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Nicola Sturgeon has said Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson had taken a 'wrecking ball' to the idea of the UK as a voluntary partnership of nations

Wee Ginger Dug: Unionist hypocrisy on indyref2 rule of law is off the charts
ON the eve of the First Minister's statement to Holyrood about the Scottish Government's intention to ensure that a second independence referendum is held next year with or without the permission of Boris Johnson, Nicola Sturgeon has warned UK party leaders that they are taking a "wrecking ball" to the idea of the United Kingdom as a voluntary partnership of nations.

Boris Johnson was endearing himself to his colleagues at the G7 summit

The Jouker Boris Johnson shows his maturity at G7 by asking to strip off

Protesters march against anti-abortion legislation

COMMENT Now is exactly the right time to stop anti-choice protests targeting Scottish clinics

Douglas Ross is far past being able to wave off the scandals of his UK party leader

COMMENT Kirsty Strickland: The Tory spin machine is buckling under the pressure

Some Scottish law firms are not taking on complex cases on legal aid due to a lack of resources

comment Scotland needs urgent investment in criminal defence to uphold human rights

Access to abortion in Scotland is not as progressive as it appears to be

Comment Scotland can't ignore threat highlighted by America's abortion ruling

An analysis of the potential next Tory leadership race gives Scots cause to believe we can seize the moment through mobilisation

comment Where will the ensuing Tory succession battle leave Scotland?

Kinloch Castle was once a site of much debauchery

COMMENT Kinloch Castle project could build on Rum's recent momentum

Could traditional taxis be replaced by an airborne offering? Well...

COMMENT Flying taxis set for lift off ... but we might miss red light

Yessers must overcome a tidal wave of pro-Unionist contrarians

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: Optimism can triumph over Unionist pessimism

Boris Johnson took refuge in Rwanda after a week of defeats

COMMENT Mike Lynch effect likely to spell the end for both Johnson and Starmer

Many good journalists at the BBC are deep in sewage

COMMENT John Drummond: The UK is a dead state and the reason is clear

Dominic Raab is overseeing constitutional change by stealth with his Bill of Rights

COMMENT Andrew Tickell: Bill of Rights is an attack on the devolution settlement

More detail set to be launched should help inspire campaigners

COMMENT Ruth Wishart: Indyref2 is coming and we must prepare

There is an ‘alternative solution’ to any proposed Kinloch Castle sale

COMMENT Michael Russell: Is this island castle sale what the local community wants to see?

AI is expanding the scope of the way we think – it’s a brave new world ...

COMMENT Pat Kane: AI is expanding the scope of the way we think – it’s a brave new world

The currency question has been ‘a useful fault line’ for Unionists

COMMENT The Scottish currency question answered in just 40 words

Dominic Raab wants to rip up the Human Rights Act

COMMENT Mhairi Black: Bill of Rights is music to the ears of racists and Twitter’s gammon bots

Anas Sarwar seems to be living in another world

COMMENT Inside Anas Sarwar's head is an interesting place – The REAL Scottish Politics

Ian Rankin was among the Scottish authors to feature on the list

Ian Rankin and JK Rowling books have opening lines translated into Scots

Issues around the environment and Scotland’s food system are limited by devolution

COMMENT We need independence to truly reform Scotland's environment

Dominic Raab introduced the UK’s so-called Bill of Rights to Parliament on Wednesday

COMMENT Joanna Cherry: Tory attack on human rights will help drive up support for Yes

The reaction of the British media and political figureheads to the rail strikes is 'increasingly idiotic looking'

COMMENT A Yes vote is Scotland’s only route to a new social contract

Boris Johnson will use every trick in the book

COMMENT Here's what by-elections mean for Tories – The REAL Scottish Politics

Mick Lynch received praise on Twitter after his impassioned speech against MP Chris Philp

COMMENT Lesley Riddoch: Rise of union boss has lessons for Yes campaign ahead of referendum

Nicola Sturgeon has consistently argued for a lawful referendum

COMMENT How Scotland might force the UK’s hand over a Section 30 order

Despite the end of Covid restrictions and testing in Scotland, we are not out of the woods yet – and we may be in for another deadly wave

COMMENT Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh: Covid is still a huge problem – but you’d never guess that

Train stations across the UK, including Glasgow Central, are set to be all but empty again tomorrow and on Saturday

COMMENT Kevin McKenna: Why the SNP need to be out standing with the pickets just like Anas Sarwar

Current and former STUC general secretaries Roz Foyer and Grahame Smith, left, support indyref2, which First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has fired the starting gun on

COMMENT Which side can we expect trade unions to back in indyref2?

