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Keep Calm but Start Boozing: Why UK’s mixed messaging is so dangerous

BORIS Johnson has urged everybody to be sensible and not…

Vapid sloganeering and faux indignation won’t help the Scottish Tories

IN a rare example of the Scottish Conservative Party complaining…

Why Keir Starmer’s PMQs performances are Boris Johnson’s worst nightmare

IT might be because there isn’t much to do at the moment. Or…

Now we know why Dominic Cummings is seen as a strategic genius

NOW we understand why Dominic Cummings has a reputation for…

Boris Johnson is not a leader – he is simply a coward

OF all the things the UK Government should be worried about…

Kirsty Strickland: Here's where police should be checking for lockdown flouters

There seems to be growing desperation to find evidence that…

The First Minister has completely outshone the Tories during this crisis

BEING told that restrictions on our freedoms will continue for a…

Kirsty Strickland: We’re all in this together ... virtuous snooping doesn’t help

AS we head into Easter weekend, politicians have been keen to…

FMQs Sketch: Leaders dial down the animosity at virtual session

IN these dark and uncertain times, we look for small moments of…

How I figured out the key to home-schooling a week into lock down

FROM the moment your first child arrives into the world,…

Kirsty Strickland: We’re all in this together – this is time for selflessness

I WAS reluctant to write about the coronavirus crisis. The dread…

Kirsty Strickland: Sexism and egotism were at play in criticism of FM’s briefing

PIERS Morgan was furious. James Cleverly said it was…

FMQs sketch: Carlaw's dig at parliamentary sketch writers broke my heart

DURING this period of national crisis, I’ve been conscious of…

Shut the Commons because of the coronavirus? We should consider it

ON the day we learned that UK Government health minister Nadine…

FMQs Sketch: A grown-up show of leadership from Carlaw and Sturgeon

CONTINGENCY plans are being put in place to mitigate the…

Why it’s nonsense to say that Patel bullying claims are rooted in sexism

OF all the big political moments of 2014 that are easily recalled…

SNP MSP’s decision to quit should spark a rethink at Holyrood

WHEN a cross-party group of MSPs, including Jamie Greene and Alex…

FMQs sketch: Willie Rennie outdoes himself with pointless attack on SNP

I’D like to apologise to readers, as well as the dozens of…

Jackson Carlaw’s leadership afterglow may soon lose its shine …

THERE was something different about FMQs yesterday. Initially, I…

Kirsty Strickland: The press want access to our PM... who would have thought it!

LET he who has never accepted a luxury winter holiday worth…

Nicola Sturgeon has shown leadership over Derek Mackay quitting

THERE was a sombre mood across the chamber as FMQs got under way…

Kirsty Strickland: The FM’s speech was anything but cautious

I’VE often described Nicola Sturgeon as a cautious politician.…

FMQs Sketch: At least somebody enjoyed First Minister's Questions today...

IF you thought the debate over whether to keep the EU flag flying…

FMQs Sketch: First Minister clashed with Carlaw over SNP record on policing

"Water pouring in through ceilings and windows, mushrooms growing…

Kirsty Strickland: Make 10 minutes for a test that saves women’s lives

THERE are many things I’d prefer to be doing on a Tuesday…

FMQs Sketch: Jackson Carlaw's bravado and bluster disappears

JACKSON Carlaw kicked off his leadership campaign this week with…

FMQs sketch: Climate protesters outperform the opposition

ON the first day back after the Christmas recess, it wasn’t…

Kirsty Strickland: Wish me luck! I’ve applied for a job with Dominic Cummings

DOMINIC Cummings is the chief special advisor to the Prime…

A new year makes anything feel possible – maybe even a Section 30 order

TODAY is Saturday, in case this odd period between Christmas and…

Kirsty Strickland: Don’t get angry, get even – indy is ours if we keep cool

I DON’T know about you, but I still haven’t recovered from…

FMQs Sketch: Indyref2 tops Santa’s wish list for Christmas yet to come

IT was the first First Minister’s Questions since the election…

Kirsty Strickland: Off air at the BBC, Unionists admit that the game’s a bogey

WHERE were you when saw the final – fatal – crack form in the…

Last-gasp Tory bid as Carlaw digs the dirt on FM's 'conversations' with Corbyn

ELECTION eve is usually a time for last-minute campaigning,…

Kirsty Strickland: Women must be protected from normalisation of violent sex

SOMETIMES you read a statistic so shocking that you are forced to…

FMQs Sketch: Opposition leaders have been taking tips from Andrew Neil

MAYBE there’s something in the water, or maybe the General…

The Bullshit Election of lies, damn lies and Tory statistics

DID you feel it? Late on Thursday evening, there were reports of…

Kirsty Strickland: MSPs doing their day jobs is great ... unless you’re me!

THERE was palpable glee among Scottish Conservatives when Nicola…

Vile and uncaring... Prince Andrew can’t hide from our revulsion

IT was the complete lack of empathy that was perhaps the most…

Corbyn’s contrary views on indyref2 prove his lack of understanding on Scotland

IT takes three Labour politicians to change a lightbulb.

FMQs Sketch: Tories aren't wasting their anger on trivial things like 'poverty'

ANOTHER day, another ding-dong about independence. Or, to be…

Unionist party election campaigns could not be off to a worse start

WE are mere days into the General Election campaign and things…

FMQs Sketch: Christmas festivities have come too early to the Holyrood chamber

With the House of Commons chamber lying empty and mercifully…

These are the things that should be off-limits in politics

RUTH Davidson’s week started and ended with a PR disaster. Her…

FMQs Sketch: Halloween ghouls of the past get fired up at Holyrood

HALLOWEEN on Thursday brought with it the arrival of the gruesome…

The grand delusion – Jo Swinson will not fool Scots on indyref2

ALL eyes will be on Westminster today as we wait to see if the…

When it comes to spending public money, Boris Johnson is a prime mover

IT must be hard to be a Tory. Socially. Romantically.…

Kirsty Strickland: Provost’s big spending was within rules ... that isn't enough

ELEVEN coats, 20 nail treatments, 23 pairs of shoes and 14…

Could lust for Boris Johnson be behind Carlaw’s conversion?

WE know what autumn is meant to be about. It’s a meandering…

FMQs sketch: How Carlaw turns missing the point into an artform

GIVEN the masochistic urges of the Scottish Conservatives to gift…

Just what is it about Sturgeon that Boris finds so intimidating?

BEHIND every great man is a great woman. And behind every shit…