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Alyn Smith

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A new EU-inspired exhibition is coming to Scotland later this month

EU-inspired art exhibition 'Please Leave a Light On' to be held in Scottish town

The event is set to take place in Stirling next month

Young Scots for Independence announce major international event on path back to EU

4

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Scotland must invest in efforts to co-operate globally

3

Donald Trump said he would 'not protect' any Nato member that had failed to meet defence spending targets

Letters Nuclear elephant in the Nato room cannot be ignored

1

Calls have been made for the Scotland in Europe debate to include options other than rejoining the EU

Renewed call for Scotland in Europe debate to include Efta option

17

Scotland has to keep up with the EU on net zero, writes Alyn Smith

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Scotland must take notice of the EU's ambitious plan to reach net zero

10

Scottish Labour MSP Neil Bibby's comments were slammed by Alyn Smith

EXCLUSIVE Scottish Labour MSP 'sticking head in the sand over Brexit impact', say SNP

16

Accounts also detail the number of former IEA staff now working in the UK media

Think tank behind Liz Truss appears on UK media 14 times a DAY in 2023

3

Scotland must maintain relationships in Europe, writes Alyn Smith

COMMENT Alyn Smith: It’s vital to make sure the EU still sees and hears us

5

Alyn Smith said scrapping the cap on bankers' bonuses was 'absurd'

SNP MP applauded on Question Time as he labels bankers' bonus cap removal 'absurd'

7

The scale of destitution across the UK shows the brutality of Tory mismanagement, writes Alyn Smith

Alyn Smith: Report on destitution makes tough reading for a broken UK

2

SNP MP Alyn Smith said his party looked like it had forgotten how to listen

EXCLUSIVE 'Too many SNP ministers seem behind the curve', senior party MP says

16

Ed Davey said the UK rejoining the EU is 'currently off the table'

LibDems accused of 'throwing in the towel' after ruling out UK return to the EU

13

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers her annual speech on the state of the European Union

COMMENT Alyn Smith: State of the Union address shows Europe is leaving the UK behind

15

Alyn Smith has written to the leader of Stirling Council demanding answers about the removal of the Christie Clock

Better Together council faces questions over 'botched' removal of iconic clock

1

Aerial view of people arriving at the Bibby Stockholm immigration barge

COMMENT The UK's cruel treatment of migrants show extreme measures do not work

Alyn Smith has written to the Home Office over a detained Stirling university student

EXCLUSIVE SNP MP writes to Home Office over detained Stirling postgraduate student

8

The couple met in 2013 and live in Stirling together

EXCLUSIVE SNP MP Alyn Smith marries long-term boyfriend in Stirling

9

Brexit has caused irreparable damage to many hospitality businesses, writes Alyn Smith

COMMENT The issues in our hospitality sector were created by Brexit

3

We must strive to build a Scotland where politicians like Boris Johnson are never propelled to high office, writes Alyn Smith

COMMENT An independent Scotland would never reward the likes of Boris Johnson

Alyn Smith's language does not acknowledge that there has always been a large part of the SNP membership opposed to Nato. Photograph: Gordon Terris

Letters Nato and the EU are two vastly different institutions

Independence is vital if Scotland is to avoid the errors of Brexiteers like Jacob Rees-Mogg, writes Alyn Smith

COMMENT The EU bonfire has been doused - but danger still looms for Scotland

3

Horizon Europe aims to promote scientific breakthroughs in vital areas of research

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Re-joining the EU’s scientific initiative is a no-brainer

4

Scotland has a lot to offer on the EU's big questions such as energy security and tourism, writes SNP MP Alyn Smith

COMMENT Alyn Smith: We can be EU rule-makers instead of the UK's rule-takers

2

Why can't Scotland have the same access to the EU single-market as Northern Ireland?

COMMENT The UK's new Brexit deal shows there’s something rotten in our ‘democracy’

9

HMS Glasgow is moved onto a barge at the BAE Govan shipyard

COMMENT Must our forward-looking independent Scotland manufacture war machines?

