Opposition

Scottish Conservatives leader Russell Findlay and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Farage's Reform predicted to become official Holyrood opposition

The skyline of Linlithgow, including the ruins of Linlithgow Palace and St. Michael's church from the air

The 'bizarre' constituency change for historic town angering locals

Scottish Greens rule out doing a deal with Labour

Young people can have rewarding careers if they do not achieve the exam results they want

An apprenticeship can be route to a successful and rewarding career Sandy Begbie CBE

Warblaw Hill in the distance adjoining the town of Langholm

Row over Sitka forest in Scottish community prolonged over fresh delay

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a statement at 10 Downing Street in London on the public inquiry into the Southport attacks.

Analysis Why questions asked of Starmer on Southport murders were ill-informed

The Aldi telescope.

Teacher captures stunning Jupiter photo using £80 Aldi telescope

arrested man with cuffed hands behind prison bars

SNP win Greens support as new law on early release of prisoners passed

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah at a remembrance service at the Cenotaph memorial in central London in 2018

Gordon Brown reveals why he is opposed to assisted dying law

Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch during Prime Minister's Questions

Analysis Kemi Badenoch focuses on Trump in flat first PMQs as Tory leader

A majority of respondents have backed onshore wind farms in the poll conducted by the Diffley Partnership

Onshore wind farm backed by 77% of Scots, despite 'Big Ben' turbines

A scenic view in Galloway, where the national park would be created. Picture: Getty Images

Poll with stark 73% verdict fuels row over Scotland national park

First Minister John Swinney and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves during during a visit to Atlantic Quay in Glasgow. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Rachel Reeves: Scottish Government 'as guilty' as Tories over finances

The Conservatives feel increasingly like sinister clowns, says Alistair Carmichael (Picture: Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Tory leadership's lurch to far-right is a terrifyingly real prospect Alistair Carmichael

Joanna Cherry has lost her seat as the MP for Edinburgh South West. Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS

Joanna Cherry says SNP must tackle 'culture of hate'

Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar may or may not get on, but it looks like they do (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Three lessons Scottish Tories must learn from Labour or face oblivion Jamie Greene

Former Home Secretary Priti Patel is right-wing but also has allies among the Conservatives' 'One Nation' faction (Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images)

Why Priti Patel has best chance of saving Tories and UK from Reform Christine Jardine

Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur published his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill in March this year (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Assisted dying bill mustn't fail because of wealthy and well-connected opponents

Opposition to nuclear power is no longer a credible position Scotsman comment

Why the Scottish Greens' presence in government was a good thing Alastair GJ Stewart

Bill Foley's Black Knight group are now on the Hibs board.

Foley's Hibs investment confirmed as Gordon says late husband would approve

Rishi Sunak's attacks on Keir Starmer over changes of policy may hit home with voters (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Starmer's U-turns may cause more political damage than Sunak's trans jibe

Glasgow high school pupils sitting exam. Image: John Devlin

SNP warned not to 'pass the buck' if Pisa rankings show further Scottish decline

Education and Skills Secretary Jenny Gilruth. Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Jenny Gilruth accused of acting like a 'bystander' while school violence soars

Chris Law. Picture: PA Archive

Chris Law MP

MP for Dundee West

Speaker intervenes as SNP MP calls Labour and Tories ‘two cheeks of same arse

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner. Picture: Getty Images

Rayner to detail Labour’s ‘new deal’ for workers during Scotland visit

Workers leave the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port in Dorset, during what is believed to be a fire drill

Asylum seekers housed on barge ‘within days’

Boris Johnson is seen on his morning run on June 15

Boris Johnson: Opposition call for further sanctions against disgraced former PM

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will urge unions to support his plans.

Keir Starmer faces showdown with unions over transition plan for green energy

Surveys show number of pupils getting musical instrument lessons has dropped in recent years

SNP's free music policy fails to boost uptake with 92% missing out

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon (centre) alongside her former deputy John Swinney. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Record £1.9m bill for Scottish Government spads labelled 'morally indefensible'

The crest from the University of St Andrews. Funding for universities and colleges has been cut by 46 million pounds

Ministers under fire after U-turn on £46m for universities and colleges

Opposition leaders in Holyrood, Alex Cole-Hamilton of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Anas Sarwar of Scottish Labour, and Douglas Ross of the Scottish Conservatives.

