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Alison Thewliss's campaign to take on the SNP Westminster leadership is gathering steam with endorsements from influential party figures

Alison Thewliss leadership campaign gathers steam as senior figures back MP
ALISON Thewliss’s campaign to take over as the SNP’s Westminster leader is gathering steam as a number of influential figures within the party gave her their backing.

INTERVIEW

Alison Thewliss hopes to take Ian Blackford's position as Westminster leader

Alison Thewliss calls for 'unified' SNP team in bid for Westminster leader job
SNP WESTMINSTER leadership hopeful Alison Thewliss has called for a “unified” team working across Westminster, Holyrood and the Yes movement to deliver Scottish independence.

t’s very stirring to hear when thousands of Welsh fans sing Yma o Hyd

LETTER Here’s my message to the state in spirit of Yma o Hyd

Sun-kissed bliss in Lanzarote was once dubbed 'Lanzagrotty'

TRAVEL The Spanish island that has reinvented itself from the worst of mass tourism

Scotland and Canada are quite different

LETTERS Comparing Scotland to Quebec is missing the reality in Canada

Russian-born vodka tycoon Yuri Shefler, below, paid £25m for Tulchan Estate in 2017

the ferret Russian billionaire's estate receives over £120k of public money to restore peatland

Forbes of Culloden urged the Hanoverian Government not to be too severe on the Jacobites

BACK IN THE DAY Celebrating ones of Scotland's most famous judges - 275 years after his death

Johnny Mac and Elaine C Smith take the stage alongside Calum McElroy’s Beast. Pictures: Richard Campbell

review Mark Brown: Kathryn Rooney’s Beauty and the Beast is sharp and pacey

Roz Foyer, general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, lists the 10 things that changed her life, from house music to parenthood

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 10 things that changed my life with STUC general secretary Roz Foyer

Alistair Heather – John Nicolson MP’s employee - takes us on a tour of his workplace

The Big Read Westminster is a snakepit of bad food, ridiculous traditions and bizarre politicians

Despite foreign affairs being reserved to the UK, international meetings, such as between First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and UK Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami still take place

special report Scotland carrying out ‘proto-diplomacy’ efforts to pave way after independence

There is nothing the UK Government wants more than to divide and inflame the Scottish independence movement

COMMENT Assert the Claim of Right – it’s the conventional path to independence

Michelle Mone could have the solution to Stuart Cosgrove’s Lisa Nandy woes

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: Dear Santa, give remote control that can shut out Unionist drivel

With Ian Blackford gone, the SNP need to remind voters why they were elected in the first place Congratulations to the Unionists – they’ve won the argument and left Scotland in a state of limbo

COMMENT Mike Small: Scotland’s fate has driven me to despair

Bono is surprisingly self-aware in this memoir

REVIEW Surrender by Bono review - Star opens up about fame, philanthropy and religion

With Ian Blackford gone, the SNP need to remind voters why they were elected in the first place

COMMENT Ruth Wishart: Ian Blackford's resignation is a chance to refocus for the SNP

President Cyril Ramaphosa had been expected to retain the leadership of his party at an upcoming conference – but the ‘Farmgate’ scandal has left that in doubt

comment David Pratt's four corners: 'Farmgate' could spell disaster for South Africa's ANC

Northern Soul is coming to the Theatre Royal in Glasgow

comment Mark Brown: Theatre Royal gig to prove enduring passion for northern soul

Glasgow Island AFC

special report 'Teams are folding at a rate never seen before': Rising costs squeeze local football

Angus man with asthma says mould in his home is affecting his health

special report 'I won't survive another winter here': Asthma sufferer on council house mould worries

Scotland was directly involved in coloniser atrocities like the East India Trade – we shouldn’t erase that history to make ourselves feel like victims

comment The wealth of the British Empire was key to the success of 1707 Union

The UK Government is being encouraged to offer more support for renewable energy projects

special report UK Government urged to speed up support for renewable energy projects

The BBC’s ‘toxicity’ report has been slated by data experts across the board

special report BBC called out for 'slipshod' reporting over probe into Twitter abuse of MPs

Alan McHugh says it has been a real pleasure sharing the stage with Strictly star Brendan Cole

INTERVIEW Mark Brown: Limmy star reveals what it takes to be the king of the panto

An expert has said other countries should follow Scotland's lead on prisons

EXCLUSIVE Countries should 'absolutely' follow Scotland's lead on prisons, expert says

The Tron Church hosted the controversial event after Civic House cancelled Richard Lucas’s meeting

special report Row after feminist group director appears at ‘festival of hate’

