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Alister Jack - and the Tories at large - simply don't want to listen to Scottish democracy

The REAL Scottish Politics: No mandate will ever be enough for Alister Jack
LIZ Truss has signalled an attempt at a political comeback with an extraordinary 4000 word whinge in the Telegraph newspaper on Sunday in which she blames the “left wing financial establishment” (Yes, you read that right) for her downfall.

A statue of John Witherspoon outside what is now Princeton University in New Jersey

COMMENT The controversial Scot who signed the America's Declaration of Independence

Magnus Hirschfeld’s trans clinic was ransacked by the Nazis and yet forgotten by history

COMMENT Steph Paton: We must fight against the UK's historical erasure of the marginalised

The plan for a de-facto election referendum has sparked dissent among Sturgeon loyalists

COMMENT George Kerevan: Fight for independence will charge on post-Nicola Sturgeon

Liz Truss blamed a 'left-wing economic establishment' for her downfall

COMMENT Kirsty Strickland: 4000 words from Liz Truss? Here’s what she says in just four

'Labour's priorities are crystal clear: bugger Scotland, we need to get Hartlepool back'

comment The REAL Scottish Politics: Starmer and Sunak speeches offer nothing to Scotland

This week's edition of Question Time took place in Glasgow

Kevin McKenna: Glasgow lives up to its billing as comedian’s graveyard

Shell announced record breaking profits this week

COMMENT Obscene profits and dodging windfal taxes – you can be sure of Shell

Antony Blinken said Washington's ties with Beijing is America's 'most complex relationship'

FOUR CORNERS David Pratt: China-US relations soured by balloon incident

Three years after Brexit, only Government ministers and British columnists are still rooting for it

COMMENT Britannia waives the rules – in a land shorn of Hope and Glory

Nicola Sturgeon 'got in a fankle' in an interview last week, writes Ruth Wishart

COMMENT Ruth Wishart: Government has allowed independence to slip down list of priorities

COMMENT There seems to be no proof good enough for the UK Government on indyref

Basement of a bank full of banknotes, at the time of the Mark devaluation, during the economic crisis, Weimar Republic (Germany), 1923.

COMMENT UK inflation pales before history's worst – but it’s still bad for the economy

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arriving at a Q&A session at Teesside University in Darlington

COMMENT Truth is the only way to tackle the corruption that poisons UK society

Activists from Greenpeace set up a mock-petrol station price board displaying the Shell's net profit for 2022

COMMENT Breathtaking profits of oil giants should spur us to action on sustainable energy

What is the source of rumours suggesting Nicola Sturgeon is set to resign ahead of the next General Election?

THE JOUKER Where did the rumour that Nicola Sturgeon is stepping down come from?

The third episode of The National's new podcast is now live and available to listen to on Spotify and Omny

Holyrood Weekly: Nadhim Zahawi, SNP manifesto row, strikes, Brexit and more

Josh Henderson was among the audience members on Question Time from Glasgow

COMMENT I was in the audience for Question Time – the atmosphere was poisonous

Put yourself in workers’ shoes and you may understand just how important they are

COMMENT Maggie Chapman: We’re forgetting just how essential our workers are

Time for Scotland should be commended for organising Tuesday’s rally – but the promise of a Constitutional Convention must be fulfilled

COMMENT Joanna Cherry: How do we turn platitudes and promises on rejoining EU into reality?

The BBC’S coverage of Scottish news and politics has largely failed to rise to the challenges of devolution

COMMENT Richard Walker: Report’s dismissal of BBC bias shows solution is as far away as ever

Douglas Ross is desperate to distract from what is happening at Westminster

COMMENT Douglas Ross indulges in Scottish Conservative gutter politics once again

Nicola Sturgeon was unimpressed by Anas Sarwar's unbudgeted demands that councils be given more money

FMQs SKETCH We don't need 16-year-old MSPs to improve the vibrancy of debate in Holyrood

Anti-Brexit campaigners take part in a torchlight procession to the Scottish Parliament on the third anniversary of Brexit on January 31, 2023 in Edinburgh

COMMENT Scotland needs freed from a stagnating UK to take its rightful place in Europe

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 31: Anti-Brexit campaigners take part in a torchlight procession to the Scottish Parliament on the third anniversary of Brexit on January 31, 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland. January 31 2023 marks the 3rd anniversary of Brexit

