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The SNP’s control freakery is a barrier to public sector reform

The government talks a good game but has shirked the hard work of overhauling Scotland’s public services

The Hamilton by-election was not a turning point for Scottish Labour, it is merely respite

It could have been a disaster for Labour, but it was not.

Patrick Harvie: 'Holyrood can and must be bolder'

Richard Leonard: This next year will be dominated by fundamental questions about our identity and our place in the world

Ruth Davidson: do not treat compromise as a dirty word

Nicola Sturgeon: Boris Johnson appears to have learned nothing from the mistakes of his predecessor

Sketch: Scottish Labour, nationalist traps and indyref2

Losing sight of women’s rights: policy capture and public policy

Associate feature: SEPA is putting ‘one planet prosperity’ at the heart of its regulatory strategy

Who owns the drug problem, and who is to be bold?

Division now infects every part of our politics

More empowerment of councils is needed to tackle poverty

Could do better: the SNP's failures in education look likely to turn into its toxic legacy

Sketch: The Ross Thomson school of campaign management

Associate feature: A big journey for a small start-up

Sketch: MSPs get off track

Screaming at the void - how the far right have destroyed debate

Sketch: MSPs go to the funfair

Why have the UK’s female leaders been so bad for women?

The Women's World Cup is a beacon of hope in a sport that lost its way

An alternative Tory leadership contest

The sex strike shows that even feminists can fall foul of outdated stereotypes

Associate feature: The benefits of embracing outdoor play are vast

Maree Todd: 'The circumstances you are born into should never limit the person you grow up to be'

Talking point: Body positivity begins at home

Sketch: The Scottish Parliament enters a parallel universe