6

Alyn Smith has said the SNP will not stand for Scotland being taken out of the European Convention on Human Rights, something the UK Government is apparently considering

'We will oppose any attempt to take Scotland out of ECHR', SNP say

35

I take exception to Alyn Smith’s demand that Joanna Cherry leave the SNP

Letters I take exception to Alyn Smith’s demand that Joanna Cherry leave the SNP

5

Anti-Brexit campaigners take part in a torchlight procession to the Scottish Parliament on the third anniversary of Brexit on January 31, 2023 in Edinburgh

COMMENT Scotland needs freed from a stagnating UK to take its rightful place in Europe

3

Pro-EU Scots gathered outside Holyrood to mark the third anniversary of Brexit

EXCLUSIVE Hundreds gather outside Scottish Parliament to mark third anniversary of Brexit

11

Alyn Smith suggested those who do not support the Scottish Government's gender reforms, which Joanna Cherry has criticised, should leave the party

Joanna Cherry says she won't be leaving SNP following Alyn Smith remark

89

SNP MP launches 'one stop shop' for independence in the EU on Brexit anniversary

EXCLUSIVE SNP MP launches 'one stop shop' resource for independence and the EU

3

Anti-Brexit demonstrators wave European Union flags outside the Houses of Parliament in London

COMMENT Revoking years of EU law exposes the insanity of Brexit UK

5

The EU is celebrating 30 years of the single market

EXCLUSIVE 'Scotland will be back': SNP in message to EU after 30 years of single market

6

The disaster response charity will provide food and water to lorry drivers stuck in queues to cross the Channel

UK Government drafts in disaster charity to help with Channel lorry queues

7

It’s time for activists to get back out on the doorsteps to make sure that every Scot knows that Scotland’s future is up to us

comment Alyn Smith: It's time to take our activism back onto the streets of Scotland

7

Liz Truss’s short reign as prime minister caused financial chaos which the country could take years to recover from

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Scotland must put disappointment aside and get set for the next move

54

It's up to the Yes movement to explain why membership of the EU would benefit the people of Scotland

COMMENT We must hammer home the benefits of independence in the European Union

16

The report from the Nuffield Foundation found that Brexit has contributed to staff shortages in the NHS

Staffing crisis in NHS made worse by Brexit, report finds

4

Haiti is one of the top 20 countries at greatest risk of humanitarian crises in 2023, according to the International Rescue Committee

Exclusive Calls for Tories to U-turn on international aid cuts after alarming report

Scotland has come a long way politically since 1997, and the collapse of integrity and credibility at Westminster leaves the UK with an indefensible and unsustainable democratic deficit

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Scotland has outgrown the devolution settlement

9

The UK Government has faced criticism over arms exports to Saudi Arabia

Independent Scotland will have ‘greater scrutiny of arms trade’

1

Only indy and a return to the EU will secure Scotland’s long-term economic stability

comment Alyn Smith: Lives will be lost if Jeremy Hunt cuts into the bones of public services

4

Rishi Sunak was questioned about Scottish democracy by SNP MP Alyn Smith

Tories jeer and heckle as SNP MP talks about Scotland’s 'best future'

23

The Yes EU rally at Edinburgh's Mound saw speakers Gordon McIntyre-Kemo, Sara Sheridan and Alyn Smith MP take to the mic.

COMMENT Brexit lies show why we need to be part of the EU

2

Activists voiced their support for Scotland's place in the EU as an independent country

Yes for EU 'You can’t make Brexit work': Yes supporters rally in Edinburgh for EU re-entry

19

Even if Liz Truss is replaced by Keir Starmer, things won’t be truly different for Scotland

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Change at Westminster will never be enough for Scotland

12

Delegates during Nicola Sturgeon’s keynote speech at the SNP conference in Aberdeen

COMMENT Alyn Smith: SNP conference has renewed our fire in fight for independence

8

The Iranian regime has vowed to ‘crack down’ on protests in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death

comment Alyn Smith: Iranian protesters need our support to prevail against authoritarianism

4

Not content with Northern Ireland, Liz Truss wants to break the law in the Middle East too

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Liz Truss looks set to inflame tensions in Middle East

6

If Truss can’t call Sturgeon – or even Macron – an ally, how can she be taken seriously?

comment Alyn Smith: Every day Liz Truss spends in Downing Street is a boost for Yes

29

Almost a third of Scots will be in fuel poverty if the UK Government doesn’t get a grip

COMMENT Alyn Smith: The blame for the cost-of-living crisis lies at Westminster’s feet

6

The Westminster-made energy crisis shows why Scotland must vote Yes for independence

comment Alyn Smith: Energy crisis lays bare the need for a Scottish National Grid

7

Alyn Smith says Scotland's independence supporters must be as dedicated as its athletes. Photograph: Colin Mearns

Letters SNP are telling us to keep the heid, but not what indy will look like

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