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EUAN McCOLM: With its giant to-do list, why on earth is the SNP wasting time on nonsense like 27 gender categories?

22/10/24 19:49

Do you, like me, hold the quaint view that the Scottish Government should be focused on the major problems being faced by families across the country? Are you with me in yearning for the day when ministers decide to fix our failing NHS, to tackle falling standards in schools and invest in vital local services that have been stripped to their very bones over the past two decades? And are you frustrated that MSPs seem increasingly detached from reality, caring more about championing fashionable causes than effecting positive change? Well, more fool us. We may believe our senior politicians should be concentrating on making a difference to the lives of ordinary Scots but we are woefully out of touch. Our concerns reveal nothing, to those at the top of government, but our ingrained prejudice....read

Watchdog is probing 'up to 15 Tories' over bets on election date as Labour is also dragged into gambling scandal - amid calls for politicians to be banned from putting money on votes
26/06/24 10:39
Pensions Secretary Mel Stride, a close ally of Rishi Sunak, said the row row was 'deeply disappointing' at a time when the focus should be on what a potential Labour government would do.
Will SNP meltdown hand Keir Starmer the keys to No10? Support for nationalists slumps to its lowest level since the 2014 independence referendum amid leadership turmoil that could hand Labour 40 Scottish seats at the general election
20/05/24 15:18
Labour now has a 10-point over the SNP when it comes to Westminster voting intention, according to YouGov, a leads that would see it win 40 Scottish seats at the next general election.
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UK plans for nuclear reactor in Scotland… after the SNP are voted out!
15/05/24 21:57
Plans are being drawn up for a nuclear reactor in Scotland - once the SNP government is ousted. The UK Government wants to build one of its eight small reactors north of
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Michael Gove bizarrely quotes Kate Moss as he warns Cabinet against 'comfort eating' right-wing policies in wake of local elections meltdown - with Rishi Sunak braced for crucial PMQs amid Tory calls for change in direction
08/05/24 08:08
Rishi Sunak is gearing up for a Commons showdown following the local elections disaster, with Tories urging him to get more hard line on issues such as migration and tax.
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Meet Lord Shameless! SNP outcry as former leader Ian Blackford asks the Tories and Labour to hand him a seat in House of Lords
27/04/24 21:51
The SNP's former Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, has sparked fury in party ranks over an audacious bid to enter the House of Lords, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.
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BORIS JOHNSON: Why Sammy my British-built robot lawnmower makes me feel a surging hope for humanity
15/03/24 17:10
Ah! There he goes. I watch the latest addition to our household, out there on the lawn. Nibble, nibble, nibble, goes Sammy, now pausing as he reaches the flowerbed. Munch, munch, munch.
Applause, the music strikes up… done and dusted: Conference Sketch by STEPHEN DAISLEY
01/03/24 23:02
A rake-like Rishi Sunak cut a gangly dash across the stage, enveloping his warm-up man, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack, in a bear hug. (This is the modern Conservative Party after all.)
'Nicola Sturgeon could cry from one eye if she wanted to': Scottish Secretary Alister Jack accuses of ex-FM of faking her tears at Covid inquiry - as bereaved families' rage at her for using pandemic to try to break up UK
01/02/24 11:48
The former First Minister was berated by political opponents and the families of the bereaved after turning on the waterworks yesterday at the official Covid inquiry in Edinburgh.
SNP will pay UK government's £150K legal costs over doomed gender bill
23/01/24 00:07
SNP ministers face a £150,000 legal bill for their doomed gender reform battle after deciding not to challenge a demand from the UK Government to pay its court costs.
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JOHN MACLEOD: Santé! Raise a glass to our most valuable export (and its Gallic admirers
