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Scottish independence

July 2024

  • John Swinney with eyes closed

    SNP’s humiliation in Scotland shows independence is no longer a priority

  • John Swinney stands at a lectern

    SNP leader says ‘soul searching’ needed after Labour landslide in Scotland

June 2024

  • Val McDermid

    How could I back anyone but the SNP and the bolshie, buoyant Scotland it stands for?

    Val McDermid
  • Rishi Sunak.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Sunak defends decision not to take immediate action against Tories in betting scandal – as it happened

  • Labour leader Keir Starmer takes a selfie during a visit to Bathgate in Scotland.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Starmer says he would not let SNP hold new independence referendum or lift veto on gender recognition bill – as it happened

  • Left to right: Keir Starmer, John Swinney, Rishi Sunak and Ed Davey during the BBC Question Time leaders’ special.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Rishi Sunak says he is ‘incredibly angry’ about betting allegations in BBC Question Time election special – as it happened

  • Climate, NHS and independence: key takeaways from the SNP manifesto

  • The Guardian view on the SNP manifesto: old arguments don’t fit a changed landscape

  • Will Labour or the SNP serve Scots and their families better?

May 2024

  • Esther McVey had said civil servants should leave their political views ‘at the building entrance’.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    UK politics: I never called for rainbow lanyard ban, claims Esther McVey – as it happened

  • John Swinney

    SNP’s raison d’être is dead in the water

  • First Minister of Scotland John Swinney speaks during his debut at First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh.

    The Guardian view on John Swinney’s Scotland: a new start but also more of the same

  • Swinney in suit and Forbes in green dress talking to dozens of journalists with mics and cameras behind a barrier

    John Swinney scraps post of minister for independence to focus on economy

  • The SNP may be laid low but the call of Scottish independence is loud and clear

    Neal Ascherson

  • The SNP failed as an activist party. If it becomes a competent governing force, it may have a chance

    Martin Kettle

  • On challenges big and small, our leaders haven’t learned that nationalism is not the answer

    Rafael Behr

April 2024

  • First minister Humza Yousaf speaking to the media during a visit to a housing development in Dundee.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Humza Yousaf says he’s ‘very confident’ of winning no confidence vote and he will ‘compromise’ with critics – as it happened

  • A campaign sign by Cancer Research UK outside parliament on 16 April.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    MPs vote to give smoking ban bill second reading – as it happened

March 2024

  • Michael Gove wearing glasses

    Scotland is in decline because of SNP’s independence obsession, says Gove

    Devastating focus on separatism means public services have been run down, minister tells Tory activists in Aberdeen

February 2024

  • Keir Starmer at Labour’s business event on Thursday in London.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Starmer says Labour would level up workers’ rights in way not attempted for decades – as it happened

    Labour leader tells conference that reforms ‘may not please everyone in room’
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