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Neil Mackay: If Labour would back a border poll in Ulster, it must back Indyref2

Neil Mackay: If Labour would back a border poll in Ulster, it must back Indyref2
WHEN Norman Tebbit says “it looks more likely than not that in the not too distant future” there’ll be a United Ireland, you know a border poll is on its way. There’s growing certainty that Irish unity is becoming an historic inevitability.

SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster has stressed that a 'proper process' took place before the extension of the broadcasting deal with Sky Sports.

Graeme McGarry After ‘unofficial’ tender process and odd timing, SPFL must now use time Sky deal has given them wisely

Obituary: Alan Wilkins, playwright and teacher

Obituary: Peter Tilbrook, conservationist and Antarctic ecology pioneer

A prime minister who might rock you to sleep with a lullaby of robust fiscal policy and a housebuilding stimulus package – what a delight

Catriona Stewart In the face of Tory chaos Sir Keir's boring delivery is a superpower

Deputy First Minister and acting Finance Secretary John Swinney has condemned the UK Government for its mini-Budget, but does not have troubles of his own to seek

Letters: The hypocrisy of the SNP is morally repugnant

Could Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng succeed against the odds?

Andy Maciver You never know, Truss and Kwarteng might just pull this off

Could allowing fracking help solve our energy problems, or is the cost to the planet too great?

Letters: How can anyone deny the evidence for the terrifying consequences of carrying on belching CO2 into the atmosphere?

Barry Roberts, who spotted this sign, is dismayed to note that bigotry continue to thrive, with short people getting short shrift from restaurants.

PREMIUM Herald Diary: Recalling the Gordon Brown blues

future generations will be picking up the bill for tax cuts

Sarah Davidson: Mini Budget poses a threat to our local communities and society as a whole

There was nothing in last Friday's mini-Budget for the ordinary working man or woman, just high earners reaping more benefits

Donald MacLeod Super-rich celebrate as ordinary folk suffer

Meme of the Day

Meme of the Day from the Herald Diary

Prime Minister Liz Truss has seen the pound plummet to record lows after less than one month in No 10

Michael Settle Sorry Tory spectacle can surely only end one way

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on council 'sale'

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on council 'sale'

Steve Wright is signing off from the afternoon slot on Radio 2 after more than two decades

Issue of the day: Ageism question as Steve Wright leaves Radio 2 afternoons

Stress, long hours, the competitive atmosphere – would you be in the race to be Prime Minister or First Minister?

Alison Rowat Sturgeon, Starmer, Kwarteng, anyone – who would you make Prime Minister?

Bob the fulmar was first noticed in Orkney on the island of Eynhallow in 1975

Mark Smith Lessons from the life of a 47-year-old bird called Bob

Could Liz Truss's tenure as Prime Minister be the shortest ever?

Letters: Truss's utter incompetence should have come as no surprise to anyone

Should assisted dying be legalised to ease unnecessary suffering at the end of life? (Picture posed by models)

Letters: There can be no more important issue: our MSPs must vote for assisted dying bill

With soaring energy prices and the rising cost of living, it makes sense that many of us are seeking alternatives to traditional appliances

Susan Swarbrick The cult of the air fryer – all hail our kitchen gadget overlords

Catherine Salmond, editor of The Herald

EDITOR Catherine Salmond: ‘It is a privilege to produce The Herald for you each day’

Andrew Seaton, consultant in infectious diseases in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Agenda An antidote to manage hospital pressures

Maurice Pollard winced when reading this sign, but adds that it’s the impersonal circumcisions you really have to watch out for

PREMIUM Herald Diary: Making your mind up: a Eurovision act for Glasgow

The Labour Party is now in ruthless election-winning mode

Rebecca McQuillan For the first time in 15 years, Labour mean to win back Scotland. Can they really do it?

