Scots are drinking twice as much as previously thought as new figures to be published tomorrow indicate that previous surveys seriously underestimated how much alcohol we consume.

The return of dawn raids on asylum seekers has provoked an angry attack on Alex Salmond and his SNP government for failing publicly to denounce the Westminster policy of seizing refugee families at their homes in the early hours of the morning and then detaining mothers, fathers and their children in immigration holding centres.

The SNP government might not have the power to organise an independence referendum, according to one of David Cameron's closest allies in Scotland.

First Minister Alex Salmond has warned David Cameron he will challenge an incoming Tory government on policies he says the Conservatives have "no mandate" to introduce.

Could anyone resurrect New Labour?

Iain Macwhirter: Face it, no one wants you ... and it’s going to get worse

Tom Shields: Annabel Goldie came over all clairvoyant in her leader's address yesterday.