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

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Inside politics: Why Douglas Ross decided he would stand down as Scottish Tory leader

Mr Ross reflected on the situation over the weekend

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Who might replace Douglas Ross as Scottish Conservative leader?

Mr Ross announced he will step down after the general election

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SNP telling ‘scare stories’ on oil and gas, Scottish Greens claim - but are they ‘rewriting histo...

Lorna Slater, the Greens co-leader, made the comments during her party’s general election launch

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North East Fife: The battle for Scotland's most marginal constituency

Inside the fight between the Liberal Democrats and the SNP

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4 months
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John Swinney ‘disgusted and horrified’ by Douglas Ross’s decision to stand over deselected Tory D...

The First Minister attacked Mr Ross after he replaced a candidate deemed not well enough to stand by the Scottish Con...

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Kate Forbes: New North Sea licences must be considered on ‘case-by-case basis’

The Deputy First Minister was put under pressure over the issue by the Conservatives

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Who won the ITV general election leaders' debate? Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer lock horns

The Conservative and Labour leaders went head-to-head in a TV showdown

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Labour 'won't pick fights with the SNP' in government amid 'partnership' vow

The shadow chancellor made the comments during her first trip to Scotland of the general election campaign

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Labour makes major Edinburgh financial services hub election pledge as Rachel Reeves vows to ‘unl...

The shadow chancellor will pledge to create jobs and unlock investment during a campaign visit in Edinburgh today

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Scottish GP has 'little confidence' on Scottish Parliament handling assisted dying law after gend...

Dr Kirsten Woolley spoke of her concerns during an event at the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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How the SNP's general election campaign launch was blown off course

John Swinney was bombarded with questions about the Michael Matheson scandal

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What do we know about the Michael Matheson report - will the former SNP minister face suspension?

The ex-health secretary is being investigated by the standards committee

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