17/01/24 23:38
Amid all the doom and gloom, the recession and retrenchment and the widespread sense of a 'broken Britain', there has been one extraordinary success story - Scotch whisky.
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Now UK Government launches £150,000 legal bid to claim costs for SNP's doomed gender reform court battle
17/01/24 23:37
The UK Government has launched a legal bid to force SNP ministers to pay its costs for their gender reform court battle.
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After documents reveal Alex Salmond was gifted a piece of an ancient Scots artefact, the former First Minister insists: I don't have lost Stone of Destiny fragment
05/01/24 00:23
It is the ancient artefact which links the Book of Genesis to ancient Caledonian kings - and has fascinated and intrigued scholars for generations.
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Humza's meetings with foreign leaders 'damages the UK,' MPs told
12/12/23 00:04
Humza Yousaf has risked 'damaging' the UK's standing on the international stage by holding private talks with foreign leaders, the Scottish Secretary has said.
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Scottish government loses gender self-ID court case as judges rule that Westminster can overrule Holyrood to block trans law
08/12/23 12:16
The SNP administration brought the case after Scotland Secretary Alister Jack blocked the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill after it had been passed by MSPs.
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Rishi Sunak faces three by-elections in months after House of Lords watchdog 'rules MPs can't wait until general election to take peerages'
17/05/23 09:34
The House of Lords Appointments Commission, which vets peerages, has reportedly ruled that those poised to join Parliament's upper chamber can't stay on as MPs.
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Scottish Secretary Alister Jack is 'standing guard' over the Stone of Destiny in London to make sure 'nationalists don't steal it again' - and that it gets back to Scotland, Tories are told
29/04/23 15:00
The Government minister addressed the Scottish Conservatives' conference via video, with junior Scotland Office minister John Lamont appearing on stage to explain why his boss could not be there.
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack slams Budget duty hike on Scotch whisky revealing he told Chancellor not to go ahead with the plan - but was ignored
16/03/23 11:16
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack admitted he 'regretted' the increase in duty and argued against it - but was ignored.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is slammed for describing law that created the Scottish parliament as 'an affront to democracy' after hitting out at UK Goverment's ability to block Holyrood legislation
23/01/23 23:57
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday hit out at the law in the Scotland Act that allows UK Government to block Holyrood legislation which affects matters reserved to Westminster.
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Rishi Sunak says he is 'ensuring the safety of women and children' by blocking Scottish gender law as SNP accuses him of 'seeking to stoke a culture war' against 'marginalised' trans people
18/01/23 13:58
The Prime Minister was accused by the SNP of 'seeking to stoke a culture war' against 'marginalised' trans people over his decision to veto the bill passed by Holyrood.
Labour MP Rosie Duffield accuses Keir Starmer of ignoring her after she was jeered by her OWN side for opposing Scottish gender law - as party leader continues to refuse to say if he backs government plan to block legislation
18/01/23 09:42
Lord Falconer, who was Lord Chancellor under Tony Blair, said the PM's use of devolved powers to stop Holyrood's Gender Recognition Reform Act from receiving Royal Assent was not justified.
Labour MP Rosie Duffield is jeered by her OWN side as she backs the government's unprecedented block on Nicola Sturgeon's gender law changes because women 'have a right' to single-sex spaces
18/01/23 00:14
Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield was jeered in the Commons as she backed the Government's decision to block the Scottish parliament's gender identification legislation.
