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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

Heightened pre-election expectations have downplayed the true scale of the SNP's win

The SNP won the election but the biggest story is the success of Ruth Davidson

The Scottish baby box lights up a dreary election

The Panama scandal raises questions about the use of tax powers in Scotland too

Kezia Dugdale's decision to drop her rebate diverted attention from the SNP's tax plan

The tax debate needs to move beyond the narrow confines of incremental rises and falls

The Irn Bru Chancellor's sugar levy is a small step in the right direction

Where's the cry freedom?

EU in out, shake it all about

What's the deal with the Fiscal Framework?

What does the fallout over council budgets mean for the future of local authorities?
Communities, Housing & Planning

The SNP and Labour tinker round the edges on the housing crisis

Let Scotland flourish

Trouble ahead for Nicola Sturgeon
Society & Welfare

It is hard to justify giving airlines a tax break while food banks remain in Scotland
Communities, Housing & Planning

Tearing a community apart seems to fly in the face of what we call ‘Scottish values’

Despite mounting criticism, recent events have done little to throw the SNP off course

The week the new politics lost its shine

Party conference season is being shaken by the referendum

Power for a purpose - how Jeremy Corbyn has created an energy around an indifferent contest

What did we learn from the last year in Scottish politics?

The Tories have been portrayed as ‘anti-Scottish’ since Thatcher, and one wonders what they have learned

What can the Labour leadership contenders learn from Nicola Sturgeon?

What can be done to fix Scottish education?
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