LAST YEAR’S drug death toll was 1,133 – for the period from 1 January to 31st December 2025. That is
OUTRAGE IS SIMMERING around Labour-run Edinburgh City Council’s plans to introduce a 300 per cent council tax “premium” on second
ON SATURDAY The Times ran an interview with the Scottish Parliament’s new Presiding Officer, Kenny Gibson, under the headline: “I
I WAS IN PRIMARY SIX when my uncle Ian Davidson made me fall in love with politics. “You’re not messing
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THE UK MEDIA seem incredulous that the SNP, on the face of it at least, performed so strongly in yesterday’s
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