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Bute House is set to have a new resident (as soon as they finish renovations)

Wee Ginger Dug: Who will become Scotland's next first minister?
POLLING expert Mark Diffley has said that the lack of hard polling data about the SNP leadership contest...

Racist abuse is 'worrying' but it's worth the risk as becoming the first Muslim Scottish First Minister would be a 'historic' win, Humza Yousaf has told The National’s podcast.

HOLYROOD WEEKLY Humza Yousaf: Being first Muslim FM would be 'historic' despite racism 'worry'

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As Nicola Sturgeon steps down as FM how does the Yes movement move on from the SNP leadership contest?

COMMENT Three ways the Yes movement can move on from this rancorous leadership contest

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The next FM must build upon Nicola Sturgeon's legacy of action on climate change

COMMENT The next first minister must accelerate change - for people and the planet

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Prime Minister Theresa May holds a news conference after the European Council in Brussels where European Union leaders met to discuss Brexit

COMMENT Joanna Cherry: SNP should have done more to leverage power on Brexit

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SNP leadership candidates Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes taking part in the SNP leadership debate in Inverness

COMMENT The Sustainable Growth Commission is dead. Long live Scotland's Wellbeing Economy

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Outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks to the media after her last First Minster's Questions

COMMENT Wee Ginger Dug: Nicola Sturgeon outclasses Douglas Ross one last time

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Professor Richard Murphy on what the next SNP leader and first minister should do about GERS

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED Richard Murphy: Here's what the next first minister has to do about GERS

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(left to right) Nicky Marr, plus SNP leadership candidates Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes taking part in the SNP leadership debate in Inverness.

comment SNP’s career wing are in denial about how much damage they’ve inflicted on the party

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A man stands past a placard of the French left-wing Socialist Party's (PS - Parti socialiste) congress, on its opening day in Marseille, southern France

comment The SNP make me think of the French Parti socialiste… and that’s not good news

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A European Union flag flies in front of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, following the announcement that European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have struck a deal over the Northern Ireland

comment Alyn Smith: As MP's vote on 'Stormont Brake' of 'Windsor Framework' - why not us too?

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Mhairi Black has claimed that young SNP members have had the 'enthusiasm knocked out of them'

COMMENT Shona Craven: Petulant strops won’t win back former SNP members

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Feminism isn't an exclusive club - it's a means to ensure a more equal world, writes Karen Adam

COMMENT Scotland is better when women support each other - in politics and in life

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Protests on May 6 will see activists gather in Edinburgh calling for Scotland to have a say on both independence and the monarchy

COMMENT The Declaration of Calton Hill will assert our right to an independent republic

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Discord in his party over the Brexit deal for Northern Ireland could spell trouble for Rishi Sunak

COMMENT Wee Ginger Dug: Trouble brewing for Rishi Sunak over Northern Ireland deal

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File photograph of a primary school in Glasgow

COMMENT Facts get in the way of attacks SNP's record on education

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Former prime minister Boris Johnson is panicking about the probe into whether he lied to parliament

ANALYSIS Boris Johnson's latest U-turn shows he's panicking his career could be over

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Stephen Noon: SNP should look to Pope Francis for leadership lessons

COMMENT Stephen Noon: SNP should look to Pope Francis for leadership lessons

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Humza Yousaf, Kate Forbes and Ash Regan at an SNP leadership debate

COMMENT SNP leadership contest is getting into QAnon territory with vote-fixing claims

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Can anyone remember who this is?

COMMENT Kevin McKenna: SNP’s rivals are hardly a font of political talent

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government is targeting refugees and asylum seekers

COMMENT ‘Stop the Boats’ moves UK deeper into the moral abyss

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Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes taking part in the SNP leadership debate in Inverness

COMMENT Dads run smoother children's birthday parties than SNP do leadership contests

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Hercule Poirot reflects in the Orient Express

COMMENT Poirot investigates the case of the missing independence referendum

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Enoch Powell’s ideas were brought back into the heart of Conservative politics

COMMENT Powell and Thatcher the architects of the Tories’ racist immigration obsession

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is greeted by director-general of the BBC Tim Davie (centre) and interim head of news Jonathan Munro

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: 10 slippery phrases politicians give instead of straight answers

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Scottish red deer graze on the road in Glen Etive

COMMENT 'Let's kill Bambi': Why Scotland desperately needs a deer cull

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Andrew Robertson is having a mixed season

COMMENT It's hard to be optimistic with Steve Clarke's flanks faltering

SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes during a visit to Jamesfield Farm Shop in Abernethy

COMMENT Kelly Given: Is it any wonder privileged men are lining up behind Kate Forbes?

