Tommy Sheppard
![Tommy Sheppard and Seamus Logan are becoming weekly columnists](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18339356.jpg)
![Tommy Sheppard and Seamus Logan are becoming weekly columnists](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18339356.jpg)
![We need to start convincing a lot more people than we have been recently, writes Tommy Sheppard](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10539072.jpg)
![We need to start convincing a lot more people than we have been recently, writes Tommy Sheppard](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10539072.jpg)
COMMENT
![Tommy Sheppard has said the SNP will learn from its defeat in the General Election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16925318.jpg)
![Tommy Sheppard has said the SNP will learn from its defeat in the General Election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16925318.jpg)
![Alison Thewliss was among the respected SNP MPs who lost last week](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18282444.jpg)
![Alison Thewliss was among the respected SNP MPs who lost last week](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18282444.jpg)
Letters
![The SNP were completely wiped out in Edinburgh as Scottish Labour won 37 seats](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18279261.jpg)
![The SNP were completely wiped out in Edinburgh as Scottish Labour won 37 seats](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18279261.jpg)
INSIDE STORY
![The First Minister visiting Portobello beach (Michael Boyd/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18247101.jpg)
![The First Minister visiting Portobello beach (Michael Boyd/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18247101.jpg)
ANALYSIS
![Could Tommy Sheppard have done more to challenge claims about Scottish education?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18167297.jpg)
![Could Tommy Sheppard have done more to challenge claims about Scottish education?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18167297.jpg)
Letters
![A Labour government would only enhance the case for Scottish independence, writes Tommy Sheppard](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17314664.jpg)
![A Labour government would only enhance the case for Scottish independence, writes Tommy Sheppard](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17314664.jpg)
COMMENT
![Foreign Secretary David Cameron has come under fire for flying a £60k private jet to Albania](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17786098.jpg)
![Foreign Secretary David Cameron has come under fire for flying a £60k private jet to Albania](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17786098.jpg)
![Alister Jack told a Lords committee he had asked for plans to be brought forward for a Scottish nuclear reactor](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18083423.jpg)
![Alister Jack told a Lords committee he had asked for plans to be brought forward for a Scottish nuclear reactor](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18083423.jpg)
![Political independence for Scotland is not about identity but agency, Tommy Sheppard writes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18049143.jpg)
![Political independence for Scotland is not about identity but agency, Tommy Sheppard writes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18049143.jpg)
COMMENT
![Tommy Sheppard pictured at a rally in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18069819.jpg)
![Tommy Sheppard pictured at a rally in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18069819.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Humza Yousaf and Tommy Sheppard appeared at the event alongside Val McDermid](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18008331.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf and Tommy Sheppard appeared at the event alongside Val McDermid](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18008331.jpg)
COMMENT
![Tommy Sheppard called for the building to be saved from 'dilapidation'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17894516.jpg)
![Tommy Sheppard called for the building to be saved from 'dilapidation'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17894516.jpg)
![Tommy Sheppard hit out as Prince Edward was granted a new honour](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17842426.jpg)
![Tommy Sheppard hit out as Prince Edward was granted a new honour](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17842426.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![An SNP MP warned it is possible that changes to the definition of extremism could eventually see Scottish independence campaigning affected](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12257534.jpg)
![An SNP MP warned it is possible that changes to the definition of extremism could eventually see Scottish independence campaigning affected](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12257534.jpg)
Exclusive
![Gavin Newlands and Tommy Sheppard have stood defiant in face of plans to stop them engaging with pro-Palestine groups](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17817360.jpg)
![Gavin Newlands and Tommy Sheppard have stood defiant in face of plans to stop them engaging with pro-Palestine groups](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17817360.jpg)
Exclusive
![Neale Hanvey has introduced a bill on independence in the House of Commons](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17801454.jpg)
![Neale Hanvey has introduced a bill on independence in the House of Commons](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17801454.jpg)
Letters
![Campaigners have criticised the appointment of more peers to the House of Lords](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17738067.jpg)
![Campaigners have criticised the appointment of more peers to the House of Lords](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17738067.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been asked to open an investigation into Scottish Secretary Alister Jack (right)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17729328.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been asked to open an investigation into Scottish Secretary Alister Jack (right)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17729328.jpg)
![Tommy Sheppard discusses why it's crucial the UK is not complicit in genocide](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17712585.jpg)
![Tommy Sheppard discusses why it's crucial the UK is not complicit in genocide](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17712585.jpg)
COMMENT
![SNP MP Tommy Sheppard took aim at Labour's campaigning document](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17671547.jpg)
![SNP MP Tommy Sheppard took aim at Labour's campaigning document](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17671547.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![What miraculous barrier to democratically chosen Scottish independence can London erect?
