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By Campbell Gunn, 3x1 Group Strategic Adviser This week’s Westminster Budget will be the last to be held in springtime. From now on, the annual speech on the state of the nation’s finances will take place in the autumn. This is a positive move, particularly for the devolved administrations, who have ...

Written by Campbell Gunn, 3×1 Strategic Adviser and former Senior Special Adviser to First Ministers Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond THE Scottish political conference season is now in full swing. Last week Scottish Labour gathered in Perth, and this weekend the Scottish Conservatives are in Glasgow. Prime Minister Theresa May, like many ...

SCOTTISH Government Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has found himself in the firing line over the past couple of weeks, though perhaps not for the reasons he might have expected. Mr Mackay’s budget – his first as responsible minister – sailed through Holyrood without much trouble. A deal with the Greens saw ...

Remember Tony Blair? He used to be Prime Minister. Well he’s come out today and told us what everyone in Scotland has known since the 23rd of June last year – the Brexit vote puts a second Scottish independence referendum back on the table. When Blair talks about Scotland people generally sit ...

MSPs return to Holyrood next week after the summer recess. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will be anxious to dispel the impression that her Government is obsessed with the fallout from Brexit and the opportunities it gives her for a possible Indyref2. The result will be a packed Programme for Government which ...

So the people of Scotland have spoken.  And they haven’t said exactly what many thought they might have. What a night it’s been. The much anticipated SNP landslide did not happen and there will be many SNP supporters somewhat surprised that Nicola Sturgeon’s party fell two seats short of an overall majority, ...