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Mandy Rhodes, managing director of Holyrood Communications and editor of the flagship title Holyrood magazine, is responsible for the editorial content of all other associated titles and products

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Nicola Sturgeon leaves office with one in four children in poverty

Nicola Sturgeon leaves office with one in four children in poverty

Being full of good intentions is hardly the ringing epitaph that any first minister wants etched on
their political gravestone
by Mandy Rhodes
The SNP leadership contest has exposed a surprising level of political naivety and a party at war

The SNP leadership contest has exposed a surprising level of political naivety and a party at war

Kate Forbes should have searched for answers in her own ministerial legacy - not the Bible

Kate Forbes should have searched for answers in her own ministerial legacy - not the Bible

Nicola Sturgeon is starting to look like the SNP's independence albatross

Nicola Sturgeon is starting to look like the SNP's independence albatross

Lies and smears have blighted this election

This election needs more Kathy Mohans

Theresa May seeks a green light for a reckless Brexit and a hard-right Britain
Society & Welfare

The rape clause will make it hard for Ruth Davidson to convince voters she's a different kind of Tory
Society & Welfare

The rape clause is just the latest attack on women's rights

PC Keith Palmer died a hero - a human shield protecting against an attack on democracy

Theresa May is right to call out failings by the SNP government, but her hypocrisy deserves some scrutiny
Society & Welfare

Deaths of young people who have been in care should be a focus of our outrage

Theresa May is either inadvertently or deliberately making an independence referendum more likely
Society & Welfare

Being fat is a class issue, and Scotland needs a radical obesity strategy

Trump’s election is worrying, but we do democracy an injustice if we fail to address the discontent that placed him in the White House

Living in a post-truth world: The last year shows ordinary people are fed up with politics as usual

Football could be the conduit for breaking down barriers to tackling child abuse
Society & Welfare

Is inertia creeping into the Scottish Government?

The High Court Brexit ruling has provided the Scottish Government with an opportunity
Society & Welfare

In announcing a review of the care system Nicola Sturgeon knows she has made a big commitment

Stamping on human rights and stirring up hatred - is this the UK political centre-ground?

What exactly does Brexit mean?

Nicola Sturgeon's decision to talk about her miscarriage is important because of what it tells us about women in leadership

A year of Labour leadership contests, yet the party has failed to arrest its decline

The Brexit vote wasn't about independence

Outlandish claims over the EU have pulled the country down to a pugnacious level of debate

Conflating Liam Fee's death with the row over the named person scheme is political opportunism

Confronting inequality means closing the gap between political rhetoric and social reality
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