Opinion

World Aids Day is marked on December 1 (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

HIV is now a manageable condition like diabetes, yet stigma and ignorance remain

The evidence that Sunak is a terrible Prime Minister is starting to snowball Joyce McMillan

COP28 must tackle shocking amount of carbon emissions from farming Philip Lymbery

Alistair Darling, the epitome of a democrat, helped save economy and Union Scotsman comment

Joaquin Phoenix stars as Napoleon in the new Ridley Scott film (Picture: Sony Pictures)

How Scots played a key role in the downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte

Ash Regan, formerly with the SNP, now sits as an Alba MSP (Picture: Getty)

Readers' Letters: Alba's referendum referendum is just pie in the sky

Susannah Donaldson, Partner and Global Co-Head of Pinsent Masons’ Equality Law practice

Time to use gender pay gap data as catalyst for change - Susannah Donaldson

Sheall rannsachadh gu bheil luach eaconamaigeach ann am prògraman na Gàidhlig, mar An Clò Mòr, a chaidh a chlàradh ann an Leòdhas is na Hearadh.

Feumar seanal na Gàidhlig a chur air bunait nas seasmhaiche

Columnists

Matheson's iPad expenses bill is not the only reason why he should be ashamed Jackie Baillie

SNP politicians are job hunting as party prepares to go down without a fight Kenny MacAskill

Do you hate cold mornings as much as I do? Maybe Finland has the answer Laura Waddell

Global warming has led to a dramatic increase in wildfires in places like California (Picture: David McNew/Getty Images)

COP28 climate summit risks a descent into farcical greenwashing

Scotland has lost a very fine man and I will miss him Euan McColm

Even SNP supporters realise Michael Matheson must resign Scotsman comment

Ruinous public service cuts or toxic tax rises? The future looks bleak John McLaren

Letters

Scottish Greens minister Patrick Harvie is the face of the Scottish Government's campaign to help the country meet net zero targets (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Readers' Letters: Let public have a say in how we heat our homes

In 2021 Nicola Sturgeon vowed to abolish all NHS dentistry charges if the SNP was re-elected; this month the Scottish Government halved the number of check-ups to which patients are entitled, while hiking treatment costs (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: NHS Scotland dental check-up cuts are a pain in the wallet

Newspaper reports claim Patrick Harvie's plan to force all Scottish homes to have heat pumps by 2025 has been scrapped by the SNP Government, though the Green MSP told Scotland on Sunday the original proposals have been misrepresented (Picture: Fraser Bremner - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: If Harvie's heat pump plan is dead, Greens should follow

Grangemouth petrochemical refinery on the Firth of Forth is the only operating crude oil refinery in Scotland

Scotsman Letters: Labour planning to maintain our only oil refinery after 2025?

Grangemouth, Scotland's only oil refinery, could close as soon as Spring 2025 with the loss of hundreds of jobs (Picture: Getty)

Readers' Letters: Grangemouth closure symbolic of Scottish Government failures

Keeping Grangemouth oil refinery in public ownership could make for a smoother just transition, says reader (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Let's take Grangemouth processing plant for Scotland

Grangemouth oil refinery could be closed down by spring 2025, with the loss of hundreds of jobs (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Top people should hang heads in shame over Grangemouth

More Scotsman opinion

David Alexander is the chief executive officer of DJ Alexander Scotland

Housing crisis caused by lack of homes being built - David Alexander

Tom Walker is head of wind at renewables multinational Statkraft, which operates several onshore wind and solar assets in Scotland and the UK has recently opened a new headquarters in Glasgow

How wind sector deal will help meet an era-defining challenge

Humza Yousaf visits Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert, to mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS in July (Picture: Lesley Martin/pool/Getty Images)

Time to face reality as the NHS crisis deepens

Homelessness has hit the highest level since records began (Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Private rented sector can help tackle homelessness – if rents are affordable

The trafficking of women for sex is a major problem in the UK and the rest of the world (Picture: Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP via Getty Images)

Pimping websites that advertise trafficked women for rape must be prosecuted

West cannot keep ignoring Iran's state piracy, warmongering and kidnappings Struan Stevenson

Much more work needs to be done to ensure a 'just transition' for workers when the Grangemouth oil refinery closes (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Grangemouth closure plan no surprise, so lack of just transition is worrying

US President Joe Biden has described Maga Trumpism as 'semi-fascist' (Picture: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

As Tories move towards far-right, it's time to talk about fascism

Rishi Sunak meets Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 Summit last year (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak goes all Alan Partridge over 'Elgin Marbles'

Douglas Ross helped expose Matheson scandal, but it won't halt Tories' decline Euan McColm

Finance Secretary Shona Robison, seen with Humza Yousaf, faces 'difficult decisions' as she prepares the Scottish Budget (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Tax avoidance does not mean government must cut public spending

Charles White Thomson, CEO at Saxo UK

Impact of wrecking ball on economy will last for years - Charles White Thomson

Police warnings about budget freeze must be taken seriously Scotsman comment