'It took two seconds before the Scots Nats benches erupted like a superheated tray of unpricked sausages': HENRY DEEDES watches as the Government blocks Sturgeon's Gender Reform Bill
17/01/23 22:06
HENRY DEEDES: Just two seconds was all it took. Alister Jack had been on his feet in the Commons yesterday for a mere two seconds before the Scots Nats benches erupted.
Fury as SNP's Commons leader Stephen Flynn brands Tory gender law critics 'rabid gammon' in heated debate over Westminster veto of Nicola Sturgeon's controversial legislation
17/01/23 17:37
The nationalist party's Westminster leader Stephen Flynn used the term - which has been described as a racist slur' in the past, as MPs discussed the Holyrood legislation.
Tories slam Nicola Sturgeon for 'weaponising vulnerable children' to boost 'separatist agenda' after UK government blocks SNP's 'shoddy' gender identity law - while Scots Green MSP suggests EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS should be able to change gender
17/01/23 14:40
MPs lined up to support Scottish Secretary Alister Jack in the Commons as he laid out the reasons for wielding an unprecedented veto over the SNP's gender identity shake-up.
Nicola Sturgeon is accused of 'political posturing' as she vows legal challenge after ministers BLOCK looser gender identity rules in Scotland
17/01/23 08:43
Nicola Sturgeon complained about a 'full-frontal attack' by Westminster after ministers stepped in to stop the law passed by Holyrood causing chaos.
With real political courage, Rishi Sunak has called Nicola Sturgeon's bluff and sunk this appalling gender bill, writes former Labour MP TOM HARRIS
17/01/23 00:18
TOM HARRIS: Rishi Sunak is exercising the 'nuclear option' - for the first time since the Scottish parliament was created 25 years ago - to block a piece of legislation passed by Holyrood.
'Hands off our stars': ITV bosses at loggerheads with BBC after they 'poach' presenters including Alison Hammond and Amanda Holden
14/01/23 22:06
The rival networks are at loggerheads after the Corporation handed Joel Dommett a high-profile role presenting its new adventure series Survivor.
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Cabinet ministers guard the Queen: Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Scotland Secretary Alister Jack stand vigil over the late monarch's coffin in Westminster Hall in ceremonial role as members of the Royal Company of Archers
15/09/22 13:18
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace stood solemnly in dark uniforms on Thursday at the raised platform on which the coffin rests.
Sea of sombre faces mourning the Queen: King Charles is flanked by siblings Anne, Andrew and Edward in St Giles Cathedral where Liz Truss and Nicola Sturgeon are among politicians and dignitaries at thanksgiving service for Her Majesty
12/09/22 15:58
Prime Minister Liz Truss and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon put aside their political differences as they honoured the Queen's life at a service of thanksgiving in Edinburgh.
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Up to 40% of new Covid admissions in Omicron epicentre London are only diagnosed AFTER arriving with another ailment, figures suggest as experts and MPs rail against 'pessimistic' Sage's worst-case scenarios
20/12/21 23:31
Ministers, MPs and health experts demanded better data on the impact of Omicron last night amid a row over the modelling used to push the case for new Covid curbs.
Boris Johnson could grant permission for a second Scottish independence referendum if 60 per cent of Scots want one, says Cabinet minister
27/08/21 07:45
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has floated 60 per cent support as the potential threshold for the UK Government giving the green light to a re-run of the 2014 vote.
Scottish Secretary warns nation would still be stuck in Covid's 'vice-like grip' if it had followed SNP's vaccine rollout advice
15/03/21 07:38
Alister Jack hailed the UK Government's vaccination programme - which has seen more than 1.8million people receive a jab north of the Border.
Who is the Downing Street superspreader? Now No10 chief Dominic Cummings goes into self-isolation with coronavirus symptoms - days after Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock tested positive
30/03/20 09:30
No10 chief Dominic Cummings has gone into quarantine just days after Boris Johnson tested positive for the disease.

