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Wallace Whittle ESG Team (Nick Hayes in centre)

Trio of new hires as Wallace Whittle grows ESG and sustainability practice

YouTube star Fidias has been elected as an MEP. Photos by Fidias via YouTube

A YouTuber has just been elected as an MEP - but he has no policies

Threat from being debanked far bigger than public realises Brian Monteith

Winnie Ewing arrives in London to take up her seat in the Commons after winning Hamilton for the SNP today in 1967. Picture: Getty Images

SNP and Scottish independence trailblazer Winnie Ewing dies aged 93

Anti-nuclear campaigners at Faslane on the Clyde in 2020 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: UK support of Ukraine could bring nuclear nightmare

Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg speaks at the National Conservatism Conference in London (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

‘National Conservatism’ will play its part in Tories’ downfall – Euan McColm

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MAY 26: Presenter Victoria Derbyshire hosts "How Should I Vote? - The EU Debate" at The Briggait on May 26, 2016 in Glasgow. The BBC's first televised EU referendum debate was held in Glasgow in front of an audience of eighteen to twenty nine year olds and a panel of SNP's Alex Salmond and Labour's Alan Johnson backing staying in the EU while UKIP MEP Diane James and Conservative Liam Fox arguing to leave. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Brian Monteith: There’s hope when political bullies are called out

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is wrong to rein in Scottish Government's bids for a place on world stage, reckons the SNP's Angus Robertson (Picture: Hannah McKay/Pool/AFP Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: UK right to get tough on Scottish ‘foreign policy’

Boris Johnson and his father Stanley

Boris Johnson nominates father for knighthood, according to report

Tony Blair's policies may have suited Cool Britannia, but this is Scotland 2023 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

How Blair killed off co-operatives as he pursued 'third way' – Kenny MacAskill

Former Catalan education minister Clara Ponsati. Picture: Neil Hanna/AFP via Getty Images

Scottish courts have 'no jurisdiction' over Clara Ponsati extradition

Nigel Farage is joining GB News. Picture: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File

Nigel Farage to present daily show on GB News

Calls for home rule for Scotland have a longstanding tradition, as these posters from 1951 show. Some “Red Clydesiders” also supported the idea about a century ago (Picture: Chris Ware/Getty Images)

Why unionists and nationalists should consider 'home rule' – Kenny MacAskill MP

Clara Ponsati faces a charge of sedition over her role in Catalonia's unsanctioned independence referendum in 2017

Removal of immunity from MEP facing extradition challenged by lawyers

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she would push ahead with attempts at toughening the bloc's vaccine export restrictions to Britain, despite both sides issuing a joint statement agreeing to work together to achieve a win-win deal.

UK Government accused of being ‘very selfish’ in row over EU vaccine supply

David Martin warned a poor deal was now "the best we can hope for"

No-deal Brexit will cause ‘irreparable damage’, UK’s longest-serving MEP warns

Heather Anderson, centre, listens to fellow SNP MEP Aileen McLeod give a speech at Brussels.

Diary of a four-day mini-break

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Scottish independence is not inevitable – nothing in politics is – Brian Monteit...

From left, Scottish Greens members Ross Greer, Patrick Harvie and Cass MacGregor display a European flag at the Barras market in Glasgow on the day the UK officially leaves the EU. Picture: John Devlin

EU would be 'stupid' to prevent independent Scotland from rejoining, says MEP

Brexit Party MEP's John Tennant (L) and Brian Monteith. Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Brian Monteith: It is my last week as an MEP, here is what I’ll do

Clara Ponsati and her lawyer Aamer Anwar arrived at the Sheriff Court. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell / Getty

Brexit will make Catalan academic Clara Ponsati immune from extradition, claims ...

Former Labour MEP Hugh Kerr

Former Labour MEP urges Scots to vote SNP in general election

MEP Louis Stedman-Bryce has quit the Brexit Party

Scottish Brexit Party MEP quits in election row

Brexit candidate Louis Stedman-Bryce during the European Parliamentary elections count at the City Chambers in Edinburgh. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo.

Scottish Brexit Party MEP with ‘heavy heart’ stands down in protest

Alyn Smith has apologised to the Brexit Party chairman over his remarks

SNP MEP Alyn Smith apologises over Brexit Party 'money laundering' claim

Alyn Smith was re-elected as a SNP Member of the European Parliament for Scotland. Picture: John Devlin

Brexit party issues legal threat to SNP MEP Alyn Smith

Maggie Chapman missed out despite a 'green wave' across Europe

Blame game as Scottish Greens miss out on ‘green wave’ across Europe

David Martin, lost his MEP seat last night, and says Scottish Labour suffered because of the UK party's Brexit stance.

