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John Swinney opposes UK Government move to ban new oil and gas licences holyrood.com/news/view,john-…
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MSPs chairing Holyrood committees are to receive a 20 per cent pay rise holyrood.com/news/view,msps-…
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Start date confirmed for Scottish grooming gangs inquiry holyrood.com/news/view,start…
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You’ve seen the memes, but what do you really know about Collette Stevenson? I sat down with the SNP MSP to discover a politician forged by raw personal experience of loss and hardship holyrood.com/inside-politics…
You’ve seen the memes, but what do you really know about Collette Stevenson? I sat down with the SNP MSP to discover a politician forged by raw personal experience of loss and hardship holyrood.com/inside-politics…
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Sketch: Dominic Cummings hasn't forgiven or forgotten, writes @kapaterson holyrood.com/comment/view,do…
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A gaffe made @CStevensonSNP a meme. Raw personal experience made her the politician she is, finds @kapaterson holyrood.com/inside-politics…
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Drug-related deaths in Scotland have risen by 11 per cent, official figures show holyrood.com/news/view,scotl…
MSPs are now more than two hours into what has proven to be a lively debate on independence. I had a look at the political picture for the latest edition of Holyrood holyrood.com/inside-politics…
The Thistle, the UK's only safer drugs consumption room, is a three year pilot near a Glasgow pram showroom. I went along as Ruth Dreifuss - former president of Switzerland & global leader in harm reduction - visited. This is what she found 👇holyrood.com/inside-politics…
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Ruth Dreifuss: You don't tackle the drugs crisis by arresting the victims
@kapaterson speaks to the former Swiss president and harm reduction advocate as she tours The Thistle in Glasgow holyrood.com/inside-politics…
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“I don’t get uptight or agitated about the comments anybody makes, whether they’re former colleagues or not.”
Health secretary @AConstance23 speaks to @kapaterson about NHS reform holyrood.com/inside-politics…
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Henry McLeish, the former Labour first minister who previously said he would vote for independence, now says the campaign for indyref2 is "going nowhere".
"The dial hasn’t shifted since 2014," he told @kapaterson
Can John Swinney delivery indyref2? holyrood.com/inside-politics…
'If we went forward with a fait accompli, that would not have landed well': Health sec Angela Constance is under pressure about what NHS reform really means. She told me there's a 'compelling' case for a 2-board structure - and change 'isn't optional' holyrood.com/inside-politics…
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Can John Swinney delivery indyref2, asks @kapaterson holyrood.com/inside-politics…
Inside the story of the week 👇
Andy Burnham's PMQs slip-up has had cross-border ramifications, but polling shows Scotland divided holyrood.com/inside-politics…
This is long-awaited news and testament to Gurpreet's sustained and dedicated campaigning
BREAKING NEWS: Delhi High Court has overturned the previous High Court’s decision of Sept 2024 & granted 🇬🇧 national #JagtarSinghJohal bail in all 7 NIA cases.
Jaggi will be released from prison after completing the relevant paperwork
Time to bring him home 🙏🏾
#FreeJaggiNow
"The number of times people used to come to me and say, ‘why don’t you join the Labour Party, we’ll help you out, make you an MP’"
Presiding Officer Kenneth Gibson gets candid holyrood.com/inside-politics…
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New Presiding Officer Kenneth Gibson promises 'revolution' in the way Scottish Parliament operates holyrood.com/inside-politics…
"I'm sorry we haven't been good enough," said Anas Sarwar after becoming Scottish Labour leader. Five years on, a smaller party is electing his successor after another May drubbing. In post-devolution Scotland, can the party save itself from irrelevance? holyrood.com/inside-politics…
