Conor Matchett Deputy Political Editor
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Deputy Political Editor at The Scotsman.

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732 Articles
almost 2 years
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SNP ministers admit key claim over wind power is wrong despite 'robotically recycling' it for years

SNP ministers have been forced to admit their claim Scotland has a quarter of Europe’s offshore wind power potential ...

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Scotland ferries scandal: Nicola Sturgeon 'will have broken ministerial code' if no minutes of ke...

Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of breaking the ministerial code if she is unable to produce minutes of a key meetin...

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Nicola Sturgeon 'will have broken ministerial code' if no minutes of key meeting, Tory MSP alleges

Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of breaking the ministerial code if she is unable to produce minutes of a key meetin...

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Crown Office must consider whether Post Office 'perverted course of justice' after Horizon convic...

Scotland’s prosecuting body must consider whether the Post Office attempted to pervert the course of justice during S...

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Analysis: Scottish Green's independence paper is a waste of paper, time and words

Of several questions arising from the Scottish Green’s paper setting out the case for independence, ‘why did they bot...

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Scottish independence: Post-independence Universal Basic Income 'more affordable' than current be...

A central policy of the Scottish Green case for independence is un-costed and has not been updated for eight years, t...

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Post-independence Universal Basic Income 'more affordable' than current benefits despite costings...

A central policy of the Scottish Green case for independence is uncosted and has not been updated for eight years, th...

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COP27 must see leaders build on Glasgow Climate Pact says Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon has urged world leaders to build on the successes of the Glasgow Climate Pact and step up action arou...

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almost 2 years
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Starmer's BBC interview demonstrates Labour leader's naivety on Scottish issues

Keir Starmer’s interview on BBC Scotland’s The Sunday Show has demonstrated once again the pitfalls of assuming that ...

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almost 2 years
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Keir Starmer says NHS jobs must be filled domestically as he fails to set out democratic route to...

Too many foreigners are being hired to work for the NHS and the number of immigrants hired into the health service mu...

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Almost £2m of Scottish Government Covid loans at risk as companies go bust

Ministers have defended the decision to hand out almost £2 million in Covid-19 loans to three businesses which went b...

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Nicola Sturgeon defends Derek Mackay stating she would have made same decisions around the scanda...

Despite Nicola Sturgeon facing two hours of gruelling questioning around one of her Government’s most significant and...

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