David Martin: Scottish Labour suffered because of UK party

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attends a polling place for the EU elections

EU Election results: Find out who won all of the seats for Scotland

Annunziata Rees-Mogg has been elected as a MEP

EU Election results: Rees-Mogg wins European seat

Labour MEP for Scotland David Martin

Brexit: Top Labour candidate says staying in the EU is 'non-negotiable'

Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon, attends European Election campaign launch with the six candidates (LtoR Alex Kerr,Margaret Ferrier,Aileen McLeod,Alyn Smith,NicolaSturgeon,Christian Allard, Heather Anderson). Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

French-born SNP candidate urges EU nationals to ‘send message’ to Theresa May on...

John Smith in 1992: an enthusiast for devolution and Europe

David Martin MEP: 25 years since the death of John Smith

The Scottish Greens are aiming to return the party's first MEP at this month's European elections. Picture: John Devlin

Scottish Greens call for ‘free public transport across Europe’

Leave and remain protesters outside the Houses of Parliament. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Why the EU elections should not be about Brexit – David Martin MEP

Former Tory MP Anne Widdecombe. Picture: PA

Former Tory MP Anne Widdecombe to stand as MEP candidate for Brexit Party

Councillor Gordon Edgar

Borders council transport chief wants your vote ... to be an MEP

Richard Leonard. Picture: John Devlin

Richard Leonard accused of ‘stitch up’ over MEP candidate selection

Scottish Greens co-convener Patrick Harvie. Picture: Neil Hanna

Scottish Greens hopeful of ousting Ukip at European elections

Stanley Johnson will stand for the EU elections. Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

Boris Johnson’s father to stand for EU elections as Tory

Former Labour leader Kezia Dugdale could stand for an MEP seat in Europe. Picture: Mark Runnacles/Getty Images

Kezia Dugdale could bid to become Scots MEP at Europe elections

Richard Ashworth said Brexit serves as a cautionary tale for Europe. Picture: EP

UK MEP’s speech warning Europeans of ‘cautionary tale’ of Brexit receives ovatio...
A British MEP’s impassioned speech in the European Parliament which claimed Brexit should serve as a “cautionary tale” to Europe has gone viral after it was sha...

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard needs to allow members to debate anti-semitism and a second Brexit referendum (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Labour must not silence anti-semitism and Brexit concerns – leader comment

Elmar Brok. Picture: Wikimedia Commons

Senior MEP says independent Scotland could ‘easily’ enter the EU

A modern library is about much more than books it can be a computer lab, a homework centre and a theatre too (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Why libraries are vital in 21st century Britain – Catherine Stihler

Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage who is reported to be considering a return to frontline politics. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Nigel Farage '˜considering a return to frontline politics'

Catherine Stihler MEP

Scottish Labour MEP against Brexit deal to quit post early

Dominic Raab. Picture: BBC

Catherine Stihler: No-deal Brexit will blight Britain for decades

Gerard Batten, Ukip's new leader who has announced he intends to resign in 12 months as he was installed in the post after an uncontested election. Picture; PA

Ukip's new leader announces intention to resign after uncontested election

Jean-Claude Juncker says UK "will regret" Brexit decision

Stihler made the comments at a fringe meeting at the Scottish Labour Party conference in Dundee. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Labour's Brexit policy could see them lose Scottish votes, MEP warns

Scotland's food industry could suffer in the event of a hard Brexit. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Scottish food industry to be '˜devastated' by hard Brexit

File photo dated 20/12/16 of a Saltire flag and an European Union flag fly outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. An independent Scotland could be a full member of the European Union by 2023, according to two leading academics. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday February 20, 2017. Tobias Lock, from the University of Edinburgh, and Kirsty Hughes, of Friends of Europe, said political goodwill in the EU could see Scotland fast-tracked to membership if a second independence referendum delivered a Yes vote. See PA story POLITICS Scotland. Photo credit should read: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

'˜Give Scotland seat at Brexit talks or risk indyref2'

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Poll: SNP set to lose pro-independence majority

Edinburgh UK Apr 07 2016; UKIP Leader Nigel Farage with UKIP Scotland leader David Coburn in Edinburgh for the Scottish Parliament elections campaign.
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Nigel Farage to keep Â£73,000 EU pension billed to UK taxpayers

Nigel Farage refuses to give up Â£73,000 EU pension

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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

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