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Braidhaugh Holiday Park's new caravan development.

Braidhaugh Holiday Park welcomes MP Pete Wishart to showcase £350,000 caravan de...

MP Euan Stainbank with staff and residents at Barleystone Care Home

Residents at Falkirk care home enjoy MP visit for UK Parliament Week

The reaction of the SNP MP I defeated represents the best in our politics Gordon McKee

Our independence mission has been given a hard pause by voters Stewart McDonald

Nicola Sturgeon's time as First Minister was one of many missed opportunities (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

As Sturgeon's spell is broken, it's clear the SNP is past its sell-by date

Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson

Which Tory MPs have resigned triggering a by-election?

SNP MP Joanna Cherry won't be appearing at The Stand during Edinburgh Festival Fringe after staff objected (Picture: Kate Chandler)

Joanna Cherry's Fringe show: Patter so bad you couldn’t pay people to be there

Former Speaker of the House, Betty Boothroyd. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Iconic former speaker of House of Commons Betty Boothroyd dies aged 93

Gareth Arnold (left) and Jared O'Mara (right) have both been convicted of fraud relating to fraudulent invoices submitted to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority while O'Mara was the MP for Sheffield Hallam. The invoices requested reimbursement for services from the fictitious organisation: 'Confident about Autism South Yorkshire'

The moment cocaine-using ex-MP was dobbed in by his own staff

MP Oleksiy Goncharenko has headed a crowdfunding campaign in Ukraine to buy weapons.

Ukrainian MP's campaign to crowdfund money for weapons tops £235,000

Andrew Bowie MP is calling for action over Stonehaven Water Network

MP seeks answers and calls for action over Stonehaven Water Network

Former Cabinet minister Matt Hancock has had the Tory whip suspended after it emerged he was entering the jungle for I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire.

Backlash against Hancock's jungle foray is predictable - but is it fair?

Wrexham footballer Paul Mullin’s political message banned from boots

Labour frontbencher Chris Matheson who has resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct.

Labour MP Chris Matheson resigns after complaints of sexual misconduct upheld

Grant Shapps is the new home secretary. Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images.

Who is new home secretary Grant Shapps?

Winston Churchill, left, with General Nevil Macready, at Braham Castle, Inverness, for a Cabinet meeting in 1921 (Picture: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Churchill loved Scotland. So why are there so many ugly myths about him?

SNP MP Mhairi Black has apologised after drinking beer despite an alcohol ban on ScotRail trains (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

MP drinking beer on a train isn't shocking. The ban is – Scotsman comment

Former Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow will be banned from having a Commons pass

John Bercow banned from holding Commons pass and branded 'serial bully'

Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael called for a "revolution" in standards

Alistair Carmichael calls for transparency ‘revolution’ over sleaze scandal

An Afghan woman living in India reacts outside the embassy of the United States of America in New Delhi (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP) (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)

How you can help the people of Afghanistan

Douglas Ross said he would not take a penny if elected to another political job.

Douglas Ross defends plan to work as both MP and MSP

A stained glass memorial window in Lockerbie Town Hall depicting flags from all the nations that lost citizens in the bombing

Lockerbie: Three decades on, we still have a responsibility to pursue the truth ...

Margaret Ferrier speaking in the House of Commons September 28

Why Sturgeon must back recall vote on Ferrier - Brian Monteith

The Scottish Labour leader, Richard Leonard, has called on First Minister to support a recall petition against an SNP MP who broke coronavirus laws if she does not resign by Sunday evening.

Richard Leonard calls for Sturgeon to back recall motion for Margaret Ferrier

Peter McLagan MP, who was born in what is now Guyana to a white Scots slave owner and an unknown black mother.

Memorial calls for Scotland’s ‘forgotten’ first non-white MP

The statue of Edward Colston on the ground after it was pulled down by Black Lives Matter activists

Black Lives Matter protesters topple statue of British slave trader before pushi...

You can recreate a tornado at home, using everyday items from your kitchen, like this little boy

A world of learning at your fingertips to celebrate some significant days– Susa...