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Alison Phipps is Unesco Chair for Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the University of Glasgow

COMMENT Alison Phipps: BBC has taken leave of its senses and is censoring dissent

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Kate Forbes is the best-placed candidate to sway the unpersuadables to the Yes cause

COMMENT Ruth Wishart: Kate Forbes is best placed to deliver a much-needed independence reset

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'To question the integrity of a democratic election without any basis to do so is straight out of the Donald Trump playbook'

COMMENT Mhairi Black: Questioning of SNP leadership ballot is Donald Trump-esque

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A migrant carries a child as he runs to board a smuggler's boat on the beach of Gravelines, near Dunkirk (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images).

COMMENT Michael Russell: Enemies is not too strong a word for vicious independence opponents

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The UK Government has banned TikTok from its devices

COMMENT Pat Kane: What data would China want? TikTok's all kittens and lip-syncs isn't it?

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Independence would be 'more straightforward' than Brexit if Scotland made the right choices, Kate Forbes has told The National’s podcast.

PODCAST Independence would be 'more straightforward' than bungled Brexit, says Kate Forbes

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Our political reporters discuss the ins and outs of the SNP membership number row in this week's podcast

Holyrood Weekly podcast: SNP membership figures, Spring Budget and more

More than 1 million people marched in London in opposition to the Iraq War

COMMENT Twenty years on from the Iraq War and there is still no justice for victims

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Home Secretary Suella Braverman leaving Downing Street, London, after a Cabinet meeting ahead of the Budget.

COMMENT Joanna Cherry: It's not just 'lefty lawyers' calling out the Tory asylum bill

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The SNP have missed opportunities to win over No voters ... but there have been huge successes also

COMMENT Richard Walker: Membership row should remind us who real ‘establishment’ is

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Professor Richard Murphy on what Scotland's next first minister needs to learn from the Chancellor's Budget

COMMENT The key lessons Scotland's next first minister must take from the Budget

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Allan Dorans is the SNP MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

comment Allan Dorans MP: Media too often generalises about Scotland from UK figures

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SNP leadership candidates (from left) Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf

COMMENT Lesley Riddoch: Questions for the next first minister the hustings didn't touch

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US marines climb up to topple a statue of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on April 9, 2003 at al-Fardous square in Baghdad, Iraq

COMMENT David Pratt: Iraq anniversary reminds us not to always believe what governments say

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 11 Downing Street, London

This is a Tory austerity Budget on stilts – it will only deepen the crisis

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Dr Tim Rideout responds to some frequently asked questions about Scotland's future currency options

COMMENT 'Why does Scotland need its own currency?' and other key questions answered

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Demonstrators protesting against the Illegal Migration Bill in London earlier in the week

COMMENT Contrasting the UK and Scottish Governments shows we can do things better

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Humza Yousaf speaks at an SNP leadership hustings as Kate Forbes and Ash Regan wait

COMMENT Don't take a Yes vote for granted: people can change their minds

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Humza Yousaf speaks to the media while on the campaign trail for SNP leadership

COMMENT Kevin McKenna: What about this Competence Index for SNP leadership contenders

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Roger Mullin is backing Kate Forbes

COMMENT Roger Mullin: Kate Forbes won my admiration amid a time of intolerance in the SNP

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Scotland has come a long way in its attitude to LGBT people

COMMENT Gerry Hassan: LGBT equality is central to building a truly inclusive Scotland

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SNP leadership candidates Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf

COMMENT Shona Craven: Anti-abortion groups are always ready to pounce

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Humza Yousaf will nurture the SNP’s values if he becomes leader

COMMENT Karen Adam: Why I'm backing Humza Yousaf for the leadership

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Michael Sturrock is backing Humza Yousaf

COMMENT As a No to Yes voter, here's why I'm backing Humza Yousaf

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Kate Forbes takes questions from journalists at a campaign event in Glasgow today

COMMENT Ivan McKee: Like Nicola Sturgeon, Kate Forbes is a winner - we must back her

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Scotland being a Fair Trade Nation tackles climate change and helps social justice

COMMENT Scotland being a Fair Trade Nation tackles climate change and helps social justice

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