Chris Musson

SOMETIMES it’s difficult to work out if politicians are more bothered about the national interest or social media adulation. The election of Donald Trump has exposed this again. Because what is it …

LOOKING down from the summit of Monte Calamorro and tracing the Costa Del Sol to the west, we could just about make out the hillside which was our luxury home for the week. We were at an altitude o…

HEALTH Secretary and Aberdeen supporter Neil Gray has admitted it looked like he’d “acted more as a fan and less as a minister” by taking his government limo to four Dons match freebies. The SNP bi…

YOU may have noticed, but politics in Scotland has become a bit blokey again. We have John Swinney, Russell Findlay, Anas Sarwar and Alex Cole-Hamilton as Holyrood leaders. Down south, there’s Keir…

SCOTTISH Green chiefs were accused of warped priorities for warning they would not back the SNP’s Budget if the Nats ditch spending on independence preparations. Scotland’s eco party said keeping t…

PLANS to include under-18s in controversial assisted dying laws could be scrapped. The change is understood to be on the table in a bid to win round sceptics like John Swinney. The…

PUBLIC satisfaction with Scotland’s schools dipped in the past year and is at a record low, it emerged today. Levels of contentment among all Scots households are at 69 per cent, and fell five poin…

THE SNP chief who aims to double-job as an MP and MSP previously claimed it wasn’t “practically possible” to even be a local councillor at the same time as being in Westminster. T…

ALMOST 400 more short-term prisoners are set to be released from February under SNP ministers’ latest move to tackle overcrowded prisons, it emerged today The Scottish Sun revealed last week how an…

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has backtracked on his plans to stand as both an MP and an MSP. Commenting on his decision not to seek a dual mandate, Stephen Flynn MP said: “Hands up, I’ve go…