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5 stories you should know 👇 SNP activist withdraws leadership challenge against John Swinney AN SNP activist set to challenge John Swinney for the party leadership has withdrawn his candidacy after a “lengthy and fruitful conversation” between the pair. John Swinney: I know what it takes to lead minority government and boost independence LAST week, I announced my bid to become leader of the Scottish National Party and first minister of Scotland. 'Mixed feelings': Patrick Harvie speaks out after end of Bute House Agreement PATRICK Harvie sits in his east end office, drinking coffee from a mug featuring the slogan “Gay Lord”. It’s an Israeli army tells Palestinians to 'temporarily evacuate' parts of Rafah THE Israeli army has told Palestinians to begin evacuating eastern Rafah, according to an Israeli Defence Force statement on Monday, signalling that a ground invasion is imminent... Michael Collie: How dedicated to independence are the Scottish Greens? TODAY, it seems the Scottish Greens are, and have always been, for independence. It’s almost a mantra, alongside action on climate change and social justice. But how did we get here and what happens next?

Today's commentators ✍ Ash Regan: We need less self-indulgent political pantomime and more stability AS we begin another week in what has increasingly become a Scottish political pantomime, I want to reflect on what this all looks like to the people we are in Holyrood to represent. Michael Collie: How dedicated to independence are the Scottish Greens? TODAY, it seems the Scottish Greens are, and have always been, for independence. It’s almost a mantra, alongside action on climate change and social justice. But how did we get here and what happens next? George Kerevan: Independence is ‘dead’? What about the British state? THE august (and increasingly pompous) Financial Times informed us on Saturday – via one of its columnists – that “the independence argument is dead for a generation”. Rhoda Meek: People who ‘love’ islands are killing them with this housing crisis FOR those looking at rural Scotland through the prism of their idyllic escape, the housing crisis is an abstract concept – a mild irritation when the hotel is only able to offer a limited number of bookings or the coffee shop owner is running 10 orders behind because they are short-staffed. Read more

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