Meme of the Day

Meme of the Day from the Herald Diary

Majid Haq during a press conference at Stirling Court Hotel, Stirling. An independent review has recommended that Cricket Scotland is placed in special measures by sportscotland after 448 examples of institutional racism were revealed.

Agenda Kaukab Stewart: We all win if we drive racism out of Scottish sport

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on economy crisis

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on economy crisis

Liz Truss and the Tories are clearly engaged in an intentional, malicious war against the poor and most vulnerable

Neil Mackay There’s only one word to describe what the Tories are doing to this country: evil

Legendary Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty

Gerry Rafferty, Euphoria and the Scottish classic given a Gen Z lease of life

It seems players are more aware their punches will be caught on TV

PREMIUM Video referee didn’t make rugby perfect... but it helped - Martin Hannan

Who is more valuable to society: the lawyer, the banker, the nurse?

Letters: So what if the whingers leave? We know who really matters to society

Should it be made easier to have a domestic water meter installed?

Letters: Scottish Water dinosaur should face the future and provide free installation of domestic water meters

Scots’ SMEs Should Maximise Budget Benefits

Scots’ SMEs Should Maximise Budget Benefits

Gordon Watson, Chief Executive of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority

Agenda Key role for national parks in net zero journey

Zeb Ahmed, Head of Strategy, TEDxGlasgow

Agenda A call to climate action ahead of COP27

Jordan Addams, who spotted this sign, says it must be an example of fruity fluidity

PREMIUM Herald Diary: Brought to book at the hairdressers

Meme of the Day

Herald Diary Meme of the Day

The mini-budget contained bold moves to grow the economy

A cautious welcome for Kwarteng's fiscal event from chambers of commerce

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on space mission

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on space mission

In recent years, St Andrews has been on the march, closing in on the upper echelon of UK university rankings

Rosemary Goring St Andrews deserves its title as Britain's best university

Labour now have a 17-point lead in the latest opinion poll, suggesting the UK is tired of Conservative rule

Adam Tomkins Why I, as a Tory, want the next UK government to be a Labour one

The gathering of the European Rural Parliament shows what can be achieved in times of hardship

Claire Taylor Meeting the Ukrainian women who are feeding their nation 'was an emotional moment'

Controversial Cambo oil field development 'paused' by firm

Vicky Allan: Will Sturgeon dare, mid-energy crisis, condemn Rosebank, as she did Cambo?

Scotland's David Drysdale

PREMIUM Crunch time for Scots teetering on edge of DP World Tour oblivion - Nick Rodger

Jersey Oil & Gas has been seeking partners to help it bring the Buchan field back onstream, which will involve developing a major production facility in the Moray Firth Picture: Angela Catlin

Bumper North Sea deals give lie to the warnings on windfall profit taxation

Middle class shoppers are going to have to ditch their Aldi food snobbery

Catriona Stewart Will the great middle class shift to Aldi finally end food snobbery?

Would Scotland's abundant energy resources be a game-changer for an independent Scotland?

Letters: Don't let them fool you: energy will not be an indy bonanza

Italian leader Giorgia Meloni's electoral success shows that the far right has already risen

Neil Mackay Scotland needs to stop navel-gazing and face the world square on

Should anti-abortion protesters be made to stay behind buffer zones?

Letters: Buffer zones are an affront to our democracy. They should have no place in our society

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer in his hotel room in Liverpool preparing for his speech to delegates at the Labour Party Conference

PREMIUM Michael Settle: Nerves jangling among some Tories over reaction to mini-budget

Rathbones response: A “mini budget” in name only

Rathbones response: A “mini budget” in name only

Professor Hugh McLachlan argues that the Scottish justice system must make changes to be fairer

Agenda Let’s reform the Scottish criminal justice system for the right reasons

Meme of the Day

Herald Diary Meme of the Day

Gareth Anderson from Stirling says anyone who believes that ‘two wrongs don’t make a right’ should closely study this framed picture.

PREMIUM Herald Diary: So what's so wizard about Oz?