Iain Macwhirter

While politicians will try their utmost to prevent any negative consequences, from international experience we know that no legislation can be watertight

So here's a thing. Last week a prominent defence lawyer broke ranks and declared that the police investigation into alleged misuse of SNP party

It is hard to believe that I will no longer wake up on Monday mornings to the sound of Alex Salmond on the phone, either berating me for my latest offence against journalism or telling me what I should be saying about the latest political scandal. The former SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland

He famously said it wasn’t ‘Margaret Thatcher’s economic side’ that he disagreed with but her ‘social policies’

This is not the first time the idea of a Scottish visa has surfaced. It has long been canvassed for by the SNP.

The SNP has issued guidance to public bodies suggesting that they should record public identities under no fewer than 24 gender categories.

Carelessness, recklessness and conflicts of interest: the charges against the investigation into sexual harassment claims against the former leader matter

The new Tory leader is not afraid to intervene in Scottish affairs and is capable of getting it right even when the SNP get it wrong

Closing these two fields won’t advance net zero by a single day since we will still have to import oil and gas from abroad.

The government’s tax rises are likely to yield the square root of naff all — to bring in less money with more tax is the definition of fiscal incompetence