COMMENT EU rally shows the need for targeted and canny activism in Yes movement

Education workers rally in Westminster during a day of strikes across the UK on February 1, 2023

COMMENT It’s time to hold the UK Government to account in same style as the French

The BBC serves the 'nation' of Britain

COMMENT New report into BBC gets to heart of dilemma it faces

Hugh McMillan read poetry as the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty hosted a 'Scottish Culture Showcase'

COMMENT I read poetry for Rishi Sunak on Burns Night - here's what it was like

Today will see the single biggest action by trade unions such as Unite since 2011

COMMENT Why UK unions must take a lesson from the French and up the ante

Neale Hanvey’s bill will signpost the way towards a democratic future

COMMENT Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh: Time to fight for the golden thread of Scottish sovereignty

The SNP’s grip on Holyrood has been tightened by the lamentable absence of any meaningful opposition

COMMENT Kevin McKenna: Slavish devotion isn’t way to speak truth to powerful in Scotland

Treatment of our animals must reflect the values of an independent nation

comment Treatment of our animals must reflect the values of an independent nation

Democracy, Europe and independence all have to be more than distant abstract principles if Scotland is to realise its future as a European country

comment Gerry Hassan: Scotland still has a European future – but obstacles litter the route

Jordi Solé has served as an MEP for the Republican Left of Catalonia since 2017.

comment Jordi Solé MEP: The hope you will rejoin the EU is shared by a majority of colleagues

Europe for Scotland rallies took place across Europe after the Supreme Court verdict

COMMENT How two European citizens are strengthening the case for an independent Scotland

Isla Bryson, 31, formerly known as Adam Graham, from Clydebank

comment Shona Craven: Prison policy should not be made up on the hoof

François Alfonsi has been a Corsican nationalist since the 1970s and a French MEP from 2009 - 2014, re-elected in 2019.

Comment François Alfonsi MEP: We will be Scotland’s ally in European Parliament

Nadhim Zahawi was finally forced to resign

COMMENT The UK is governed by the Conservative dinner party

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to the media during a visit to Berrywood Hospital in Northampton. Picture date: Monday January 23, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Toby Melville/PA Wire

COMMENT Kirsty Strickland: There’s only one reason why Sunak finally did the right thing

The next General Election could be the beginning of Scotland's escape road

comment George Kerevan: The next General Election could be start of Scotland’s escape road

We need to talk about the British press

COMMENT Steph Paton: Common sense is used as a justification to maintain unjust structures

There is no need for government spending to be ‘burden’ on future generations

COMMENT There is no need for government spending to be ‘burden’ on future generations

UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea joins ambulance workers on the picket line outside Longley Ambulance Station

COMMENT Why are so many UK trade union leaders Scottish? Five factors stand out

A Glasgow Caledonian University group spearheaded campaigning efforts for change

COMMENT Andrew Tickell: Coverage is missing mark on anonymity ‘rights’ of sex crime victims

The Scottish Parliament passed the Hunting With Dogs (Scotland) Bill

COMMENT Kevin McKenna: Bill bemusement and a brick wall’s front-row seat

Stephen Noon says the SNP need to move on from being 'the 45'

EXCLUSIVE The SNP need to move on from the mindset of being ‘the 45’

The British state hangs by a thread

COMMENT The weak spot in the British state has been known for a long time

Stephen Flynn has shown how to turn up the heat on the Tories

COMMENT Stephen Flynn has set the tone for how to turn up heat on Conservatives

Suella Braverman confirmed last week she had ditched many of the recommendations made by those who examined the disgraceful Windrush debacle

COMMENT Ruth Wishart: Entitled Tory inequity is in clear view no matter where you turn

Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan star in The Banshees of Inisherin

COMMENT Mike Small: We must turn lens on ourselves as Irish talent steals the show at Oscars

The younger generations are drinking less alcohol than those that came before them

COMMENT Will next generation of Yes-backing, booze-shunning Scots herald a cultural shift?

Shoppers walk past a 'Powered By Levelling Up' sign put up by Rishi Sunak and his Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt

COMMENT The UK Government has proved it doesn’t give a damn about ‘levelling up’

NHS staff have been pushed to the limit as a 'perfect storm' of pressures puts the health service in crisis

COMMENT With the NHS in crisis, all private finance contracts must be terminated NOW

Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter is referenced by a piece of street art in Edinburgh

COMMENT Michael Russell: Being suspended from Twitter was like watching my own funeral