Photograph: Colin Mearns](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17653355.jpg)
![What miraculous barrier to democratically chosen Scottish independence can London erect?
Photograph: Colin Mearns](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17653355.jpg)
Letters
![Cities like Edinburgh could raise millions from a tourist tax](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17417903.jpg)
![Cities like Edinburgh could raise millions from a tourist tax](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17417903.jpg)
![Tommy Sheppard tells us we will be ignored if the SNP lose the election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11575753.jpg)
![Tommy Sheppard tells us we will be ignored if the SNP lose the election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11575753.jpg)
Letters
![If Tommy Sheppard and colleagues are not at Westminster to cause trouble, why are they there?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17263362.jpg)
![If Tommy Sheppard and colleagues are not at Westminster to cause trouble, why are they there?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17263362.jpg)
Letters
![Almost £90,000 was spent on champagne in the House of Lords in 2023, figures show](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17601676.jpg)
![Almost £90,000 was spent on champagne in the House of Lords in 2023, figures show](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17601676.jpg)
![The list which includes Tory donors and special advisers was fraught with controversy](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17240125.jpg)
![The list which includes Tory donors and special advisers was fraught with controversy](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17240125.jpg)
![Staffing costs at the Scotland Office have broken £1 million](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17591762.jpg)
![Staffing costs at the Scotland Office have broken £1 million](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17591762.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Alister Jack's department told The National it does not know how many staff work in its flagship Edinburgh hub](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17591722.jpg)
![Alister Jack's department told The National it does not know how many staff work in its flagship Edinburgh hub](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17591722.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Jeremy Hunt (right) delivered the Autumn Statement earlier this week](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17483559.jpg)
![Jeremy Hunt (right) delivered the Autumn Statement earlier this week](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17483559.jpg)
COMMENT
![The Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh costs around £11million a year to run, it has been revealed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17483213.jpg)
![The Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh costs around £11million a year to run, it has been revealed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17483213.jpg)
Exclusive
![The UK's secret polling on the Union deserves to see the light of day, writes Tommy Sheppard](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13119135.jpg)
![The UK's secret polling on the Union deserves to see the light of day, writes Tommy Sheppard](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13119135.jpg)
COMMENT
![RECAP: UK Government takes secret Union polling battle to higher court](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17264535.jpg)
![RECAP: UK Government takes secret Union polling battle to higher court](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17264535.jpg)
![SNP MP for Edinburgh East Tommy Sheppard..Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald/Sunday National.15/8/19.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17258495.jpg)
![SNP MP for Edinburgh East Tommy Sheppard..Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald/Sunday National.15/8/19.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17258495.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson is the only Scottish peer under the age of 45, according to a new report](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17251082.jpg)
![Former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson is the only Scottish peer under the age of 45, according to a new report](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17251082.jpg)
![England fans could not be heard singing their anthem on Tuesday night as it was drowned out by booing from the Scots](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17223721.jpg)
![England fans could not be heard singing their anthem on Tuesday night as it was drowned out by booing from the Scots](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17223721.jpg)
Exclusive
![SNP MP for Edinburgh East Tommy Sheppard..Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald/Sunday National.15/8/19.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13928294.jpg)
![SNP MP for Edinburgh East Tommy Sheppard..Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald/Sunday National.15/8/19.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13928294.jpg)
