The Scottish Nationalist Party's leader in Westminster has branded the campaign against Scottish independence as being based on the feeling that the S...

So we must learn the lessons from her time, not just eulogize or damn her. There are right ways and wrong ways of conducting affairs which can only be discovered through discipline, rigorous thought, honest competition and hard work.

The next 18 months will be the most exciting in Scotland's history as the country prepares to vote in the independence referendum, Deputy First Minist...

Possibly the most gifted public speaker in British politics, Sheridan allies a Tarantino-esque knack for dramatic timing and wild gestures reminiscent of everyone's favourite Italian presidential candidate, Beppe Grillo, with the uncanny knack of being able to continuously crescendo for hours at a time.

If Rhoda Grant and Lord Morrow's Bills are implemented, sex workers will be subject to more harm and risk and will have less recourse to support and protection from the law than they do currently. These proposals are built on an ideological foundation rather than couched in research.

On one hand the YES campaign needs to win over more people in two years than they have in the last 30 combined. However, another way of looking at it is that if everyone who supports independence converts at least one friend then they'll win by a landslide.

There needs to be a much more detailed and transparent vision of Scotland made available in order for the Scottish electorate to determine whether independence is the best option for Scotland.

Two MSPs have quit the SNP in opposition to the party's new support for Nato, it has been confirmed. John Finnie and Jean Urquhart were among eight...

For those, like myself, who want to see Scotland take its place amongst that community of nations that is Europe, these are challenging times that demand real leadership.

Gay Marriage will be made legal in Scotland, the SNP government announced on Wednesday morning, after the Scottish government finally agreed the frame...

If Scotland becomes independent would I still be able to be referred to hospitals in England? I can't take any chances, and at the moment while I would prefer to stay put in Edinburgh, I'm looking to relocate to the vicinity of the hospital that is willing and able to treat me, in London.

The debate around Scottish independence is one which the Scottish Nationalists have of late, like it or not, done an excellent job of defining, driving and dominating.

The Scottish National Party (SNP) have described today's agreement of The Scotland Bill between the Scottish and UK governments as a "missed opportuni...

If Cameron gets his way, the impact of minimum pricing on consumption could take years to ascertain; its impact on the political status of alcohol, though, would be immediate.

I have worked in public opinion polling in the past, and indeed have polled on Scottish independence before, so a few people have asked me what I think about the question that has just been released by the Scottish National Party that is soon to be used in a referendum on Scottish independence: Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country? (Yes/No)

Former MSP Tommy Sheridan was freed from prison today after serving just over one year of his three-year sentence for lying under oath. The 47-year...

I should start with an apology. This blog will have a special, and possibly unhealthy, appeal for political nerds. It addresses some technical issues to do with democratic theory and the detailed arithmetic of Scottish opinion.

It staggers me and most Scots that David Cameron and indeed the whole London commentariat could possibly have thought his proposed "deal" to have a speedy binding Scottish referendum - or nothing - would be greeted in Scotland as anything other than a stale bit of last week's bread fit only to be chucked straight back over the fence.

Johann Lamont has been elected as leader of the Labour party in Scotland. The MSP for Glasgow Pollok was formerly the party's deputy leader under Iain...

A senior Labour politician has called for Scotland to have full control over its finances. Lord Foulkes claimed the UK Government's proposals to...

MSPs claimed £11.8 million in expenses last year, up 1.6% on the previous year, new figures show. The total of £11,849,399 in 2010-11 is £186...