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Why in an era of strikes is union membership falling?

This is why union membership in the UK is falling

Deputy First Minister Shona Robison MSP arriving at Bute House, Edinburgh

There is only one answer to the budget crisis that Scotland faces

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Phillip Schofield arriving at St Michael's church, Heckfield in Hampshire, for the wedding of Anthony McPartlin to Anne-Marie Corbett. Ant is one half of the entertainment duo Ant and Dec. Picture date: Saturday August 7, 2021..

COMMENT Phillip Schofield scandal is fast turning into a crisis for ITV

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Yet more Brexit complexity is weighing down the UK's food sector

COMMENT 'Not for EU' labelling yet another blight of Brexit Britain

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Demanding transgender people defend their existence doesn't make for a balanced debate, writes Steph Paton

COMMENT Channel 4's latest foray into culture war will harm trans people

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Yes Cymru supporters in Cardiff in 2019

COMMENT Let an independent Wales show the way for Scotland's future

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Do the Tories really think halting Scotland's democracy shows the strength of the Union?

Deposit Return Scheme row reveals the true nature of UK’s power grab

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Boris Johnson will try to wriggle away from the consequences of his wrongdoing, writes Stuart Cosgrove

COMMENT The latest Boris Johnson allegations show Tory double standards on display once more

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Conservatives are blaming everyone else for the mess they created, writes Andrew Tickell

COMMENT The British establishment is on the attack – against all the wrong targets

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Is an Independence Convention really what the SNP needs, asks Ruth Wishart

COMMENT Yes supporters desperately need to see conviction - not a convention

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Three F words sum up the political situation we face in the UK

COMMENT Three F words sum up the political situation we face in the UK

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How is Yes support withstanding the turmoil within the SNP, asks Mike Small

EXCLUSIVE Support for independence is rising despite the SNP’s issues. What’s going on?

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File photograph of a food bank

COMMENT Anum Qaisar: Even our food banks are getting too skint to stay open

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A photograph and flowers left at Tina Turner's Swiss villa after her death this week

COMMENT Tina Turner, the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, will inspire us forever

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt must get on top of food inflation and stagnating wages, says Mhairi Black

COMMENT Scotland continues to bleed as we try to plaster over Tory-inflicted wounds

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Iain Livingstone, the retiring chief constable of Police Scotland, has said his force is 'institutionally racist'

COMMENT 'Woke' will be the foundation of an independent Scotland

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Margaret Ferrier clings on for now - but how long does Boris Johnson have?

COMMENT Margaret Ferrier clings on to her seat by a hair - but will Boris Johnson?

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Glass bottles and drinks cans lying discarded in a lane in Glasgow city centre. The deposit return scheme (DRS) is due to go live in March next year.

Glass exclusion from deposit return scheme is attack on 'environment and democracy'

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Toni Giugliano is this week's guest on Holyrood Weekly, The National's podcast

PODCAST Independence 'off the agenda' if SNP lose General Election, warns policy convener

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A man attaches his SNP rosette to his suit jacket on his way to vote

Joanna Cherry: I am convinced it’s the SNP that Scots will vote for

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Trams will bring new life to a passionate community

'Leith’s soul is literally singing': Trams will bring life to the community

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Glasgow independence march in 2019

comment Rather than dismiss independence marches, we must make mass events welcoming

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Handout photo issued by UK Parliament of the Leader of the Labour

Maggie Chapman: The racist fear machine is running into overdrive

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Prime Minister and leader of New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses supporters at the headquarters of his party in Athens

COMMENT Right-wing victory in Greece proves populism is here to stay

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It's time for Humza Yousaf to get off the ropes and lean in to independence campaigning, writes Lesley Riddoch

COMMENT The SNP have a gun to their heads – they must act fast to stop it from firing

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Ukrainian tankers ride along the road towards their positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine

COMMENT Ukrainian guessing game has Russia seriously rattled

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Some polls suggest that Anas Sarwar’s party could make big electoral gains

ANALYSIS Mark McGeoghegan: Here's what Yessers can learn from two different polls

