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Richard Walker: How Alex Salmond helped The National in its early days
A message to 'epic' Alex Salmond from Catalonia
Lesley Riddoch: Heating timebomb is being ignored by Scotland’s Labour MPs
David Pratt: The ‘rules-based international order’ has a distinctly hollow ring
Assa Samake-Roman: Austerity is the last thing France or the UK needs
Caitlin Logan: I can’t bring myself to celebrate SNP’s decision to boot John Mason
Seamus Logan: The north east has lost one of its greatest champions
Now Keir Starmer's duped his way into power, what principles can Labour show?
Ellie Gomersall: Scottish Greens must push for better deal for councils in Budget
Jonathon Shafi: Israel is laying waste to the very idea of liberal society
Nick Rodger: Alex Salmond understood and appreciated the value of golf to Scotland
Media Watch: How papers in Scotland and abroad reported Alex Salmond's death
Richard Murphy: Why I'll miss my conversations with Alex Salmond
'He made people in Scotland walk taller': Historian reflects on Alex Salmond's legacy
George Kerevan: Why the political ghost of Salmond will retain his seat at the table
Tommy Sheppard: UK politicians have given up on wealth redistribution
Convenience without a compromise on health for home-cooked meals
Marine havens free from bottom-trawl fishing will rejuvenate our seas and communities
David Pratt: Iran’s nuclear sites – a red line Israel won’t cross?
Andrew Tickell: If right-wing Tories make their mark Labour will surely follow
Rhoda Meek: When mental health services fail it turns out it’s not 'OK to not be OK'
Owen Jones: What 100 days of Keir Starmer has taught us
Alyn Smith: European Parliament bares its teeth as Viktor Orbán is given a going over
Ruth Wishart: All about the numbers as Keir Starmer takes 100 days to plummet to -33
Martin Hannan: Alex Salmond's death is devastating for me and many Scots
Mhairi Black: Our MPs need to be honest —the situation in Gaza is genocide
Pat Kane: Alarming report about state out climate must motivate action
Kate Forbes: As the Mòd starts, here are my plans to protect Gaelic
Wee Ginger Dug: Will Keir Starmer's plummeting popularity ever recover?
Mark Ruskell: Free bus travel for asylum seekers would change lives
Richard Walker: Scottish cringe is being used by UK to plunder our resources
What is – and isn't – in Labour's Employment Rights Bill
Why Rachel Reeves's carbon capture plan is recklessly irresponsible
Wee Ginger Dug: Embrace of hard right spells trouble for Russell Findlay
There's now an honest perspective from parties and activists on independence
David Pratt: Nothing is off limits in political 'weaponising' of US election
Kelly Given: Professional politickers of Labour have no shame
The SNP can’t claim to be climate leaders without any action
Lesley Riddoch: Nations and regions meeting exposes Labour's priorities
Wee Ginger Dug: Rebellion shows Scottish Labour cannot deny punishing the poor
I want to live a greener life but I can't handle more mental stress
Seamus Logan: The UK can’t see that Acorn is key to a just transition
Wee Ginger Dug: Stephen Kerr's attack on Scots only exposes his own ignorance
Shona Craven: Why should the BBC licence fee fund contrived ‘reality’?
Karen Adam: We’ve powered UK for decades – now we’ve been slapped in face
Democratic public ownership is the only way to achieve genuine democracy
Steph Paton: As the world remembered October 7, it also continued to look away
Nick Rodger: A bonfire of the profanities but golf has always been a four letter word
Wee Ginger Dug: Sue Gray's axing by Keir Starmer doesn't fix Labour's problems
Ash Regan: Scotland must take a stand and ban sexual exploitation
Conference on Scotland's currency post-independence generates optimism
St Andrew’s Day to see first meeting of our new independence convention
Gregor Gall: The act of voting can’t be relied upon to bring real change
George Kerevan: New oil war could be looming – what would that mean for Scotland?