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General Election
11:45, 8 MAY 2024
Eddie Barnes signs off with a message of hope as Scotland's divided decade finally comes to an end
United Kingdom
After a 'decade-long hangover' since the SNP smashed Scotland apart along constitutional lines in 2014, one of the keenest minds in Scottish politics says we may finally be returning to 'something approaching normality'
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Putin and Swinney both sworn in this week... but at least Russians were given a vote!
Vladimir Putin
The Kremlin warmonger won 88% of the vote in Russian elections in March... meanwhile, the SNP's new 'caretaker boss' is being installed without any challenge, debate or popular mandate as the Nats stitch up Scottish democracy in their own interests
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Rishi Sunak warns Keir Starmer will be 'propped up' by John Swinney's new-look SNP
General Election
Labour insists it is 'not planning alliances' with the Nats after one expert said the local election results in England suggest the UK is heading for a hung parliament
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SNP faces election nightmare at Westminster AND Holyrood as fresh poll spells disaster for John Swinney
SNP
The Nats are set for their worst electoral performance in 14 years as their support continues to plummet despite the resignation of Humza Yousaf
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17 years ago today, Scotland woke up to a new Nationalist nightmare... now it's time to put the SNP to bed
History
The SNP was revealed to have won the narrowest of election victories over Labour on this day in 2007, with Alex Salmond replacing Jack McConnell in Bute House – who'd have thought we'd still have a Nat First Minister in 2024?
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Prickly George Galloway was talking cobblers when he threw GMB tantrum over THAT Saddam Hussein clip
Good Morning Britain
In his regular Daily Express column, Good Morning Britain host RICHARD MADELEY lifts the lid on the Scottish MP's meltdown on breakfast television earlier this week
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SNP plotting THIRD unelected first minister as John Swinney identified as general election patsy
John Swinney
EXCLUSIVE: Nicola Sturgeon's former deputy is the preferred candidate of the SNP establishment but is uncertain to stand in 2026 and has admitted a desire to leave frontline politics behind making him a perfect fall guy for a bad election
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Hammer poll blow for SNP as Scots say Humza Yousaf HAD to go... and start to go cool on Scexit
Opinion Polls
The latest YouGov poll shows the Nats are on course to lose 27 MPs at the General Election to finish well behind Labour – as a whopping majority say Humza Yousaf should be removed from office
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Humza Yousaf says Holyrood election is 'possible' even if he wins vote of no confidence
Humza Yousaf
The First Minister told a reporter the government would carry on with their work if he wins the no confidence vote before admitting that a Holyrood election could happen before the General Election
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Anas Sarwar to lodge motion of no confidence in SNP government as Labour looks to force election
Anas Sarwar
Pressure is mounting on Humza Yousaf with a fresh attempt to bring down his entire government being prepared
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Lesley Riddoch says Scots living elsewhere can't comment on Scottish politics - so what about Martin Compston?
General Election
The English-born journalist reckons you need to live in Scotland to be able to comment on the situation here - ignoring high-profile Nats who live in luxury in the US
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SNP grandee pleads with Green members to DITCH Bute House Agreement - to save Nats from electoral humiliation
Scottish Greens
Former health secretary Alex Neil says booting Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater out of government could held the SNP at the upcoming general election
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Nicola Sturgeon faces SNP demands to stay out of general election campaigning as former first minister's fall from grace continues
Nicola Sturgeon
The former first minister, who for years has been a huge electoral asset for the SNP, has been urged to keep a low profile and not publicly campaign following Operation Branchform.
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Humza Yousaf facing SNP unrest as plans to drawn up to replace him with shock Stephen Flynn/Kate Forbes alliance
Humza Yousaf
The first minister has been so 'disastrous' in his role that plans are being drawn up to oust him if the SNP drop to less than 20 MPs at the next general election.
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Top Scots KC says any Peter Murrell embezzlement trial unlikely to happen until 2026
Operation Branchform
Thomas Ross KC said it could 'easily be two years before the case gets to court' – raising the possibility of a clash with the 2026 Scottish Parliament election
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Desperate Humza Yousaf pleads with Scexit supporters to ditch Greens and vote SNP as he faces huge election losses
General Election
The first minister is struggling in the polls, and has now lashed out at other pro-independence parties who may split his vote at the next general election.
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Up to 30 Holyrood seats could be given new names with boundaries set to change across Scotland
Holyrood
Boundaries Scotland is in the process of updating the 73 constituency seats in the Scottish Parliament, while a proposed set of revamped seats had already been published
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Mega poll confirms Humza Yousaf general election nightmare as SNP to lose majority of MPs and plunge to fourth place
General Election
According to new data gleaned from every pollster in the country, the first minister is set to preside over a general election bloodbath which will result in the loss of a majority of Nat MPs.
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'Worried' Pete Wishart moans about three other pro-indy candidates stealing his votes
Pete Wishart
With Scottish Conservative bright spark Luke Graham breathing down his neck, the SNP veteran complained: 'Does anybody know how this advances independence and helps keep the Tories out?'
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Humza Yousaf and the SNP 'utterly thrashed' at yet another by-election as vote share collapses
Highlands
The Nats have gone into panic mode after the Inverness South by-election 'thrashing' in the Highlands as one party stalwart warns: 'Time is fast running out ... The pact with the Greens is lethal'
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Anas Sarwar warns 'the existence of the NHS is under threat' due to the SNP
NHS Scotland
Ahead of a campaign day in Lanarkshire, the Scottish Labour leader said the NHS is 'on its knees after 17 years of misrule' and pledged to spend £134m on getting the health service 'back on track'
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SNP general election campaign in 'free fall' as Keith Brown 'sacked' as director and replaced by Stewart Hosie
Keith Brown
The SNP's depute leader served as the party's campaign director as recent as last month but has now been removed from the role and replaced by Dundee MP Stewart Hosie, with Scottish Labour claiming it means Humza Yousaf is struggling to ramp up his party.
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If you oppose the SNP's grotesque Hate Crime Act, then stand up and be counted at the General Election
Hate Crime Act
The SNP Hate Crime Act fosters an environment of fear and censorship and is a law more worthy of Gilead, the dystopian nightmare nation depicted in The Handmaid's Tale, than Scotland
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All the SNP candidates for the general election (so you know who NOT to vote for)
SNP
The Nats have announced all their candidates for Westminster, with some big names already set to miss out on their £86,000 a year salary and generous expenses
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