John McLellan

Climate activists protest outside the Bute House residence of the First Minister in April this year (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: A real live dinosaur stalks the pages of The Scotsman

Exclusive China university visa threat sparks council U-turn on Taiwan 'friendship' deal

Scots Tories who want to split from UK party are nationalists in denial John McLellan

Edinburgh Book Festival must resist bullying of the ‘lunatic fringe’ John McLellan

Bellwether Tory seat shows prosperity won’t save Sunak from the mood for change John McLellan

Sunak isn't going to win general election, but he's still right to call it John McLellan

My elderly mother's treatment by NHS is grim reminder that politics matters

Forbes' talk about economy matters little unless she takes on left-wing 'McBlob' John McLellan

With two years to go, Yousaf already appears to have run out of steam John McLellan

City of Edinburgh Council chief executive Andrew Kerr

Mind the chief executive gap - John McLellan

Humza Yousaf's plan for Tory-free Scotland sounds pretty hateful to me John McLellan

The Kirk on the Canal - Rev Jack Holt is the project coordinator for the Polwarth Parish Church

Empty churches are leaving a troublesome building legacy - John McLellan

For the sake of the party, Rishi Sunak must not delay in calling for an election John McLellan

Covid Inquiry and SNP's slump in polls leaves Humza Yousaf looking vulnerable John McLellan

Sturgeon looks more vampire than saint in Covid WhatsApp scandal John McLellan

Humza Yousaf was left with all manner of problems by Nicola Sturgeon but has done little to alter her course (Picture: Russell Cheyne-Pool/Getty Images)

Yousaf and Sunak could both be out of office this time next year

Return of Cameron shows Sunak plans to fight for middle ground John McLellan

Members from Leith community councils say public consultation demonstrated a need for more affordable housing

Housing shortage own goal - John McLellan

Governmental use of WhatsApp messaging continues to be controversial on both sides of the Border (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Readers' letters: Sturgeon’s Covid debacles surpassed only by Johnson

There is no hiding place for SNP on deleted Covid messages John McLellan

Why Humza Yousaf's independence strategy has put him on course for disaster John McLellan

In recognising Hamas for what it is, Yousaf has shown true leadership John McLellan

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Kate Forbes and SNP go separate ways - John McLellan

Why Scots Tories may buck national trend and win more seats at general election John McLellan

Yousaf must learn from Sunak about unachievable climate plans John McLellan

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Drug pilot site needs planning - John McLellan

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Swinney’s sorry trams role - John McLellan

Lord Andrew Hardie has finally completed his Edinburgh Tram Inquiry. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Oversight of major projects shouldn’t be left to amateurs - John McLellan

Yousaf is stuck between a very hard rock and an uncomfortable place John McLellan

Short term lets crackdown is biggest joke of the Fringe John McLellan

Rishi Sunak, with the recently elected Conservative MP Steve Tuckwell, should pay heed to what voters in Uxbridge and South Ruislip told him in the byelection (Picture: Carl Court/PA)

Speed kills but jury is still out on Edinburgh's 20mph limit John McLellan

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Readers' Letters

Greens' plan for 'climate-friendly' heating in homes will wreck property prices John McLellan

Environmental zealotry isn't as popular as some politicians like to think John McLellan

Ousting BBC Director-General over handling of Edwards case may not be enough John McLellan

Uproar over Ruth Davidson’s rugby role reveals nationalists’ double-standards John McLellan

After IPSO ruling on Clarkson column, slide towards censorship has got steeper John McLellan

The reputational damage suffered by Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon is likely to dampen voters' enthusiasm for Scottish independence (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP and independence are inextricably linked whatever party critics say

Not all the anti-monarchist protesters were arrested as King Charles and Queen Camilla were crowned (Picture: Gareth Fuller/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Free speech does not mean protesters can disrupt public events like Coronation

It's probably unlikely that Ben Stiller or Robert De Niro, seen in a campervan in Meet The Fockers, will play roles in any future film about the SNP (Picture: Moviestore/Shutterstock)

SNP facing split that makes Alba party breakaway look like minor disagreement

Most voters whose priority is saving the Union already understand how to vote tactically (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Tories' anti-SNP tactical voting scheme will dismay activists in urban Scotland

Humza Yousaf, seen at a community cafe in Dalkeith, claims there was a cock-up, not a conspiracy, over the SNP's membership figures (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP party membership scandal raises questions about Yousaf’s judgment
When does a conspiracy become a cock-up, or vice-versa? Is it when a plot goes wrong and the perpetrators claim it was all a terrible mistake, or when a misunde...

Alcohol marketing restrictions do not seem to have had a big effect on consumption in Finland (Picture: Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland should learn a lesson about alcohol advertising bans from Scandinavia

The trick of the Salmond/Sturgeon era was to create the impression that the SNP was a unified centre-left, social democratic party (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

A collision with reality has caused the SNP's descent into chaos – John McLellan

Actress Noele Gordon, aka Meg Mortimer, with her screen daughter and husband, ruled the roost in soap opera Crossroads until, like Nicola Sturgeon, she found her time in charge hit a dead end (Picture: PA)

Sunak's high-tax Tories and Labour's polls surge are problems for new SNP leader

Supporters may discover Nicola Sturgeon has killed off their goal of Scottish independence (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Sturgeon resigned to avoid carrying can for end of indy 'dream' – John McLellan

The police recording of 'hate incidents' where no crime has been committed is pushing Police Scotland into a democratic minefield, writes John McLellan.

Police recording of 'hate incidents' should worry us all - John McLellan

Anas Sarwar and Keir Starmer should work on a much clearer vision of the UK's future relationship with the EU (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

How Scottish Labour can make greater inroads on SNP support – John McLellan

Nicola Sturgeon addresses a Scottish independence rally outside the Scottish Parliament after UK Supreme Court judges rejected her plans to hold a second independence referendum (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Sturgeon's democracy denier jibe adds to poisonous nature of political debate

Supporters of the Yes and No campaigns gather outside Dumbarton Town Hall in September 2014 ahead of the Scottish independence referendum (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Unionists need to make the emotional case for staying in the UK – John McLellan

Is it time to stop the Scottish NHS being used as a political football and take a different approach? (Photo: Michael Gillen).

Readers' letters - parties should band together to save the Scottish NHS

The times call for the kind of unflashy steadiness that Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister and Jeremy Hunt as Chancellor can offer, writes John McLellan. PIC: PA Wire/Victoria Jones.

With Sunak and Hunt, the next election will be a contest - not a wipe out

New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. Picture: Getty Images

Analysis: Why this really is the last roll of the dice for the Tories

Liz Truss keeps a firm hold of her glass during her speech

Like her glass, Truss needs to take a firm grip of the books - and her party

King Charles III receives Prime Minister Liz Truss in the 1844 Room at Buckingham Palace (Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Truss's 'New Conservative' government echoes New Labour's view of taxation

Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss on the campaign trail this week. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Truss has to convince she is a serious leader for serious times - John McLellan

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