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Labour leader Anas Sarwar made a vow ... and did not live up to it

Strategy set to backfire on Anas Sarwar – The REAL Scottish Politics
It has always been the jibe of independence supporters that if you vote Labour, you get Tory

Rishi Sunak’s windfall tax will incentivise oil and gas companies against climate policy

comment Cost of living and climate crises have the same solution

The Tories timed the cost of living grant to distract from partygate

comment Joanna Cherry: Tories knew cost of living help was a diversion tactic

Police Scotland has enacted more progressive measures than other countries

comment Our police force is not getting credit it deserves

No matter how much he tries to distract us, Boris Johnson’s guilt has been laid bare

COMMENT PM is more savvy and dangerous than tousle-haired circus clown image

Boris Johnson’s calamitous failure of leadership was starkly illustrated in the withdrawal from Afghanistan

comment Let’s not forget the damning Afghanistan report amid partygate hype

Boris Johnson will be hoping a rail strike allows him a fight with the unions that could get English voters back onside

comment Lesley Riddoch: Boris is clinging on but will the knockout blow ever land?

Douglas Ross was skewered by two Sky News presenters

WATCH Sky News hosts savage Douglas Ross for flip-flopping Boris Johnson takes

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks with stallholders while stood behind British flags, during an event to promote British businesses, at Downing Street, London. Picture date: Monday May 9, 2022..

COMMENT There’s a deep insecurity in the state of the United Kingdom

Right wing think tank's Question Time appearance shows need for transparency

comment Right-wing think tank's Question Time appearance shows need for transparency

No, Partygate and the lying Prime Minister aren't Britain's moral low point

COMMENT No, partygate and the lying Prime Minister aren't Britain's moral low point

Wee Ginger Dug: I was alone in hospital while Boris Johnson partied

COMMENT Wee Ginger Dug: I was alone in hospital while Boris Johnson partied

Katherine Fletcher opted to lecture those in in-work poverty rather than try to help them

COMMENT Shona Craven: Tories seem content with billions in benefits going unclaimed

Rishi Sunak is the richest person ever to be Chancellor

COMMENT Gerry Hassan: Progressives in politics must start speaking more on class and race

The Union flag represents corruption and contempt for democracy

COMMENT The REAL Scottish Politics: The UK is creeping towards fascism

Andrew Wilson reflected on his report published four years ago

COMMENT Why Scotland's next White Paper must do more to involve other parties

The report is expected to make grim reading for Prime Minister Boris Johnson

COMMENT Kirsty Strickland: We need to know why Boris Johnson secretly met with Sue Gray

Trans Pride in Paisley was, in many ways, a reminder of what Pride is really about

COMMENT Trans Pride showed public rejects the false culture war narratives

The Bank of England is now predicting that UK inflation will be over 10% CPI by the end of the year

COMMENT Independence should be on mind of our government as inflation hits us

Scots can still wear our kilts with pride

COLUMN Could the banning of the kilt be set for a return?

Scotland's coast could provide the answer to our future

comment Scotland as a ‘sea state’ – the future for our trade and security

Andrew Wilson's Sustainable Growth Commission published its findings in May 2018

COMMENT Andrew Wilson: Growth Commission is still relevant to indyref2 four years on

'Far from being some abstract academic discussion, constitutional debate has ultimately led to policies which have made a real difference to the lives of millions of people'

COMMENT Nicola Sturgeon: Now is the time to debate Scottish independence

Jake Daniels is only the second current professional male footballer to be openly gay

comment Player’s bravery should lead to football’s Gay Lives Matter moment

Tories like Ruth Davidson and Provost Maurice Corry always 'pop back up' despite the electorate

comment Horse trading is failing local democracy but do any of the parties care?

Rishi Sunak was named on the Sunday Times Rich List

comment Rishi gets richer as the bunting comes out

Liverpool fans booed God Save the Queen at Wembley

comment UK national anthem represents the union falling apart before our eyes

All Under One Banner march for independence, Defend Our NHS march, Glasgow. Marchers on West George Street...Photograph by Colin Mearns.14 May 2022..

