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Andy Burnham doesn’t get Scotland
This latest episode is not an isolated slip of the tongue; it is merely the newest chapter in a long, farcical library of Burnham-blunders.
Scotland’s buses are heading back into public control
We’re putting the power back into the hands of local authorities and regional transport partnerships to bring networks back into public control.
A commitment to those who served
The SNP as the Scottish Government will continue to use every lever at our disposal to champion those who served, ensuring they are never left behind.
You’ll have had your 280 fish suppers & 636 cappuccinos
When a promise made at the ballot box turns out to be as hollow as a cut-price Easter egg, democracy demands a remedy.
Labour will hit one million Scots with higher energy bills
Gas bills to rise in energy-rich Scotland to subsidise warmer homes in the South of England
Scotland’s energy sector takes a back seat to a Bedfordshire roller coaster
Apparently, rollercoasters in the Home Counties rank higher on Andy Burnham’s priority list than green jobs, energy security, and industrial decarbonisation in Scotland.
Burnham’s Budget just leaves Scots with a pickle
Why should an energy powerhouse like Scotland remain tethered to a sinking ship that treats our communities as collateral damage?
Who wants Scotland to be a trillionaire? Not Scotland’s Westminster politicians
It’s time to stop playing this rigged Westminster game, cut our losses, and keep our own money at home.
Westminster by gaslight
When politicians rely entirely on denial, bluster, and moving goalposts to keep Westminster control, they prove they have run out of arguments.
Vote Labour, Get Tory … Or maybe even Reform!
This record of duplicity and political expediency shows why voters cannot trust Labour with their vital local services.
What does Scotland’s energy and Andy Murray have in common?
For years, Scots were told by Westminster politicians that North Sea energy would be a burden to an independent Scotland – a fiscal anchor that would drag Scotland into ruin.
The brass neck hypocrisy of Burnham’s No. 10
This is rank hypocrisy – whinging over the broken vows of the ‘Leave’ campaign while ignoring those of the ‘No’ campaign.
The Westminster Tories’ anti-Scottish mask comes off
Why the Tories’ threat to dismantle Holyrood proves Scotland needs independence
From scoffing 280 hotdogs to surviving on Custard Creams for three days
The “UK Dividend” was marketed like a luxury cruise, but it has turned into something like a budget survival course.
How independent Ireland shows Scotland the EU future it deserves
Ireland’s latest budget shows us what is possible when a nation holds its own pen to write its own destiny.
Why independence is your right to choose
Having independence means having the self-belief to choose our own path, even when that path brings challenges.
… ‘Except for workers in Scotland’ …
This whole saga is a textbook reminder of why Scotland needs the full powers of independence.
Labour & Grangemouth’s missing millions
How Labour’s Grangemouth betrayal demands a fresh start for Scotland from Westminster’s repeated failures
The Sheriff of Nottingham North & Kimberley
The double standards are staggering, even by Westminster’s standards of ‘Do as I say, not as I do’.
Scotland ‘one of safest places in world’, say BBC
The evidence on justice is in, the results are clear, and the conclusion is inescapable: Scotland makes better decisions when Scotland decides for itself.
Amnesty International highlights UK’s cost-of-living crisis
When a leading human rights organisation like Amnesty International feels compelled to launch a major intervention over the sheer affordability of standard grocery items in the 21st-century UK, it is fair to say the ship of state is not merely off course – it is sinking.
Burnham is here, and he’s just like Keir
A leaked document, showing what Keir Starmer would have done if he remained PM, has drawn attention to how many of Andy Burnham’s announcements have been lifted straight from it…
The Great Scottish Pensions Robbery
The Westminster Prime Minister’s latest grand scheme is to bring in Free Personal Care south of the border, funded entirely by scrapping the state pension triple lock – which covers the whole UK.
Burnham IndyRef blunders expose his own fear & hypocrisy
If Andy Burnham is so supremely confident in the strength of his position, why won’t he test it in a referendum?
Westminster fuel tax hike makes case for independence
Scotland is an energy powerhouse – rich in oil, gas, wind, and tidal generation – yet our communities are left suffering from fuel poverty.
EU proposal to Canada leaves Brexit Britain divorced from reality
Nova Scotia Europae propior fiet quam Vetus.
Delivering for Scotland in 2026
How John Swinney’s government continues to build a fairer Scotland in the face of Westminster mismanagement.