Scottish Election

New Prime Minister Liz Truss outside 10 Downing Street, London, after meeting Queen Elizabeth II and accepting her invitation to become Prime Minister and form a new government. Picture date: Tuesday September 6, 2022.

Opinion Truss's indyref proposals are a gift to to the SNP - Martyn McLaughlin

The phrase 'one-party state', which usually brings to mind North Korean totalitarianism, has been used to criticise the SNP (Picture: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images)

Columnists 'One-party state' Scotland needs to find a resolution to its perennial problem

Politics Analysis: Who will come out of the election happiest?

Columnists SNP secures historic victory, far ahead of calamitous Tories – Angus Robertson

Politics SNP victorious as Partygate and Boris Johnson leads to Scottish Tory rout

Columnists After avoiding Armageddon, Labour is now the main unionist party – Ian Murray MP

Politics Analysis: Which party truly won and what the fallout could be from election?

Columnists Partygate overshadowed election, but local issues must finally be the focus

Politics SNP still largest party in Glasgow after Labour surge

Politics Johnson 'can't ignore the message' from voters, says Douglas Ross as Tories hurt

Politics Poll: Majority think remote Parliament working should continue beyond Covid

Politics Scots split on indyref2 mandate with independence 'top priority' for one in 11

Politics MSPS elected as Holyrood deputy presiding officers after marathon voting session

Columnists Former Scottish Green MSP has negated will of the electorate – Brian Wilson

Columnists Scottish Greens will make real difference in this parliament – Lorna Slater MSP

Columnists Why Sturgeon needs to act decisively over Indyref2 – Joyce McMillan

Politics Airdrie and Shotts by-election: What you need to know

Politics By-election candidate tells of racist abuse on campaign trail

Politics Alba's Neale Hanvey brands former SNP colleagues ‘toxic, aggressive and hostile’

Politics MSPs to swear oath of allegiance to Queen

Opinion Holyrood power balance may force SNP into answering indyref currency questions

Columnists Scottish election produced the most diverse parliament ever – Angus Robertson

Columnists How Scottish Tory success stalled drive for IndyRef2 - Murdo Fraser

Columnists Why Scottish Labour is making a big offer to the SNP – Anas Sarwar

Politics Gordon Brown says he is not 'afraid' of indyref2

Columnists Here's why Indyref2 won't happen anytime soon – Ian Swanson

Politics Starmer accepts 'full responsibility' for Labour's crushing election defeat

Politics Douglas Ross declines to answer if he’ll miss votes after becoming MSP

Politics Michael Gove refuses to rule out legal action over indyref2

Columnists Why Sturgeon may face the same fate as Thatcher – Alastair Stewart

Columnists Parties opposed to indyref2 need to respect voters' wishes – Angus Robertson

Columnists Will Johnson heed Brown's advice on independence? – Scotsman comment

Politics 'To all women and girls of colour - the Scottish Parliament belongs to you too'

Columnists Unintended consequences of bad campaigns decided the election – Brian Monteith

Columnists High noon for a disunited kingdom after SNP wins again – Henry McLeish

Columnists Unionist parties must now work together to take on SNP – Christine Jardine MP

Columnists How the SNP was denied a majority by tactical voting – Professor John Curtice

Columnists How Johnson is pushing 'Middle Scotland' towards independence – Gordon Brown

Politics Scottish Greens win first MSP in Central Scotland

Politics Michael Gove: 'Scotland is not agitating for indyref2'

Politics Analysis: Scottish Labour hopeful but will need to box clever in future

Politics What next for Alex Salmond after failure of Alba at the ballot box?

Politics Who are the winners and losers in Holyrood now that count is done?

Politics SNP win record-breaking fourth term as Scottish Government, but miss majority

Politics Huge voter turnout fails to shake up Edinburgh's political make-up

Columnists Why Johnson cannot refuse to allow an independence referendum – Keith Brown MSP

Columnists Why the Alba Party are not going away – Kenny MacAskill MP

Politics SNP hold Edinburgh Pentlands despite strong Tories challenge

Politics Douglas Ross elected as Highlands and Islands list MSP

Politics Sturgeon says indyref2 timing a decision for Scottish Parliament to make

Politics Edinburgh and the Lothians Scottish election results

Politics Seats which helped decide final election outcome

Columnists Sarwar gave Labour fresh energy. Things can only get better – Susan Dalgety

Politics SNP MSP says 'not the end of world' if referendum takes another decade

Politics SNP fails to gain Aberdeenshire West in majority blow

Politics What the election result means for independence

Columnists Johnson's refusal to allow indyref2 plays into Sturgeon's hands – Scotsman says

Politics Michael Matheson re-elected in Falkirk West for fourth term

Politics How close are the SNP to a majority right now?

Politics SNP's Jenny Gilruth re-elected in Mid-Fife and Glenrothes

Politics Analysis: Did the Alex Salmond inquiry damage Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP?

Columnists Unionists need to prepare for an independence referendum – Kirsty Strickland