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Scottish Budget: 300 million reasons why the Liberal Democrats were prepared to negotiate with the SNP

The Scotsman 13 Feb 2026
Scotland needs politicians more concerned with getting things done than the cheap political point-scoring of his former party, writes Jamie Greene ....
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How Highlands and Islands farmers have come to expect to be let down by the SNP

The Scotsman 12 Feb 2026
The treatment of small farmers and crofters is emblematic of the growing disconnect between rural Scotland and the Scottish Government ....
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How the tiny number of shoplifting convictions in Scotland shows the SNP just does not care

The Scotsman 10 Feb 2026
Only a fraction of shoplifting offences end up in a conviction ....
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How the SNP just showed they value dogs more than women

The Scotsman 07 Feb 2026
Ministers’ actions suggest the welfare of dogs is more important to them than the safety and wellbeing of women and girls ....
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John Swinney's independence majority strategy will damage the SNP

Daily Record 05 Feb 2026
Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the First Minister betting the house on an outright win in May is good for him, but not his party ... .
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The SNP is being brought to heel on Supreme Court’s gender ruling

The Daily Telegraph 03 Feb 2026
He added that he could see no other explanation than that “political calculation” lay behind the SNP decision to fight this action and that women prisoners were being “traded as pawns for political gain” as a result.
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Scotland deserves the truth from the SNP on hospital scandal

AOL 29 Jan 2026
On the face of it, Labour’s claim that political pressure was ... Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, has made it his life’s work to accuse the SNP government of incompetence in running the NHS.
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The SNP is deluded about the 7 May elections

The Spectator 28 Jan 2026
You’re the SNP ... When it comes to the SNP, I wouldn’t even trust the punctuation ... Somehow, this isn’t even the most fanciful part of the SNP’s claim ... They would have to discover a virtue utterly alien to the SNP.
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How the SNP has just delivered a double whammy to struggling rural communities

The Scotsman 27 Jan 2026
If the SNP cares about rural voters, it will think again about damaging measures in its draft Budget ....
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The SNP will make the case for independence with 100 days to go to the ...

Daily Record 26 Jan 2026
In his Daily Record column, First Minister John Swinney lays out why voters should back the SNP with just over three months to go until polling day ... .
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Does the SNP think it is above the law?

The Spectator 23 Jan 2026
That the Scottish Information Commissioner is forced to turn to the courts to get the Scottish government to comply with his decisions is another indication of a Scottish state that has become a law unto itself under the SNP.
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Council taxes will increase because of the SNP budget settlement, warns local government body

The Scotsman 22 Jan 2026
Cosla says the budget is a ‘very poor settlement’ despite Finance Secretary Shona Robison hailing ‘record’ local government funding ....
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Scottish Budget: The truth behind the SNP's big claim about income tax

The Scotsman 14 Jan 2026
Don’t be fooled into thinking that Scotland is a low-tax country by talk of 55 per cent of people paying less than those south of the border ....
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Scottish Parliament election: Why Labour's 'idiotic' rebels are a gift to the SNP and Reform

The Scotsman 08 Jan 2026
By making Labour appear weak and divided, the rebel MPs are undermining their own cause ....
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