aide is set to take control of Downing Street’s cam...

PREMIUM Bias? Ross: It just seems like the BBC trots out SNP lines rather than impartial, unbiased lines DOUGLAS Ross has accused the BBC of showing bias and a lack of impartiality, saying concerns are growing about how the broadcaster in Scotland “trots out” SNP lines. In an exclusive interview with The Herald, the Scottish Conservative leader said he would be complaining to BBC chiefs about how, in the run-up to May’s Holyrood poll, the Nationalists were gaining an unfair political ...

This report by two London-based PhD students uses wonky methodology and claims to forecast 30 years in the future

Updated Boris Johnson has repeatedly insisted that Scots dont want a new vote on independence, despite 20 polls in a row putting Yes in the lead BORIS Johnson is the “voice of the majority of the Scottish people” who rejected independence, Downing Street has claimed. The comments came amid turmoil in the No 10 Union unit, with the groups only Scot, former Ochil and South Perthshire MP Luke Graham, ousted from his leadership role after a "brutal" dispute over indyref2. The Prime Mi...

EVEN the most cursory glance at Twitter right now is enough to make any Scot desirous of independence shudder. I’m not talking about attacks from the Unionist cabal, if only it were that simple. Any pile on and criticism from such quarters are par for the political course, and anyway such Unionist arguments against Scottish independence have an increasingly hollow ring to them right now and they know it. No, the Unionist fraternity are not those that worry me most at the moment though the...

Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Boris Johnson has appointed Dominic Cummings’ protege to head up Number 10’s “union unit”, prompting accusations the prime minister is “completely clueless about Scotland”. Oliver Lewis, who was a key member of Vote Leave, has taken over from former Ochil and South Perthshire MP Luke Graham, who was ousted this week after a bitter row over strategy. The decision to remo...

A report from the London School of Economics claimed that independence could cost Scots £2,800 a year THE report from the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance makes it clear that there is no sensible case for Scottish independence, or at least no realistic economic case ("Independence could leave Scots £2,800 a year worse off, claims report", The Herald, February 3). This report is just the latest in a series, including the SNPs own Inclusive Growth Report, showing ...