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EUAN McCOLM: With its giant to-do list, why on earth is the SNP wasting time on nonsense like 27 gender categories?

Watchdog is probing 'up to 15 Tories' over bets on election date as Labour is also dragged into gambling scandal - amid calls for politicians to be banned from putting money on votes

Will SNP meltdown hand Keir Starmer the keys to No10? Support for nationalists slumps to its lowest level since the 2014 independence referendum amid leadership turmoil that could hand Labour 40 Scottish seats at the general election

UK plans for nuclear reactor in Scotland… after the SNP are voted out!

Michael Gove bizarrely quotes Kate Moss as he warns Cabinet against 'comfort eating' right-wing policies in wake of local elections meltdown - with Rishi Sunak braced for crucial PMQs amid Tory calls for change in direction

Meet Lord Shameless! SNP outcry as former leader Ian Blackford asks the Tories and Labour to hand him a seat in House of Lords

BORIS JOHNSON: Why Sammy my British-built robot lawnmower makes me feel a surging hope for humanity

Applause, the music strikes up… done and dusted: Conference Sketch by STEPHEN DAISLEY

'Nicola Sturgeon could cry from one eye if she wanted to': Scottish Secretary Alister Jack accuses of ex-FM of faking her tears at Covid inquiry - as bereaved families' rage at her for using pandemic to try to break up UK

SNP will pay UK government's £150K legal costs over doomed gender bill

JOHN MACLEOD: Santé! Raise a glass to our most valuable export (and its Gallic admirers

Now UK Government launches £150,000 legal bid to claim costs for SNP's doomed gender reform court battle

After documents reveal Alex Salmond was gifted a piece of an ancient Scots artefact, the former First Minister insists: I don't have lost Stone of Destiny fragment

Humza's meetings with foreign leaders 'damages the UK,' MPs told

Scottish government loses gender self-ID court case as judges rule that Westminster can overrule Holyrood to block trans law

Rishi Sunak faces three by-elections in months after House of Lords watchdog 'rules MPs can't wait until general election to take peerages'

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack is 'standing guard' over the Stone of Destiny in London to make sure 'nationalists don't steal it again' - and that it gets back to Scotland, Tories are told

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack slams Budget duty hike on Scotch whisky revealing he told Chancellor not to go ahead with the plan - but was ignored

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is slammed for describing law that created the Scottish parliament as 'an affront to democracy' after hitting out at UK Goverment's ability to block Holyrood legislation

Rishi Sunak says he is 'ensuring the safety of women and children' by blocking Scottish gender law as SNP accuses him of 'seeking to stoke a culture war' against 'marginalised' trans people

Labour MP Rosie Duffield accuses Keir Starmer of ignoring her after she was jeered by her OWN side for opposing Scottish gender law - as party leader continues to refuse to say if he backs government plan to block legislation

Labour MP Rosie Duffield is jeered by her OWN side as she backs the government's unprecedented block on Nicola Sturgeon's gender law changes because women 'have a right' to single-sex spaces

'It took two seconds before the Scots Nats benches erupted like a superheated tray of unpricked sausages': HENRY DEEDES watches as the Government blocks Sturgeon's Gender Reform Bill

Fury as SNP's Commons leader Stephen Flynn brands Tory gender law critics 'rabid gammon' in heated debate over Westminster veto of Nicola Sturgeon's controversial legislation

Tories slam Nicola Sturgeon for 'weaponising vulnerable children' to boost 'separatist agenda' after UK government blocks SNP's 'shoddy' gender identity law - while Scots Green MSP suggests EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS should be able to change gender

Nicola Sturgeon is accused of 'political posturing' as she vows legal challenge after ministers BLOCK looser gender identity rules in Scotland

With real political courage, Rishi Sunak has called Nicola Sturgeon's bluff and sunk this appalling gender bill, writes former Labour MP TOM HARRIS

'Hands off our stars': ITV bosses at loggerheads with BBC after they 'poach' presenters including Alison Hammond and Amanda Holden

Cabinet ministers guard the Queen: Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Scotland Secretary Alister Jack stand vigil over the late monarch's coffin in Westminster Hall in ceremonial role as members of the Royal Company of Archers

Sea of sombre faces mourning the Queen: King Charles is flanked by siblings Anne, Andrew and Edward in St Giles Cathedral where Liz Truss and Nicola Sturgeon are among politicians and dignitaries at thanksgiving service for Her Majesty

Up to 40% of new Covid admissions in Omicron epicentre London are only diagnosed AFTER arriving with another ailment, figures suggest as experts and MPs rail against 'pessimistic' Sage's worst-case scenarios

Boris Johnson could grant permission for a second Scottish independence referendum if 60 per cent of Scots want one, says Cabinet minister

Scottish Secretary warns nation would still be stuck in Covid's 'vice-like grip' if it had followed SNP's vaccine rollout advice

Who is the Downing Street superspreader? Now No10 chief Dominic Cummings goes into self-isolation with coronavirus symptoms - days after Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock tested positive

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