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Comment, analysis and opinion from Holyrood’s award-winning columnists

Getting rid of Fergus Ewing seems like electoral folly for the SNP

Getting rid of Fergus Ewing seems like electoral folly for the SNP

It's hard to understand why SNP members whose raison d’être is independence would turn on one of its most longstanding and popular champions
by Mandy Rhodes
Sketch: Alex Cole-Hamilton worries he's being watched

Sketch: Alex Cole-Hamilton worries he's being watched

Short-term lets: It's time to dial down the rhetoric

Short-term lets: It's time to dial down the rhetoric

Lord Advocate's intervention does not mean the drug-death crisis has been solved
Health

Lord Advocate's intervention does not mean the drug-death crisis has been solved

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The tragic case of Amber Gibson is an indictment of Scotland’s failing care system
Duncan Dunlop
by Duncan Dunlop

The tragic case of Amber Gibson is an indictment of Scotland’s failing care system

The care system is failing, and government has failed to change it despite the warm words and the promises, writes Duncan Dunlop
Sketch: Unlikely hero Douglas Ross defends Scottish Greens
Louise Wilson
by Louise Wilson

Sketch: Unlikely hero Douglas Ross defends Scottish Greens

Help can often come from the least likely of places
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Associate Feature: Moving mountains to tackle climate change
Education

A promise has been made to end school exclusions - we must keep it
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Associate Feature: Berwick Bank can deliver a clean energy and conservation ‘win-win’ for Scotland
Brexit

Sketch: Rishi Sunak visits ‘world’s most exciting economic zone’
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Associate Feature: Recipe for radical change
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Associate Feature: Working to make climate change ambitions a reality

Stephen Noon: Equal marriage was transformational for Scotland and for the acceptance it offered me

Sketch: Preaching to the SNP membership

Whoever replaces Nicola Sturgeon will inherit an in-tray full of problems
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Associate Feature: The give and take of tax devolution

Scotland's older people should be able to live the life they want, and technology is a key enabler
Education

A university admissions system which rejects candidates based on class is neither fair or progressive

It's hard to see Nicola Sturgeon's time as SNP leader as anything other than a failure
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Associate Feature: Spotlight on our tourism and events industry
Scottish Independence

Could it be that a party claiming to be uniquely in tune with Scottish people is losing touch?

Sketch: Budget 2: Electric Boogaloo is a flop
Society & Welfare

We have an economy that most people don’t trust to work for them

Kathleen Stock: I barely even know what Scottishness is
Local Government

The Scottish Government's enfeebling of local councils is an attack on democracy
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Associate Feature: Defusing nursing's ticking timebomb

Nicola Sturgeon's SNP has failed to deliver much of what it promised

Jim Spence: Sport is a crucial component of Scottishness and transcends notions of class

Brian Taylor: The Scottish Parliament has done its work well. Mostly.

Jack McConnell: Radical change is needed at Holyrood
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