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Stephen Flynn MP, Anas Sarwar MSP and Maree Todd MSP

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First Minister John Swinney.

Scottish Government requests urgent meeting over court gender verdict

Ash Regan MSP wants to look at banning surrogacy in Scotland.

Calls to ban surrogacy over 'ethical, legal and human rights' concerns

Chris McEleny with Alex Salmond in 2023

Alex Salmond ally to launch legal action against Alba Party

First Minister John Swinney

FM refutes SNP gender policy is 'state-sanctioned abuse' of women

Alex Salmond and Chris McEleny

Salmond wanted to build a new town called 'Independence' - Alba ally

Ash Regan MSP and Kenny MacAskill

Ash Regan and Kenny MacAskill secure backing to stand for Alba leader

Ash Regan and Kenny MacAskill

Alba leadership contest in chaos amid 'bullying' and 'fascist' claims

Ash Regan MSP.

Ash Regan: Why Gisèle Pelicot's case will help prostitution law pass

Ash Regan MSP.

Exclusive Ash Regan confirms bid to succeed Alex Salmond as Alba leader

Prime Minister Keir Starmer had promised GB Energy would be based in Aberdeen

Head of GB Energy to be based in England despite Scottish HQ pledge

Ash Regan

What next for the Alba party following Alex Salmond’s death?

A Bill is set to go before Parliament in the next few months to amend prostitution law

Church group 'fully opposed' to pardoning prostitution convictions

Writer J.K Rowling poses on the red carpet at the world premiere of the film Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in London in March 2022. Picture: Tolga Akmen / AFP

JK Rowling writes essay on 'standing up for women' for book on rights campaign

First Minister Humza Yousaf holds a press conference as he announces the SNP will withdraw from the Bute House Agreement. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

What is a motion of no confidence and how does it work?

Alba Party leader Alex Salmond could hold the key to Humza Yousaf's political future (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Humza Yousaf rejects Alex Salmond's call for electoral pact with Alba

Humza Yousaf should have listened to women like Ash Regan about gender self-ID Susan Dalgety

Analysis Does Humza Yousaf have anything left to 'come out fighting' for?

Edinburgh Eastern Alba MSP Ash Regan holds the First Minister’s fate in her hands. Picture: Lisa Ferguson/National World

Alba Party MSP Ash Regan's letter to First Minister Humza Yousaf in full

Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie, flanked by their fellow Scottish Green MSPs. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

Grab your popcorn – there will be ‘plenty of drama’ at Holyrood next week

Analysis 'Humza the Brief'? The First Minister teeters on the brink of political disaster

Scottish Green Party co-leader Andrew Milligan/Press Association.

Alba launches motion of no confidence in Green minister Patrick Harvie

Alba party leader Alex Salmond at an event in Falkirk. Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images

Second Alba resignation over convener's trans comments

Murray Foote resigned on Friday

SNP's new chief executive not responsible for general election roles

Elena Whitham. Picture: John Devlin

Drug and alcohol minister Elena Whitham resigns for health reasons

Ash Regan

Number of NHS boards in Scotland should be cut, says Alex Salmond’s Alba Party

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (far right) visits the Tapa NATO forward operating base in Estonia close to the Russian border. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Labour is ready for a May election, vows Sir Keir Starmer

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

Angus MacNeil. Picture: UK Parliament

Sheep show more independence of thought than SNP, says Angus MacNeil

Ash Regan (centre) was a surprise candidate in the SNP leadership race against Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes. Picture: Craig Brough - Pool/Getty Images.

Political musical chairs will lead to a loss of faith in the SNP - John McLellan

Causes are eternal. Change is coming and Alba is on the rise. Kenny MacAskill

Regan’s departure may be no great loss. But it’s not inconsequential Euan McColm

Former SNP leadership contender Ash Regan with Alba's Westminster leader Neale Hanvey (left) and deputy leader, Kenny MacAskill during a photocall at the Scottish Parliament after she defected from the SNP, becoming the Alba Party's firstMSP. (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Readers' letters: Alba Party is in rude health, despite the naysayers

Ash Regan. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

Ash Regan says she has 'no current concerns' about Alex Salmond's behaviour

Analysis: Alba defections feed SNP divided narrative, but about survival

Humza Yousaf at an independence rally in Edinburgh. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

SNP to publish its next independence paper on migration

More SNP defections expected in 'the next few hours', says Alba

A Palestinian boy fills a cup with drinking water during the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah at the weekend

Scotsman Letters: UK must act to end violations of humanitarian law in Gaza

Former SNP MP for the Western Isles Angus MacNeil, who now sits as an independent, speaks in the House of Commons. Picture: PA

Former SNP MP to work with Alex Salmond's Alba party after Regan defection

Defeated SNP leadership candidate Ash Regan during the SNP leadership debate at the Tivoli Theatre Company in Aberdeen.

Defeated SNP leadership candidate Ash Regan defects to Alex Salmond's Alba Party

Campaigners in support of Scotland's gender reforms demonstrate outside the Scottish Parliament. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

Gender reform court battle to start as Regan says case 'fundamentally flawed'

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon is facing calls to resign or be suspended from the SNP.

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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Anas Sarwar questions whether Yousaf is ‘too weak’ to suspend Sturgeon

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaking during the press conference at Bute House as she resigned as First Minister. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

Two senior politicians say Sturgeon should resign or be suspended from SNP

On the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith, Scotland's politicians would do well to remember the core principles of the economist and philosopher. PIC: Contributed.

Our weak political class shows us the need for a new Scottish Enlightenment

Members of the Scottish Family Party protest alongside supporters of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill (Scotland) outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, ahead of a debate on the bill.

Gender critical event would have 'peddled misinformation and transphobia'

A march in Glasgow

'De facto' independence referendum is still an option says minister

Ash Regan. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Ash Regan calls for cross-party independence convention amid Yes ‘divisions’

SNP leadership candidate Ash Regan during the SNP leadership debate in Aberdeen in March.

Ash Regan appoints ex-Alba candidate as senior policy advisor

Alba Party leader Alex Salmond was speaking at a rally held by independence campaigners All Under One Banner. Picture: Getty Images

Alex Salmond leads chants for Scottish independence at rally

Humza Yousaf hugs Kate Forbes in the main chamber during the vote for the new First Minister at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh earlier this year.

Forbes rejects reports her supporters are planning 'coup' to replace Yousaf

SNP: Support for the party going from strength to strength says Humza Yousaf

Humza Yousaf says support for the SNP is 'going from strength to strength'

Humza Yousaf at the launch of the 'Football for All' Spartans Community Football Academy, in Edinburgh, while on the leadership election campaign trail that resulted in him becoming SNP leader and First Minister. Picture: PA

Why Yousaf's chances of a successful career as First Minister are 'not great'

Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf

Ash Regan snubbed by Humza Yousaf as he unveils full ministerial team

New First Minister Humza Yousaf with his deputy Shona Robison. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Humza Yousaf announces Shona Robison as deputy and confirms role for Kate Forbes

Humza Yousaf speaking at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, after it was announced that he is the new Scottish National Party leader, and will become the next First Minister of Scotland. Picture date: Monday March 27, 2023.

Parliament to elect a next first minister: When will Humza Yousaf be sworn in?

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