Local Elections Scotland 2021: Will Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP miss Holyrood majority by ONE seat?

Nicola Sturgeon could miss out on an SNP majority at Holyrood by just a single seat in an election that could decide Scotland’s future in the United Kingdom.  As the process of counting Scottish parliamentary votes began, experts predicted that the First Minister’s chances of wielding enough power to demand a second independence referendum hang … Read more

Dundee special constable who stalked his married ex-lover is jailed for 12 months

Abdul Salam (pictured outside court today) wanted revenge after feeling rejected when Razia Azhar ended the illicit sexual trysts – which they had started a decade after their first relationship ended A former special constable who stalked his married ex-lover and put a tracking device on her car when she broke off their affair has … Read more

Dundee special constable who stalked his married ex-lover is jailed for 12 months

Abdul Salam (pictured outside court today) wanted revenge after feeling rejected when Razia Azhar ended the illicit sexual trysts – which they had started a decade after their first relationship ended A former special constable who stalked his married ex-lover and put a tracking device on her car when she broke off their affair has … Read more

Covid lockdown Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon says pubs can reopen INDOORS from MONDAY

Nicola Sturgeon today confirmed that pubs and restaurants can reopen indoors from Monday – three weeks ahead of England. The SNP leader declared that hospitality, shops and gyms can get back up and running next week, hailing the success of the vaccine rollout. Fronting a Covid briefing amid the hard-fought Holyrood election campaign, she said … Read more

Covid lockdown Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon says pubs can reopen INDOORS from MONDAY

Nicola Sturgeon today confirmed that pubs and restaurants can reopen indoors from Monday – three weeks ahead of England. The SNP leader declared that hospitality, shops and gyms can get back up and running next week, hailing the success of the vaccine rollout. Fronting a Covid briefing amid the hard-fought Holyrood election campaign, she said … Read more

University of Edinburgh in free speech row over article praising scientist who advocated eugenics

The University of Edinburgh has become embroiled in a freedom of speech row after it defended a retired professor who wrote an article praising a controversial geneticist.  Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher – who died in 1962 – supported ‘selective breeding’ and the sterilisation of people from races he considered ‘mentally inferior’. A recent article titled ‘The outstanding … Read more

Scottish independence: Alex Salmond launches Alba party to rival SNP after civil war

Alex Salmond launches Alba party to rival SNP after civil war with Nicola Sturgeon vowing to stand candidates in May elections Alex Salmond has announced that he is launching a new Scottish political party Former First Minister said Alba will stand candidates in forthcoming elections Mr Salmond said he wants to get ‘supermajority’ at Holyrood … Read more

Alex Salmond launches NEW legal action against Scottish Government after Nicola Sturgeon cleared

Most of the critical findings in the report were decided by majority, with the SNP trying to block them but their usual allies the Greens siding with the opposition.  NICOLA STURGEON ‘FAILED TO RECOLLECT’ KEY MEETING  The committee considered a meeting Nicola Sturgeon had with Alex Salmond’s aide Geoff Abberdein on March 29, 2018. She … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon is CLEARED by QC of breaching the ministerial code

Nicola Sturgeon was tonight dramatically cleared by a QC of breaking the ministerial code over the Alex Salmond case. James Hamilton QC said the First minister had not breached the rules in any of the respects he investigated. ‘I am of the opinion that the First Minister did not breach the provisions of the Ministerial Code … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon is CLEARED by QC of breaching the ministerial code

Nicola Sturgeon was tonight dramatically cleared by a QC of breaking the ministerial code over the Alex Salmond case. James Hamilton QC said the First minister had not breached the rules in any of the respects he investigated. ‘I am of the opinion that the First Minister did not breach the provisions of the Ministerial Code … Read more