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Former first minister Humza Yousaf, former first minister Nicola Sturgeon and Finance Secretary Shona Robison.

Why are so many MSPs resigning at the 2026 Holyrood election?

Nicola Sturgeon speaks to media outside her house near Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin

Sturgeon: Never a 'scrap of evidence' against me in SNP police probe

How Nicola Sturgeon went from victim of sexism to hate figure for feminists Euan McColm

Carol Beattie is the new chief executive of the SNP.

SNP announces identity of new chief executive

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon should walk away

Nicola Sturgeon should not run again as an MSP Alexander Brown

First Minister John Swinney addresses Holyrood during the first First Minister's Questions of the new year (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: SNP politicians more interested in being 'celebrities'

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon before giving evidence to the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints, at Holyrood in Edinburgh, in March 2021. Picture: PA

Delay over publishing Sturgeon legal advice 'wholly unacceptable'

Analysis Where does the SNP go from here, as splits emerge after night of humiliation

SNP will pay a heavy price for forsaking independence Kenny MacAskill

John Swinney. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

John Swinney calls Rishi Sunak ‘climate denier’ over North Sea oil and gas

Scotland News Live: Sturgeon talks 'therapeutic' memoir | Scotland's greatest 50 players of the last 50 years | The Eras Tour comes to Scotland

Live Scotland News Live: All latest General Election and Taylor Swift news

Do the views of MSP Kate Forbes make her unsuited to lead the SNP? (Picture: John Devlin)

Readers' Letters: Kate Forbes as first minister could be a nightmare

Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell charged with embezzlement of SNP funds

Jeane Freeman, former Scottish health secretary, departs the UK Covid inquiry at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Jeane Freeman says she will regret care home deaths for the rest of her life

The First Minister Humza Yousaf's statement to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry said be believed there were times decisions made by former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon were not "cascaded" to the rest of the cabinet.

Scottish Government accused of 'cover up' over Covid WhatsApp decision making

Scottish Government's culture of secrecy over Covid response was widespread Scotsman comment

SNP leader Humza Yousaf.

Analysis: For Humza Yousaf, when it rains, it pours as Salmond lodges case

First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, arrives ahead of a Covid briefing at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, in 2021

Missing Covid evidence shames Sturgeon - Ian Murray

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

The Glen Sannox ferry pictured at the Ferguson Marine shipyard last year (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Even Donald Trump could learn from the SNP about how to evade responsibility

Council tax will be frozen in Scotland next year, says Humza Yousaf

Humza Yousaf's strategy is putting SNP on course for a 1979-style rout Kenny MacAskill

The wheels are coming off Humza Yousaf’s wagon Brian Monteith

Labour and Tories need to tell us why they would not be continuity Sturgeon Brian Monteith

Humza Yousaf reads through his speech before heading to the stage at the SNP independence convention. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Humza Yousaf's new independence strategy branded 'deeply confused' by expert

Humza Yousaf was described as the continuity candidate during the SNP leadership contest (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Yousaf is not the new broom that the SNP desperately needs – Kenny MacAskill

Nicola Sturgeon speaks to the media outside her home in Uddingston, after her husband, former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, was 'released without charge pending further investigation' amid a police probe into the party's finances (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Was the Scottish Government under Sturgeon run like the SNP? – Brian Wilson

Chan eil fiù ‘s nach do nochd duilgheadas leis an Loch Seaforth an t-seachdain sa

Tha an t-àm ann daoine fhaighinn a thuigeas na h-eileanan, le Murray MacLeòid

Humza Yousaf has been elected as SNP leader and set to become Scotland's first minister.

As it happened: as Humza Yousaf elected new SNP leader

Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf at the Cumbernauld hustings (Picture: Andy Buchanan/Getty Images)

Reader's Letters: Is SNP finally getting real on independence?

SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes has come under fire for her views on a number of social issues (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Brian Wilson: Attacks on Kate Forbes are intolerance dressed up as liberalism

Deputy First Minister and temporary Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Economy, John Swinney

Deputy First Minister John Swinney will not run for SNP leader

The Steamie podcast: Sunak and Sturgeon face off

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Ambulance workers in Scotland have worked more than three million hours of paid overtime in the past five years. Picture: John Devlin

Ambulance staff take on 3.3 million hours of overtime since 2017

Ambulance delays at accident and emergency departments across the country are a question of management, not money, writes Brian Wilson. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

NHS pressures are about management, not money - so fix it, or get out Mr Yousaf

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar dealt with hard reality among the hypotheticals of FMQs, writes Brian Wilson.

Keep it up with the questions Mr Sarwar, for Scotland's sake - Brian Wilson

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a press conference to launch the third Building a New Scotland paper yesterday (Picture: David Cheskin-Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Sturgeon still unconvincing on independence

Nicola Sturgeon (right) told Laura Kuenssberg: ‘I detest the Tories and everything they stand for’ (Picture: Russell Cheyne/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Sturgeon painting Tories as panto villains is dangerous - Russell Findlay

The Scottish Government is under pressure to reveal the outcome of a bullying complaint against former minister, Fergus Ewing.

Transparency ruling shows Sturgeon 'lied to Holyrood' around Ewing probe outcome...

Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers her keynote speech on the final day of the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham

Why higher economic growth may just save the Conservatives - Brian Monteith

Nicola Sturgeon outlines her arguments for indyref2 on the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show
(Photo by Russell Cheyne/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Sturgeon: UK Govt should allow indyref2 poll if it believes it can win
The UK Government should be “clamouring” for another vote on Scottish independence if it is confident of winning, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon, who has asked the Lord Advocate to refer the question of whether Holyrood can pass a referendum bill to the Supreme Court.

Tax harmonisation is critical for Scotland - Betsy Williamson

People take part in a trade union pay protest on Buchanan Street, Glasgow, as bin workers walk out in several council areas (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

SNP's contempt for local government is coming home to roost – Brian Wilson

Edinburgh's refuse workers have walked out over pay

Crunch talks to take place over Edinburgh's crippling bin strike

There are calls for both the UK and Scottish Governments to act while households and businesses face “immense pressure” (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images).

'Catastrophe on vast scale' if no action taken on inflation rate increase

The supermoon will be visible tonight

Tonight’s supermoon -what is the Sturgeon moon and what does it mean?

A member of staff at The National Archives of Scotland, in Edinburgh, looks over the Act of Union of the Scottish Parliament

Readers' letters: The Treaty of Union was signed under duress

Penny Mordaunt, arrives at the BBC to appear on the BBC's 'Sunday Morning' political television show

Conservative leadership hopefuls reveal Modern Life is Rubbish - Brian Monteith

Nicola Sturgeon will host a summit on abortion care in Edinburgh today

Sturgeon: 'I'm confident we can find a way forward on buffer zones'

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon launches a paper designed to inform the debate on a second independence referendum for Scotland, but the paper - crucially - failed mention of anything could be done better using the powers and resources already controlled by the Scottish Government, writes Brian Wilson.

Sturgeon's prolonged referendum stunt will backfire on her - Brian Wilson

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood (Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire).

What we learned at FMQs today

Revered Karen Hendry, of the Church of Scotland, appeared at the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee to lend her support to self-id. Susan Dalgety wonders where the dissenting voices were. PIC: Scottish Parliament.

Beware of 'insider Scotland' and Sturgeon's New Model Army - Susan Dalgety

Problems with Scotland's train services have now been added to its ferry woes (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

If SNP didn’t like hearing about ferries, they’ll hate ‘trains, trains, trains’

First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on May 16. (Photo: Pedro Ugarte/Getty Images)

Scotland on Sunday readers' letters: Washington speech greenwashing the Sturgeon...

Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville (Picture: Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/pool/PA)

I feel ashamed of how Scotland is failing its poorest children – Brian Wilson

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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