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SNP hits out at Ukip after resignation

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:51:56 GMT

The SNP yesterday criticised Ukip for its “unacceptable views” after one of the party’s politicians resigned for having “offensive opinions” about the Scots.

Young Scots ‘face low pay and few prospects’

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:52:26 GMT

A GENERATION of educated young Scots is being condemned to a life of low-paid, unstable jobs that will damage both their prospects and that of the country, a leading think tank has claimed.

Violent men: A woman’s right to know

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:46:50 GMT

WOMEN would be able to seek information about the domestic violence history of new partners under plans to be proposed by senior police officers in Scotland.

Independent Scotland at risk from bank crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:33:01 GMT

AN independent Scotland would be more reliant on the banking sector than Cyprus or Iceland, making it vulnerable to a new financial crisis, a UK Treasury paper will warn this week.

David Cameron backs Tory chief over ‘loons’ quip

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:33:01 GMT

DAVID Cameron last night gave his backing to Lord Feldman after the Tory chairman denied being responsible for alleged comments describing grassroots party activists as “swivel-eyed loons”.

Scottish independence: Yes camp enlists Mark Shaw

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:32:59 GMT

THE pro-independence Yes Scotland campaign has brought on a leading business figure to help “stitch together” its work with the separate SNP drive ahead of next year’s vote.

Church of Scotland bid to bridge gay minister divide

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:32:58 GMT

A LEADING Church of Scotland theologian will attempt to head off a divisive split in the Kirk tomorrow by offering a “third way” amendment that will avoid continuing divisions over the ordination of gay ministers.

Scottish independence: SNP tax vow may be slashed

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:32:53 GMT

THE SNP’s flagship pro-business policy to slash the headline rate of corporation tax in an independent Scotland could be reviewed amid claims it is costing the party support prior to the independence referendum.

Gavin Hewitt: Minimum pricing would damage whisky industry

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:24:14 GMT

THE Scottish Government’s legislation to introduce minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol is a high-profile controversial policy that has generated much debate in Scotland and beyond.

Martyn McLaughlin: A crude cover-up?

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:24:12 GMT

ASK Ali Abbasi how much he spends on petrol in a year and he will roll his eyes, hunch his shoulders, and wearily recount the sacrifices he and his family have been forced to make. A father-of-two, it costs him £83 to fill his Vauxhall Vectra.

Drumlanrig: Even cabbies flustered by Farage farrago

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:24:12 GMT

The Farage stushie in and around the Canon’s Gait pub has already entered Scottish political folklore. Shortly after it was over and the Ukip leader had been escorted off the premises in a polis meat wagon, thirsty hacks retreated to the Holyrood bar to swap “war stories”.

British identity is key to debate on independence

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:24:11 GMT

WITHIN weeks of being elected to the new Scottish Parliament in 1999 I learned the hard way how fraught issues of identity politics could be. I found myself on the front pages of most newspapers twice in one week for a stance on opposite sides of the same identity coin and managed to irk nationalists and unionists in equal measure. Nice.

Gerald Warner: Feminism driving holocaust of abortion

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:24:10 GMT

THE case of Kermit Gosnell, the abortionist convicted of three charges of first degree murder in America, has brought home to some people a few of the realities of abortion, which is now a global holocaust promoted pre-eminently by the same government whose laws incongruously condemned Gosnell.

Leaders: No hiding place for abusive men

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:24:00 GMT

SINCE the mid-1970s an important tenet of our system of law has been the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

Euan McColm: Farage showed his true colours

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:23:58 GMT

IT WAS Otto Inglis I felt sorry for. Nobody cared about Otto, with his bright smile and his “wows”. While Ukip leader Nigel Farage held court, Otto bounced around, working the edge of the room.

Wind farm targets may be hit by no-go zones

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:07:16 GMT

ALEX Salmond will struggle to fulfil his ambitious renewable targets as a result of Scottish Government proposals to increase wind farm-free zones around towns, a leading energy expert has claimed.

Independence: Last-minute bid for prisoners’ vote

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:58:01 GMT

LEADING figures from the worlds of law, justice, academia and the arts have made a last-minute bid to persuade MSPs to allow thousands of prisoners in Scotland to vote in the independence referendum.

G7 countries firm on tax evasion, claims Osborne

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:39:44 GMT

THE G7 group of industrialised nations has agreed that there must be collective action against tax evasion and avoidance, George Osborne has said.

Jardine to stand in Aberdeen Donside by-election

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:25:48 GMT

A FORMER adviser to the Scottish Secretary is to stand for the Liberal Democrats in the Aberdeen Donside by-election on 20 June.

Independence: Sturgeon - ‘no’ vote is a ‘gamble’

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:23:54 GMT

NICOLA Sturgeon will warn Scottish voters tomorrow that a “no” to independence next year is a “gamble” that will pave the way to a “bleak” future of poorer children, longer working hours and a broken welfare state, as she turns her fire back on those supporting the UK.