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letters Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, a man with no policies except the refusal to hold a second independence referendum YET another glossy leaflet from DRoss and the Baroness via Royal Mail this week, this time a threefold, poster-sized, full colour one. Where do they get the money for it? It was also cunningly designed so that, whichever side was up when it landed on the mat, the message was the same –How to stop another independence referendum. Included were cuttings from newspapers which in some cases, though not exactly untrue, conveyed a false impression, in particula...

As we continue to tackle the COVID pandemic, it is important to remember the climate emergency hasn’t gone away – far from it. That’s why on 6th May it must be Both Votes SNP to re-elect Nicola Sturgeon and an SNP government to secure a green recovery and a greener Scotland. The SNP in government will continue Scotland’s global leadership on climate action by continuing to invest millions every year in renewable energy and increasing progress towards becoming a net-zero nation. We already have the most ambitious legal framework for emissions reduction in the world – with tar...

FOR two weeks I have enjoyed the welcome respite of not having to put up with the invariably crabbit Ruth Davidson searching like a lurcher in the dark to get a smidgeon of the reflected limelight that surrounds the First Minister. If I’m honest, deep down I had suspicions ... well, really I kind of knew it was too good to last. Now I say help me and mine as it’s all gone diabasticle! Is it just that Ruth is back too soon or has she just never really been away? Media reports suggest that the pesky DRoss needs strategic reinforcement – some are even suggesting he is to be subbed. H...

© DC Thomson Leigh Wilson and Alastair Bews joined the Alba Party last month. Three north-east former SNP councillors have joined forces to form the Alba Party’s first local authority group. Aberdeenshire Council is the first authority in Scotland to have an official Alba Party group, consisting of former SNP members Leigh Wilson, Alastair Bews and Brian Topping. Mr Wilson and Mr Bews quit the SNP last year and shortly afterwards set up the Democratic Alliance group with Green councillors Paul Johnston and Martin Ford. They then joined Alba last month and claimed the move would “provide ...

SNP plans annual Citizens’ Assemblies if re-elected April 4, 2021, 1:38 pm The SNP depute leader said the first Citizens’ Assembly was proof politics can be done differently in Scotland (Jane Barlow/PA) The SNP will hold annual Citizens’ Assemblies if it is re-elected after May’s election, the party’s depute leader has said. One such group has already completed its work, with the original assembly made up of around 100 people designed to broadly represent Scotland at large. Future assemblies could look at assisted dying, council tax and the role of local authorities, the party has ...