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A New Labour stalwart who rose to the occasion as Britain faced economic meltdown in 2008: How Alistair Darling led the UK through the credit crunch as Chancellor… before going on to save the Union at the 2014 Scottish referendum

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A New Labour stalwart who rose to the occasion as Britain faced economic meltdown in 2008: How Alistair Darling led the UK through the credit crunch as Chancellor… before going on to save the Union at the 2014 Scottish referendum

Alistair Darling is being widely remembered for two things – his wisdom and his calmness in a crisis – following his death at the age of 70. Both of those characteristics were on display when the long-serving Labour MP endured his greatest political test in 2008. With Britain facing economic meltdown amid the global credit … Read more

SNP rocked by discovery of intimate texts revealing two politicians’ torrid lockdown affair – at the same time the party insisted Scots stayed home

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SNP rocked by discovery of intimate texts revealing two politicians’ torrid lockdown affair – at the same time the party insisted Scots stayed home

Two SNP politicians were caught having a torrid affair during lockdown after intimate text messages were uncovered on a mobile phone. The bombshell revelations swept through Holyrood today as details of the extramarital fling between the politicians began to emerge. The secret relationship is said to have carried on during the Covid pandemic in 2020, when … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon’s time as SNP first minister saw her clock up 112,474 air miles including regular flights from London to Scotland

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Nicola Sturgeon’s time as SNP first minister saw her clock up 112,474 air miles including regular flights from London to Scotland

Nicola Sturgeon clocked up 112,474 air miles in her seven years as first minister of Scotland, new data has revealed. The former SNP leader, who in June was arrested and later released without charge during a Police Scotland probe into possible fundraising fraud in her party, took 153 flights during her time in office, costing … Read more

Pro-Palestinian protesters try to storm McDonald’s in Manchester as police move in to arrest demonstrators at London Waterloo while others chant at Downing Street

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Pro-Palestinian protesters try to storm McDonald’s in Manchester as police move in to arrest demonstrators at London Waterloo while others chant at Downing Street

Pro-Palestine protesters have been pictured clashing with police outside a Manchester branch of McDonald’s as Saturday’s nationwide ‘day of action’ threatened to turn ugly. Photographs from Manchester showed a line of police officers standing outside the fast food restaurant in Oxford Street as a group of men, some wearing Palestinian keffiyeh scarves, held up a … Read more

DOUGLAS ROSS: After this deceitful cover-up nobody can have confidence in minister

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DOUGLAS ROSS: After this deceitful cover-up nobody can have confidence in minister

One way or the other, there will soon be a vote of no confidence in SNP Health ­Secretary Michael Matheson. The Scottish ­Conservatives, the only party with the numbers to call such a vote, has already committed to it. His position is untenable after having knowingly lied to the country and misled parliament. Myself and … Read more

Quit now, iPad minister told: Health Minister Michael Matheson under growing pressure over Morocco data bill scandal

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Quit now, iPad minister told: Health Minister Michael Matheson under growing pressure over Morocco data bill scandal

Michael Matheson was under mounting pressure to resign last night amid claims he ‘lied and covered up’ during the iPad bill scandal. The beleaguered Health Secretary faces a vote of no confidence at Holyrood over the £11,000 charges he ran up on a family holiday in Morocco. In a desperate bid to save his political … Read more

Labour MPs who failed to vote for Gaza ceasefire are targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters as party’s internal row rages on

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Labour MPs who failed to vote for Gaza ceasefire are targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters as party’s internal row rages on

The police opened an investigation into vandalism at Jo Stevens’ office in Cardiff By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 02:13 GMT, 18 November 2023 | Updated: 08:16 GMT, 18 November 2023 Labour MPs who failed to vote for a ceasefire in Gaza this week have been targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters as the party’s internal row rages … Read more

SNP’s ‘secret deal to back Keir Starmer’ as they are ‘screening’ would-be MPs to see if they would back a Labour Budget

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SNP’s ‘secret deal to back Keir Starmer’ as they are ‘screening’ would-be MPs to see if they would back a Labour Budget

SNP leader Humza Yousaf said he would work with Labour in a hung Parliament By Georgia Edkins and Brendan Carlin Published: 22:54 GMT, 11 November 2023 | Updated: 23:19 GMT, 11 November 2023 Fears that a weak Labour government would be propped up by the Scottish Nationalists deepened last night over claims the SNP is … Read more

Now SNP minister is SHAMED into paying back £11,000 holiday iPad bill

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Now SNP minister is SHAMED into paying back £11,000 holiday iPad bill

Scotland’s health secretary was yesterday shamed into paying back an ‘eye-watering’ £11,000 data roaming bill that he claimed on expenses. Michael Matheson was forced into the humiliating U-turn after being accused of ‘arrogance and contempt’ in claiming back the charges, racked up on a parliamentary iPad during a family holiday in Morocco. The climbdown came … Read more

Humiliated: SNP forced to hand over 14,000 Covid messages after legal threat

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Humiliated: SNP forced to hand over 14,000 Covid messages after legal threat

Humza Yousaf’s government performed a humiliating U-turn yesterday after it was forced to hand over thousands of private messages to the UK Covid-19 public inquiry. In a spectacular climbdown, the SNP Government agreed to send 14,000 messages from ministers, officials and advisers in the coming days. It comes after lawyers for the inquiry threatened legal … Read more