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

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JK Rowling launches attack on Scotland's Hate Crime Act with hashtag 'Arrest Me'

The author posted a thread on X, formerly Twitter

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SNP ministers to make case for major Scotland football matches to be available free-to-air

Humza Yousaf, the First Minister, said only Westminster can take action

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Free Speech Union says it has lawyers on standby as Hate Crime Act comes into force

Toby Young, the founder of the campaign group, said it had been preparing for this moment

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MSP behind assisted dying plan ‘open to discussion’ about raising age limit from 16

Liam McArthur acknowledged there are concerns

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Holyrood may have to be recalled in summer to pass Post Office Horizon law

First Minister Humza Yousaf said the timetabling down south will affect the process in Scotland

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Tory MSP claims he was ‘threatened’ by SNP minister during row in Holyrood

Stephen Kerr said he was told he was going to ‘fall from a very high place’

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Michael Matheson rejects calls to resign as MSP as he returns to Holyrood

The former minister refused to answer multiple questions from journalists in the Scottish Parliament

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UK ‘turning up to a gunfight with a wooden spoon’ over China cyber-attacks

SNP MP Stewart McDonald, who is among the politicians affected, called for tougher action

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Kate Forbes suggests Humza Yousaf lacks 'big vision' for Scotland

The former finance secretary also indicated she will likely run for the SNP leadership again

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Income tax gap between Scotland and England 'is a risk to Scottish jobs', warns City of London

The City of London Corporation said it was a source of ‘significant concern’ in the financial sector

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Kate Forbes suggests Humza Yousaf 'lacks big vision' and indicates she will run to be SNP leader ...

The former finance secretary suggested Humza Yousaf lacks a ‘big vision’ for the country

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'Huge numbers' could be criminalised under new hate crime law, says Douglas Ross

The Scottish Tory leader warned people could be criminalised ‘for no good reason’

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