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Alistair Grant is political editor of The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday.

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968 Articles
22 days ago
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Hate crime law is ‘unworkable’ and should be withdrawn, says former top Scottish judge

Lord Hope of Craighead said the hate crime legislation had ‘misfired’

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24 days ago
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SNP minister’s father resigns party membership over ‘antisemitic’ Facebook post

Tom Arthur condemned the post reportedly shared by his dad

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24 days ago
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Number of public toilets in Scotland has collapsed since 2007

Figures uncovered by the Scottish Liberal Democrats show a drop of 21 per cent

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25 days ago
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Hate crime law ‘unworkable’ and at risk of failing, warns Jack McConnell

The former first minister said he had watched recent events in Scotland ‘with my head in my hands’

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25 days ago
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SNP treats councils worse than Thatcher did, says former Scottish Labour leader

Johann Lamont said the financial threats made to local authorities were ‘astonishing’

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26 days ago
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Income tax changes in Scotland ‘create perfect storm for brain drain'

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce warned talent could be driven away

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27 days ago
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Police Scotland told to urgently clarify policy on ‘non-crime hate incidents’

It came as the row over Scotland’s controversial new hate crime law showed no signs of abating

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28 days ago
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JK Rowling hits out at Humza Yousaf’s ‘bumbling incompetence’ in social media post

The author also accused the First Minister of ‘illiberal authoritarianism’ amid an ongoing hate crime row

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28 days ago
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Humza Yousaf: Tory MSP’s claim of police bias over hate incidents is ‘ludicrous’

The First Minister accused Murdo Fraser of ‘insulting’ police officers up and down the country

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28 days ago
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Tory MSP writes to Police Scotland chief over ‘non-crime hate incident’ row

Murdo Fraser said the force had ‘serious questions’ to answer

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29 days ago
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Politics in Scotland ‘is glib and immature’, says former Scottish Labour leader

Johann Lamont said the country is paying a heavy price

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29 days ago
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Nicola Sturgeon says she is ‘veering away’ from supporting assisted dying law

The former first minister said the move could represent ‘the thin end of the wedge’

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