Chris Musson

WHAT is the Scottish National Party of 2026 actually for? What’s its mission? It should be two pronged. The first is pretty obvious if you’re the SNP: Independence. The second should be to make Sco…

THE evolution of John Swinney’s political persona over the past couple of years can be neatly charted with the aid of the Mister Men. Just over two years ago, the metaphorical minibus taking the SN…

PETER Murrell embezzled cash while staying with Nicola Sturgeon at a five-star island retreat, it emerged today. The SNP crook splashed out during one of THREE trips in the space of six months to t…

SNP and Green MSPs voted down a bid for a parly probe into the Natsfinances – despite warnings of “many” unanswered questions over thePeter Murrell scandal. The Nats and their pro…

POLICE Scotland is playing with fire due to the way it’s handled a highly charged incident which made waves around the world. Most readers will be aware of a viral social media clip of a 12-year-ol…

ALWAYS cheated, never defeated. John Swinney may not have explicitly said he was diddled in last week’s Aberdeen South by-election, but his sour grapes response to the SNP’s humbling by the Tories …

YES, he had to go – and should have gone sooner. But, no, of course, he wasn’t the worst Prime Minister in history. It may not be popular to say so, but I firmly believe Sir Keir Starmer is a decen…

TWO whistleblowers have said they were bullied by Nicola Sturgeon and SNP chiefs after sounding the alarm on her crooked hubby and the party’s fraud-hit finances Allison Graham and Cynthia Guthrie …

WE were promised a summer of football — but the last fortnight has felt more like a boot in the ballots. Even before Scotland’s painful World Cup exit, planet politics was doing its utmost to eclip…

JOHN Swinney faces demands to axe Scottish Government staff instead of frontline workers — after his civil service soared to record numbers. The First Minister was told to get his own “house in ord…