And Professor David Blake said Scotland’s First Minister will not be able to rely on the European Union to bail the newly independent nation out – while stressing it could take anything up to a decade to join in the first place.
Jeane Freeman admitted moving patients back from hospitals into care homes during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic was a “mistake”. Ms Freeman said the Scottish Government had failed in “understanding the social care sector well enough” and “we didn’t take the
Nicola Sturgeon has been out campaigning across Scotland ahead of next month’s Holyrood elections. The SNP leader hopes to secure a pro-independence majority and strengthen calls for a second referendum. However, in a discussion with voters in Scotland the BBC Today programme found
Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party could STOP Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP gaining an outright majority in the Scottish Parliament election despite winning ZERO seats according to new poll Savanta ComRes predicts SNP will return 64 MSPs, one short of the 65 needed Salmond’s
Salmond would be ‘more radical than Sturgeon’ says expert With Scotland’s First Minister on record as saying her party needs to take more than 50 percent of the Scottish Parliament’s 129 seats, failure to do so will undoubtedly deliver a hammer blow
In a report by Oxford Economics commissioned by Sir Tom Hunter’s Hunter Foundation, it is claimed Scotland’s GDP per head was only 48 percent of Ireland’s and 68 percent of Norway’s. The tycoon’s foundation also warns in the report that Scotland’s economic policies
Getting my HolyROOTS done! Nicola Sturgeon enjoys her first haircut of the year at Edinburgh salon as Scotland’s hairdressers, DIY stores and garden centres reopen after lockdown First Minister visited Edinburgh’s Beehive Hair and Make-up for appointment She praised today as a ‘happy
Professor Mariana Mazzucato, a member of the Scottish government’s Council of Economic Advisers, said it would “be a pity if the UK splits up.” Writing in the New Statesman, Professor Mazzucato claimed: “If you look at where growth would come from in Scotland
A mass campaign for tactical anti-SNP votes was launched today with a plea to rally behind the established pro-UK parties. Near record numbers of candidates are standing in the May 6 poll, raising concerns of splits in the Union vote. The Scotland
Scotland’s Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie argued that there is less desire for an independent Scotland now and a referendum on the issue. While speaking on STV with Colin MacKay, Mr Rennie insisted the SNP and Nicola Sturgeon had “lost control” of