LETTERS
![Focus for independence must sustain to next elections, writes Tommy Sheppard](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17185389.jpg)
![Focus for independence must sustain to next elections, writes Tommy Sheppard](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17185389.jpg)
COMMENT
![SNP MP Tommy Sheppard added that he believes some exemptions should be made](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16925318.jpg)
![SNP MP Tommy Sheppard added that he believes some exemptions should be made](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16925318.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![The cost of living crisis has made a bad situation worse amid the UK’s existing income inequality](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17131689.jpg)
![The cost of living crisis has made a bad situation worse amid the UK’s existing income inequality](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17131689.jpg)
comment
![A Lords amendment to the Government's Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill was passed last week which would give UK ministers the power to overturn environment laws passed by the Scottish Parliament](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16200064.jpg)
![A Lords amendment to the Government's Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill was passed last week which would give UK ministers the power to overturn environment laws passed by the Scottish Parliament](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16200064.jpg)
Exclusive
![TAKING SIDES: Yes and No campaigners in Blantyre in September, 2014](/resources/images/128x89/1x/5756263.jpg)
![TAKING SIDES: Yes and No campaigners in Blantyre in September, 2014](/resources/images/180x180/1x/5756263.jpg)
comment
![Tommy Sheppard – who represents Edinburgh East – will lead a debate in Westminster on the issue today](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16968203.jpg)
![Tommy Sheppard – who represents Edinburgh East – will lead a debate in Westminster on the issue today](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16968203.jpg)
![The SNP must be honest about where it stands with voters if it is to win at the next election, writes Tommy Sheppard MP](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16925438.jpg)
![The SNP must be honest about where it stands with voters if it is to win at the next election, writes Tommy Sheppard MP](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16925438.jpg)
COMMENT
![SNP MP Tommy Sheppard says that the party must be honest about where it currently finds itself](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16925318.jpg)
![SNP MP Tommy Sheppard says that the party must be honest about where it currently finds itself](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16925318.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak was asked about the subsidy being given to Drax](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16765887.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak was asked about the subsidy being given to Drax](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16765887.jpg)
![Joanna Cherry has praised Stephen Flynn for offering his 'support' over her row with The Stand comedy club](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16759369.jpg)
![Joanna Cherry has praised Stephen Flynn for offering his 'support' over her row with The Stand comedy club](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16759369.jpg)
![Ex-Labour MSP Neil Findlay said his party are 'frankly daft' to suggest they won't unpick Tory policies](/resources/images/128x89/1x/5668495.jpg)
![Ex-Labour MSP Neil Findlay said his party are 'frankly daft' to suggest they won't unpick Tory policies](/resources/images/180x180/1x/5668495.jpg)
Exclusive
![A crowd gathered at the top of Calton Hill in support of a Scottish republic](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16750828.jpg)
![A crowd gathered at the top of Calton Hill in support of a Scottish republic](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16750828.jpg)
![This coronation may prove to be the monarchy's last display of excess in the UK, writes Tommy Sheppard MP](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16748156.jpg)
![This coronation may prove to be the monarchy's last display of excess in the UK, writes Tommy Sheppard MP](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16748156.jpg)
COMMENT
![Most Britons ‘not interested’ in King Charles’s coronation, poll finds](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16578332.jpg)
![Most Britons ‘not interested’ in King Charles’s coronation, poll finds](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16578332.jpg)
![Tommy Sheppard (right) and others are calling for the abolishment of the monarchy and an independent Scottish republic.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16582129.jpg)
![Tommy Sheppard (right) and others are calling for the abolishment of the monarchy and an independent Scottish republic.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16582129.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
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