Kevin McKenna tells of a weekend spent in Naples

diary Kevin McKenna: Musings on art, food and football over a weekend in Naples

From the SNP’s fantastic election result in 2019 to clashing with Boris Johnson and campaigning for independence, Ian Blackford’s five years as SNP Westminster leader have left him with much to reflect on

Exclusive Ian Blackford opens up on his five years at the heart of Westminster

Demonstrators take part in the Fridays for Future Scotland march through Glasgow ahead of the first anniversary of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow

COMMENT The kids are not alright – it's up to us to give them reasons to believe

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said the 'duck test' would inform when it was the right time to hold indyref2

COMMENT Michael Russell: Colonial echoes in Westminster's denial of Scottish democracy

EXCLUSIVE Supreme Court ruling 'not the end of the road' for Scottish independence, expert says

Just Stop Oil activists threw red paint over the plush glass-fronted flagship Edinburgh office earlier this year

EXCLUSIVE Scotland Office refuse to disclose grafitti damage costs at Edinburgh HQ

Teachers across Scotland are set to strike over a dispute with the Scottish Government over pay

SCHOOL STRIKES Here are the Scottish schools closing in December due to teacher strikes

After Wednesday's launch, it was quite inarguable that “Independence is normal”.

Special Report Second edition of Scotland the Brief supplies undecided voters with facts they seek

The Tories claim the First Minister breached the code by failing to properly record a meeting with Jim McColl, then Ferguson Marine boss

FERRIES ROW Tories accuse Nicola Sturgeon of ministerial code breach over ferry meeting

Scottish Green MSP Ross Greer has been a vocal opponent of Flamingo Land's plans

EXCLUSIVE National Park Authority demands are 'death knell' for Flamingo Land plans, say Greens

Royal Mail bosses are seeking to turn the service towards focusing on parcel deliveries

comment Posties deliver an essential service - I am proud to stand with them

The Yes campaign has to do more to convince working-class Scots to back independence

comment We’ll need a radical case for independence to win voters to Yes

Yes groups have raised almost £40,000 from selling Scotland The Brief books

comment Our book aims to plant the seeds of belief in Scotland's economy

A speech by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was interrupted

comment Joanna Cherry: We must listen to our opponents to help us tackle their views

After the Supreme Court's independence ruling, Unionists may think the case for independence is over - it definitely isn't

COMMENT Richard Murphy: UK will claim indy is resolved like it claims Covid is - neither are

Quebecois politician Paul St-Pierre Plamondon refused to swear an oath to King Charles III

SPECIAL REPORT Quebec parliament refuses entry to politicians over King Charles snub

The National understands that Stephen Flynn is the front runner to take over the top SNP Westminster job from Blackford

EXCLUSIVE The inside story of Ian Blackford's resignation

Stephen Flynn has been widely tipped to be the SNP's next leader at Westminster

Leadership change Here are the stand-out moments from Stephen Flynn's time as an MP

Ian Blackford is stepping down as the SNP's Westminster leader

comment The REAL Scottish Politics: It's time for SNP to be more disruptive in Westminster

Anas Sarwar and Nicola Sturgeon disagreed over cancer service provision in Tayside

fmqs sketch Kirsty Strickland: Sturgeon and Sarwar clash over cancer services in punchy FMQs

A recent poll has found support for Scottish independence is in the lead by four points

comment Latest independence poll is a mixed bag for Yes movement

Diana Riba i Giner, vice-chair of the EU parliament's inquiry into the use of Pegasus, claims she was spied on by Spain

EXCLUSIVE 'I was spied on five times in a month': EU urged to halt spyware used in Catalonia

We have complacently taken for granted the rights that Chinese protesters seek

comment David Pratt: Iran and China provide stark reminder on need for democratic choice

The residents of Eigg should serve as an inspiration to the Yes movement

comment Lesley Riddoch: Eigg locals should serve as an inspiration to the Yes movement

Nicola Sturgeon was heckled at an event hosted by Zero Tolerance

COMMENT Interrupting a speech on violence against women only serves the patriarchy

Andrew Duff, who runs butchers MacDuff 1890, said Brexit had decimated his export business

EXCLUSIVE 'Easier to export to Hong Kong than Europe': Scots firm halts EU trade due to Brexit

The political fiction of a voluntary union was immensely useful to opponents of independence

comment The REAL Scottish politics: Unionists have the jitters after Supreme Court ruling

The bill will see thousands of laws which were 'copied and pasted' from the EU switched off by the end of next year

ANALYSIS How this Brexit bill could undermine devolution and see key laws vanish overnight

Eddi Reader sparked outrage with her claims about polling on Scottish independence

EXCLUSIVE Ipsos denies 'secret independence polling' claims after Eddi Reader tweet row