The SNP defence team has outlined what Nato should focus on in an indy Scotland

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Here's how Scotland can play its part in the Nato summit

RMT rail union members were well in favour of strike action

COMMENT Strikes help make UK media hypocrisy clear – The REAL Scottish Politics

From left to right: Jon Sopel, Lewis Goodall and Emily Maitlis

COMMENT Richard Murphy: This is the big problem with the BBC right now

Mick Lynch repeatedly called a Tory minister a liar on Newsnight. More of the same please!

'That's a lie, a direct lie': Union chief dismantles Tory minister in brilliant interview

Children learning rural skills at primary school could potentially end up in rural jobs’

COMMENT Scotland's schools are growing the next generation of farmers

The people of Scotland will have their say on the future of the Union

COMMENT Indyref2 is just the start – we need to actually address the fundamentals

It’s clear Carrie Johnson has political ambitions of her own, and why wouldn’t she?

COMMENT Carrie on talking about the PM’s ambitious wife

There will be little sign of Wendy Alexander's bravado

COMMENT Unionist platform is set for failure – The REAL Scottish Politics

Independence is about escaping the entire British state - not just the Tories

COMMENT Independence is about escaping the entire British state - not just the Tories

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaking at a meeting of the Scottish Trades Union Congress

COMMENT Trades unionists won’t back indy if they think nothing is going to change

Why Tories are stuck on repeat with ‘now isn’t the time’ mantra

COMMENT Why Tories are stuck on repeat with ‘now isn’t the time’ mantra

Are Crocs going to be back in fashion again, ever?

comment Love Island proves that Crocs could break back into fashion again

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks at a news conference on a proposed second referendum on Scottish independence. Photo by Russell Cheyne

comment A second independence vote and how the left can find its Red October

George Galloway accused US senators of manufacturing ‘the mother of all smokescreens’

comment Stuart Cosgrove: Can all the glitz of streaming drama compare with politics?

Anas Sarwar says he doesn't believe Scotland will become more equal if it votes Yes

comment Scottish Labour have proven incapable of standing up to the toxic Tories

Brexit is having a seriously damaging impact on ports in south-east England

COMMENT Analysis: Rosyth can be at heart of an international logistics revolution

In this aerial view a Brazilian military helicopter patrols an area of the municipality of Atalaia do Norte, state of Amazonas, Brazil

comment David Pratt: Journalist's death a stark reminder of sinister exploitation of Amazon

This Boeing 767 aircraft pictured at MoD Boscombe Down is believed to be the plane set to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda

comment Immigration, deportation, and what Scotland can do differently

Labour leader Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar are both firmly set against indyref2

comment How can English Labour fix its problems? Back Nicola Sturgeon

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC could advise the Scottish Government that a referendum bill is potentially outside its competence

comment Andrew Tickell: Legal routes to blocking indyref2 and other known unknowns

Mikkel Boe Folsgaard as Asger Holm Kirkegaard and Sidse Babett Knudsen as Birgitte Nyborg in Borgen: Power and Glory

comment Pat Kane: Is this Netflix show a simulation of early Scottish independence?

'Priti Patel is reintroducing capture, incarceration and forced transportation'

comment Priti Patel’s Rwanda deportations have clear echoes of slavery

Post-industrialism was caused by Tories, not calls for independence. Photo: PA

comment Michael Russell: Independence papers will be factual antidote to Project Fear

Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the launch of new paper on Scottish independence. Photo: PA

comment Independence paper is a good start – but there's a mistake we must avoid

The independence movement now has a clear goal

COMMENT We've seen a clear sign that Yes movement is uniting – The REAL Scottish Politics