Holyrood opposition test out attack lines on new First Minister Humza Yousaf

RAF Scampton could be transformed into housing for asylum seekers - but locals aren’t happy

Row as historic RAF base could be used to house 1,500 asylum seekers

Labour leader Anas Sarwar and his Tory and Lib Dem opposites must let the public know what they have to offer, says reader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Opposition must get ready for government

David Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd

Inevitable increase in evictions shows need for a new approach - David Alexander

Demonstrators show their support for the UK Government's decision to block Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill in Glasgow earlier this month (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Most Scots think next first minister should ditch gender reform legal challenge

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged health leaders at an emergency meeting to take "bold and radical" action to alleviate the winter crisis in the NHS. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

How to watch Prime Minister’s Questions live

Opposition parties should stop attacking the Scottish Government on the NHS and come up with positive suggestions for improvement, says reader (Picture: Adobe)

Readers' Letters: Let’s hear how Opposition would help NHS

Outgoing SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford won't be missed, says Brian Wilson (Picture: House of Commons/PA)

Brian Wilson: Blackford's SNP group at Westminster were a rabble without a cause

SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon issues a statement at the Apex Grassmarket Hotel in Edinburgh following the decision by judges at the UK Supreme Court in London that the Scottish Parliament does not have the power to hold a second independence referendum.

SNP: Opposition are 'denying the result of 2021 election' by opposing referendum

Kwasi Kwarteng has cut his trip to the International Monetary Fund in Washington, USA short.

Will Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announce a budget U-turn today?
The chancellor has been facing mounting pressure from the opposition as well as from his own party MPs.

Have Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng come up with a magical formula that had escaped their predecessors in Downing Street? (Picture: Dylan Martinez/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Christine Jardine: Chancellor failed to address winter of worry facing millions

Waste management company Biffa has been given a 10-year contract to handle the logistics of Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS) when it begins next year.

Biffa awarded 10-year contract for deposit return scheme

Shortly before resigning, Boris Johnson sacked Michael Gove from the Cabinet, with a No 10 insider referring to Gove as a 'snake' (Picture: Andrew Parsons Pool/Getty Images)

Susie Dent: Boris Johnson and the rich language of friendship and betrayal

Wolves were once found all across the UK (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

How restoring native predators can help tackle the invasive species crisis

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks during a "dismal" Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday. He and his people need to do better, writes Ayesha Hazarika.

Starmer now desperately needs people to sit up and take notice of him

Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville.

Opposition demand parliamentary statement around report 'fiddling' accusations

“Support Gay Marriage” is a perfectly legitimate political slogan but so is “Ban Gay Marriage”, argues Euan McColm. Picture: Getty Images

Freedom of expression works two ways – to say and listen - Euan McColm

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon gets away with not addressing concerns, says reader (Picture: Fraser Bremner - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Opposition fails to hold Sturgeon to account

Covid Scotland: Health Secretary under fire after he urges Scots to ‘think twice’ before calling 999 for ambulance

Yousaf under fire after urging Scots to ‘think twice’ before calling 999

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi is left in agony after another robust challenge in the Alkmaar encounter. His manager says referees must deal with the "treatment" being meted out to him "on face value" to ensure the in-form Japanese striker is allowed to deliver on his talents. (Photo by Rico Brouwer / SNS Group)

Postecoglou urges referees to give Celtic talisman Furuhashi fair protection

‘If your telescope is really good, perhaps you’ll even make out the swirling clouds of Jupiter’s upper atmosphere’ (Photo: JPL/NASA/Getty Images

Jupiter will be in 'opposition' this week and will appear bright in the sky - he...

Opposition parties have called for answers around the drop in the number of care home investigations

'No excuse' for drop in number of care home investigations

Hospitals across the country have been feeling the strain

NHS Lanarkshire at ‘breaking point’ while Highland hospital on 'Code Black'

Braden Davy. Picture: Contributed

Angus Council: Criticism piles high as second troll unmasked

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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