COMMENT Independence must change Scotland for the overlooked in our society

Unionist party council deals are denying the will of the majority of Scots

COMMENT Unionist party council deals are denying the will of the majority of Scots

The National rally for independence, George Square, Glasgow...Mhairi Black MP.. Photograph by Colin Mearns.2 November 2019...

COMMENT Mhairi Black’s f-word speech shows we must be vigilant

How can Labour stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Tories?

COMMENT How can Labour stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Tories?

Anas Sarwar is vehemently opposed to indyref2

COMMENT Influential Labour voice questions Anas Sarwar's indyref2 stance – The REAL Scottish Politics

Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey during the Bank of England Monetary Policy Report Press Conference. Photograph: PA

COMMENT The problem with telling people to avoid pay rises during an inflation crisis

Backroom deals by Unionists show just how far Scottish Labour have fallen

COMMENT Backroom deals by Unionists show just how far Scottish Labour have fallen

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill threatens Scots' human rights

COMMENT Northern Ireland Troubles Bill threatens Scots' human rights

Graphic credit: Greens/EFA in the European Parliament

COMMENT To isolate Putin we must insulate our homes

We must go whole hog to save Scots pig farmers' bacon

COMMENT We must go whole hog to save Scots pig farmers' bacon

All Under One Banner (AUOB) anti-nuclear weapons rally at the Faslane Royal Navy base, today, Saturday... Photograph by Colin Mearns.28 August 2021..

COMMENT SNP will haemorrhage votes if it turns to nuclear

Demonstrators from Border Communities Against Brexit protested the PM’s visit

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Hard Brexit conflicts with Northern Ireland’s peace

The Nato headquarters in Brussels may not be the right place for Scotland

COMMENT Lesley Riddoch: With Trump return possible Scotland should be in no rush to join Nato

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine strengthens further the case to join the alliance

COMMENT David Pratt: An independent Scotland should join Nato

There will be no meaningful change at Westminster

COMMENT The REAL Scottish Politics: We know UK's formula used for dealing with scandals

Nicola Sturgeon (on the right) and Tory MP Laura Farris, who is not Nicola Sturgeon

THE JOUKER BBC labels Tory MP as 'Nicola Sturgeon' in Politics Live blunder

Belfast has been at the centre of the political spotlight as Northern Ireland continues to deal with the aftermath of Brexit

COMMENT Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh: There are political lessons to learn from Northern Ireland

The relationship with the USA, the world’s foremost superpower and biggest economy, is of particular importance, not just for Scotland but every country given its size and clout

COMMENT Foreign trips like FM in US can be a crucial element in advancing Scottish interests

Claire Telfer, head of Save the Children Scotland and Jamie Livingstone, head of Oxfam Scotland

COMMENT The world once said 'never again' to famine - but we clearly haven't learned

From left: Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman and Terry Jones performing the Four Yorkshiremen sketch

COMMENT Kevin McKenna: Tories think we can self-medicate out of starvation and poverty

COMMENT The REAL Scottish Politics: FM meeting top US politicians not high-profile enough for BBC

Boris Johnson was in fine form while unveiling the new tube line

The Jouker Boris Johnson claims London tube line will be boost for the entire UK

Gideon Rachman’s The Age Of The Strongman looks at Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

COMMENT Gerry Hassan: Strongmen forces toxifying politics won't be going anywhere soon

The REAL Scottish Politics: Let's hope this Jubilee is Scotland's last

COMMENT The REAL Scottish Politics: Let's hope this Jubilee is Scotland's last

The Tories have long since abandoned respect for real democracy

comment The UK has now entered the political antechamber to dictatorship

Boris Johnson thinks it is only natural folk will slack off a bit

comment Kirsty Strickland: Boris Johnson shouldn’t judge other workers by his own shoddy standards

Norway has 356 ‘wellfunded’ local municipalities, some with a budget per capita of more than £5000

comment Here's where we should aim to be more like Norway