Iain Macwhirter

There is no upside to pushing the UK back into Europe's arms. In 1982, the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sent a naval task force

Unless John Swinney chooses to live dangerously and run a minority administration like Salmond in 2007, we’re in for a repeat of the coalition of chaos

Coddling immigrant criminals comes at a cost.

But for the time being, John Swinney has first of all to decide how to secure a stable, day-to-day administration in the Scottish parliament.

Last month, First Minister John Swinney declared that if the Scottish National Party won an overall majority in the Holyrood elections, this would constitute a mandate for an independence referendum. Yesterday the SNP won 58 seats, seven short of an absolute majority. Swinney’s target was always a long shot, given the additional member system of [...]Read More...

Holyrood's future looking more secure after six hours of vote counting.

Time is running short for the embattled prime minister. Last week, in one of its worst-ever local election results, Labour lost 1,400 seats

The Nationalists should revisit their famous 1970s slogan to demand an end to Miliband’s drilling ban at the forthcoming Aberdeen South by-election

Some of those demonstrating for independence on Tuesday will take Swinney literally when he claims that democracy is being denied by Westminster

Ex-first minister was cleared by police but the public see her as complicit in Peter Murrell’s crimes; only an independent inquiry can clear the stench of corruption