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Support for Yes remains high despite SNP scandals, writes the Wee Ginger Dug

REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS Wee Ginger Dug: Yes support emerges largely undented by SNP scandals

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Aamer Anwar believes the Scottish Government needs to rethink its plans for justice reform

COMMENT Aamer Anwar: Justice reform can only begin when we recognise the system fails women

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Scotland's politicians must understand that a National Care Service is worth fighting for, writes Kate Forbes

COMMENT Kate Forbes: Politicians can't be afraid to grasp the nettle on National Care Service

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Independence is vital if Scotland is to avoid the errors of Brexiteers like Jacob Rees-Mogg, writes Alyn Smith

COMMENT The EU bonfire has been doused - but danger still looms for Scotland

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Brexiteers play the blame game in a situation they caused, writes Assa Samake-Roman

You’d now think likes of Nigel Farage were Brexit bystanders, not the ones at helm

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Douglas Ross and his fellow Scottish Tory MPs voted to involve Scotland in the UK's 'draconian' anti-strike legislation

REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS Wee Ginger Dug: Tories drag Scotland into UK's 'draconian' anti-strike legislation

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Pete Wishart and John Swinney at an AUOB march in 2019

COMMENT Shona Craven: SNP figures should not contrive to miss marches

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I want to explain how, for example, me holding a surgery in a food bank is campaigning for independence.

COMMENT Karen Adam: Everything I do as an MSP relates back to independence

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Gerry Hassan: We must kickstart a new strategy for indy

COMMENT Gerry Hassan: We must kickstart a new strategy for indy

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Stanley, in the Falklands, was made a city in 2022 as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee

COMMENT Falklands have as much right to self-determination as Scotland does

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Home Secretary Suella Braverman has taken a hard-line stance to immigration

COMMENT Tories' Illegal Migration Bill will be a boon to organised crime gangs

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Britain's Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, leaves after attending a weekly meeting of Cabinet ministers at 10, Downing Street

comment Kirsty Strickland: Sunak risks speedy exit from No 10 if he acts on Suella Braverman

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Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister of Italy and Viktor Orban Prime Minister of Hungary attend the European Union Council Meeting on March 23, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. On the agenda

COMMENT NatCons have social-authoritarianism of Hungary and Italy - it's coming for Scotland

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Accommodation at Mount Pleasant Airport. Picture: Getty Images

comment What could the £60m preserving the UK colonial position in the Falklands pay for?

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Abstract image of AI robot automatically trading stock on behalf of investor

comment Steph Paton: We are underestimating the social dangers of artificial intelligence

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Science is telling us we must act now

We must act now if future generations are to enjoy our landscapes and wildlife

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Brian Cox plays Logan Roy in the award-winning show

How Scotland played a major role in the Succession phenomenon

Exceptional rains in a drought-struck region of northern Italy swelled rivers over their banks, killing at least eight people

comment As the world burns, the UK media points out alternatives to the Med for a holiday

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First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf meeting local people in Bellshill in North Lanarkshire ahead of a council by-election on June 15

comment Humza Yousaf: Our summer campaign will take a positive Yes message to all

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Domestic transport is the biggest source of emissions in Scotland

Scotland's Economy Economic rethink can set Scotland on the necessary right path

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Protester being arrested in central London

comment Stuart Cosgrove: The growing UK republican movement is now in the spotlight

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Collection of the proposed new Scottish Currency

comment Richard Murphy: The way to win independence? Removing people’s worries over money

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'Try telling the Slovenes that life would be so much better if they were still part of a bigger federation.'

LETTERS LibDem chief Alex Cole-Hamilton should take a look at Slovenia

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The Bank of England.

LETTERS Scotland’s people will become poorer as long as it remains UK colony

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Are Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak two sides of the same coin?

comment Owen Jones: Are Labour and the Tories really the same now?

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Bucharest, Romania

comment Michael Russell: Life is more full outside the Union – and so are the shops

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The Scottish Crannog Centre at Loch Tay will be reconstructed on the other side of the loch, with £2.3m of ScotGov investment.

COMMENT Pat Kane: Why construction of the past can help us to build a better future

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