FOR those who have visited the Isle of Skye before, there is one eternal truth and it is that you can never guarantee the weather. Surprise surprise, that is especially true in late October. The we…
THE Health Secretary was tonight accused of having “no plan” to deliver the SNP’s new walk-in GP surgeries. Neil Gray failed to give costs, locations or opening dates for the 15 hubs John Swinney h…
JOHN Swinney insisted his SNP Government is “working” for Scotland — despite public services being in crisis. The Nats chief declared “now is the time” for independence after telling the party fait…
A TORY MSP was blasted for a “bizarre” outburst about the next Rangers manager as he urged the Ibrox club to avoid “vegans, Buddhists or Green Party members”. Murdo Fraser, a well-known Rangers fan…
NATS chiefs have been accused of “squandering” nearly £175,000 on a quango aimed at keeping criminals out of jail. SNP ministers have spent the cash in just six months since the Sentenc…
JOHN Swinney has sparked fury after snubbing a fresh call for a Scottish grooming gangs inquiry. The First Minister told Holyrood he was “not persuaded” of the need for a separate probe into the sc…
JOHN Swinney today made an unannounced visit to Washington DC in a bid to lobby Donald Trump’s government to ease trade tariffs on Scotch whisky. The First Minister flew to the US capital in a desp…
RIVALS accused Tory turncoat Graham Simpson of jumping ship to join Nigel Farage in a “desperate” bid to save his skin at next year’s Scottish election. The defector shook hands with Reform UK’s su…
THE dire state of Scotland’s NHS was laid bare yesterday as hospital waiting lists hit another record high. Rivals slammed the SNP for a raft of “broken promises” with almost 880,000 patients…
THE late Queen asked for “gossip” about the sexual misconduct scandal engulfing the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon has sensationally claimed. Details of the conversation with the monarch – which are ty…
JOHN Swinney insisted he pushed the issue of whisky tariffs with President Trump just a day after the US chief appeared to rubbish the claim. Donald Trump told reporters he and the First Minister “…