The hollow shell of a tenement building on Napier Street, Whitecrook, Clydebank, after a bombing raid in 1941 (Picture: West Dunbartonshire Council)

Wartime generation’s priority was peace. We must live up to their legacy – Chris...

Eddie Izzard to quit comedy and stand as a Labour MP in next election

Jo Swinson, who resigned as Liberal Democrat leader after losing her seat, will leave a gap in the party that is hard to fill, says Christine Jardine (Picture: David Cheskin/Getty Images)

General election: I will fight on for people ignored by politicians who just wan...

Labour's Keith Vaz has announced his retirement from Parliament after 32 years as an MP for Leicester East.

Labour's Keith Vaz stands down as MP amid suspension row

Former Chancellor Philip Hammond

General Election 2019: Former Chancellor Philip Hammond stands down as MP

The string of tweets appeared on Sheffield MP Jared O'Mara's Twitter account.

Comms team member 'quits' in series of incendiary tweets from MP’s Twitter accou...

Churchill once defended ‘Scottish nationalism’ at Ibrox stadium – Alastair Stewa...

Lloyd Russell-Moyle has told the House of Commons he is HIV positive

Labour MP publicly reveals he is HIV positive

Dame Laura, a former high court judge, was appointed by the House of Commons Commission to conduct an inquiry after BBC2s Newsnight highlighted a series of allegations of bullying and harassment by MPs. Picture: Getty

The House of Commons has allowed a '˜culture of bullying' to develop

SNP MPs walk out of the House of Commons during Prime Minister's Questions after the party's Westminster leader Ian Blackford was kicked out of Commons. Picture; PA

SNP's Hannah Bardell blasts '˜farcical' House of Commons in PMQ walkout

A citizen searches for his name on a list of voters at a polling station in Caracas, Venezuela, where showing ID is regarded as normal. Picture: Getty

Brian Monteith: Showing ID a smart move that will curb voter fraud

House of Commons. Picture: Free Image/Pixabay

Westminster Freemason lodges for politicians and journalists '˜in operation'

The Met will investigate whether Keith Vaz committed a crime. Picture: Getty

Police inquiry over Vaz to see if any offence committed

Kirsty Blackman MP, whose two-year-old sat in on a select committee. Picture: Kenny Elrick

Leader: defiant MPs can make Westminster family friendly

Sir Albert McQuarrie, Conservative grandee who relished his nickname as The Buchan Bulldog. Picture: PA

Obituary: Sir Albert McQuarrie, former politician
Born: 1 January, 1918, in Greenock. Died: 13 January, 2016, in Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, aged 98.

Chris Grayling says the Tories are keeping promises. Picture: PA

Chris Grayling attacks SNP ‘faux outrage’

Keir Hardie addresses a crowd in Trafalgar Square. Tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of his death but his legacy lives on. Picture: Getty

Dan Jarvis: Scottish Labour can achieve in adversity

Former First Minister Alex Salmond has reignited talk of a second Scottish independence referendum. Picture: Robert Perry

Tom Peterkin: Indyref2 distracts from SNP record

A fully-clothed Johnny Mercer. Picture: Hemedia

Tory MP strips off for American shower gel ad

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Lib Dems lauded

Illustration: Iain Green

The Scotsman cartoon: Jim Murphy for Labour leader

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Pit of negativity

Ingram, left, has apologised to Foulkes for the claims. Picture: TSPL

Adam Ingram:‘Sorry, you did support the miners’

George Foulkes, right, with Arthur Scargill at a rally in Cumnock in 1984. Picture: Donald MacLeod

Adam Ingram:‘Sorry, you did support the miners’

Education secretary Michael Russell. Picture: Johnston Press

Michael Russell must publish legal advice on fees

Andrew Driver: Not fit enough. Picture: SNS

Hearts group calls on BDO to focus on survival

Ian Murray, chairman of the Foundation of Hearts, addressed the media at Tynecastle last night. Picture: SNS

Hearts’ situation made clearer by administration

The Foundation of Hearts: Ready to make 'a realistic bid' to buy the Tynecastle club by the end of this month. Picture: SNS

Foundation of Hearts ‘ready for bid by end of month’

Foundation of Hearts ‘ready for bid by end of month’

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries