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

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almost 2 years ago
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Ministers to review whether 'Angels' Share' of whisky harms environment

It is known as the Angels’ Share. Every year, around 2 per cent of Scotland’s national drink evaporates during its cr...

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almost 2 years ago
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Douglas Ross: Angry Boris Johnson used 'rude' words when I called for him to resign

Douglas Ross has revealed Boris Johnson used “rude” words during an angry conversation when the Scottish Conservative...

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almost 2 years ago
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SNP lose control of North Lanarkshire Council after sexual harassment claims

The SNP has lost control of one of Scotland’s largest councils after its leader quit over sexual harassment allegations.

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almost 2 years ago
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More than 1,000 bin workers to strike across 15 Scottish councils

More than 1,000 waste and street cleaning workers across Scotland are set to walk out amid an escalating dispute over...

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almost 2 years ago
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Nicola Sturgeon will 'make a judgment' on whether to lead SNP into next election

Nicola Sturgeon has said she will “make a judgment” on whether to lead the SNP into the next Holyrood election nearer...

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almost 2 years ago
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Nicola Sturgeon: Liz Truss looked like she'd swallowed a wasp when I told her I'd been in Vogue t...

Nicola Sturgeon has told how Tory leadership contender Liz Truss looked like “she’d swallowed a wasp” on hearing the ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Nicola Sturgeon says she does not think she will speak to Alex Salmond again

Nicola Sturgeon has said she does not think she will ever speak to former first minister Alex Salmond again.

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almost 2 years ago
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Controversial Confucius institutes 'play an important role' and do not pose security threat, insi...

Chinese state-backed education centres in Scottish schools and universities play an "important role" and do not pose ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Labour should not go 'anywhere near' second Scottish independence referendum, says Angela Rayner

Labour should not go “anywhere near” a second Scottish independence referendum, the party’s deputy leader has said.

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almost 2 years ago
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Scotland strikes: Edinburgh waste and street cleaning workers to strike over festival

Hundreds of waste, recycling and street cleaning workers in Edinburgh are to go on strike during the festival amid cl...

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almost 2 years ago
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SNP ridicules suggestion it should face Commons over record in Scotland

The SNP has ridiculed a suggestion that its MPs should be forced to defend the party’s record in Scotland during new ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Scottish council workers at risk of poverty unless pay offer improves, says union

Tens of thousands of frontline council workers are at risk of being thrown into poverty unless they are given a bette...

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