In an extraordinary interview yesterday, Wes Streeting MP, the UK health secretary in the Labour government, told Lewis Goodall on LBC that there was absolutely
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How would I vote?
I was challenged yesterday to explain how I would vote in forthcoming elections in Scotland for the Holyrood Parliament, in Wales for the Senedd, and
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Paying attention to Scotland
Scotland, as I notice every time I go there, is very decidedly another country, and one to which most people in England have rarely visited
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Scotland in a time of chaos
I have an article in The National this morning that I open by saying: IT is my wife’s belief that, as a man of a
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Farage is going nowhere
As the FT has noted in an article this morning, referring to a rally that Nigel Farage held in Swindon on Thursday: Farage told the
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Might Labour come fourth in Scotland?
Labour swept many parliamentary seats in Scotland in 2024, representing a massive improvement in its fortunes in the country. Now, as The National is reporting:
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Labour fourth, the LibDems fifth and the Tories sixth: the times, they are a-changin’.
As The National reports this morning: Reform UK are set to become Holyrood’s second party as the SNP remains the dominant force in Scottish politics, according
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What can we do about corruption?
I hit the corruption theme in The National this morning: As is my habit, the angle of approach in that article differs from what I
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The UK isn’t a single nation. Are we in crisis because politicians keep pretending it is?
The UK is no longer a unitary political system. Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England now operate as distinct political realities, yet Westminster still governs
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