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John Swinney’s role in the contract process was ignored by the ‘missing’ email

Herald View: Ferries fiasco merits a public inquiry; and a new home for the Edinburgh book festival
AND still, remarkably, the CalMac ferries debate drags on, each week bringing forth an unappetising new detail.

To Let signs on premises on Sauchiehall Street (Photograph by Colin Mearns)

Herald View: Retail misfortunes can’t all be blamed on WFH; and well done, Rangers

The Queen, who celebrates her birthday next week, with her Fell ponies Bybeck Nightingale and Bybeck Katie Picture: henrydallalphotography.com

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Herald View: Urgent action is needed on our energy bills; and the Queen at 96

Herald View: The PM has lost his moral authority to govern; and the importance of everyday issues at elections

Herald View: The PM has lost his moral authority to govern; and the importance of everyday issues at elections

The Scottish Government was not informed of Boris Johnson’s oil and gas plans

Herald View: Johnson's new strategy was a waste of energy; and Sunak's reputation has suffered

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Herald View: A serious national conversation about the NHS; and ScotRail’s hopeful new future

Rishi Sunak delivered his Spring Statement to mixed notices this week

Herald View: Time for Sunak to consider a windfall tax on oil and gas? ... and welcome to Ukrainian orphans

Herald View: Government must justify extending emergency powers

Herald View: Humility and honesty required in education review

Herald View: We need a Covid inquiry now so we can learn from mistakes

Herald View: We need a Covid inquiry now so we can learn from mistakes

Herald View: Time for the Cabinet to get work on behalf of us all

Herald View: Still time to row back on this flawed pupil assessment programme

Screaming Lord Sutch

PREMIUM Herald Diary: Where have all the political characters gone?

Herald View: Now let's make rebuilding Scotland's economy the priority

Herald View: Election suffers a lack of serious and substantive proposals

Herald View: Voters are right to put manifestos under close scrutiny

Herald View: Reflections on a life of selfless devotion and service

Herald View: Union should accept the reality over public finances

Herald View: Union should accept the reality over public finances

Herald View: Over to you, politicians of all stripes: Scotland deserves better

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf

Herald View: The real test of the Hate Crime Bill comes in its application

Chanvellor Rishi Sunak

Herald View: Room for optimism, but Holyrood must play its part

Herald View: Government needs to show clarity on route out of lockdown

Herald View: Government needs to show clarity on route out of lockdown

Herald View: Shambles like Salmond inquiry must never be permitted again

House plants are a huge Instagram trend with millions of posts during the pandemic

Issue of the day: Plants are helping out in the pandemic

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes

Herald View: A government that fails to support a free press cannot be seen as democratic

Herald View: In Scotland, Johnson cannot win whatever he does

Herald View: We need to draw up a route map for the path back to genuine recovery

Herald View: We need to draw up a route map for the path back to genuine recovery

Scottish Labour party leader Richard Leonard during First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Thursday February 22, 2018. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire.

PREMIUM Herald View: Scottish Labour's decline damages democracy

Herald View: Events in the US show that fostering division is an extremely dangerous game

Time's up for old style cash

Issue of the day: the return of crypto-currency

Herald View: Let us have a new start that prioritises recovery

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in a publicity shot for Wonder Woman 1984

Issue of the day: Wonder Woman and the future of cinema

Herald View: Constantly chopping and changing coronavirus rules makes no sense

Taylor Swift, possibly set for a Christmas number one

Issue of the day: the Christmas number one

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf

Herald View: Changes to Hate Crime Bill must get the closest scrutiny

Herald View: Congratulations, Shug

U.S. President Donald Trump raises his fist as he reacts to early results from the 2020 U.S. presidential election in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC27WJ9G5AI0.

Herald View: Trump is damaging US democracy

Herald View: Now Government needs to make local tiers work

Herald View: Being cautious could be the biggest risk

Herald View: Hospitality sector deserves better than this

Herald View: Salmond inquiry raises worrying questions

Herald View: Coronavirus restrictions are necessary but care must be taken to keep public onside

Herald view: Care home residents must not be locked away from their families

Herald View: Softly-softly approach to those who break coronavirus rules makes a mockery of the law

Herald View: We are in recession. Now what?

Herald View: Lessons must be learned over exams fiasco

Herald View: We are all responsible for stopping coronavirus

Herald View: A determined PM could yet bounce back

Herald View: Scotland is making progress on Covid-19

Herald View: Steps in right direction for economy

Herald View: Time to be braver in easing lockdown

John Maidment spotted this sign, which we speculate wasn’t put up by the local council, but instead was the work of a local joker with a highly sensitive sense of smell.

The Herald Diary: Teenagers, eh?

Herald View: Being too timid in emerging from lockdown may be as damaging as the delay in entering it

Herald View: Coronavirus communication failure is inexcusable

Herald View: Coronavirus communication failure is inexcusable