Political opinion
SNP can be party of government or lead the independence campaign. It can't be both
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![Douglas Ross after SNP's Seamus Logan was declared the winner of the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituencey in the General Election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18351552.jpg)
![Douglas Ross after SNP's Seamus Logan was declared the winner of the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituencey in the General Election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18351552.jpg)
![Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign event at the James B Dudley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, earlier this month](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18346436.jpg)
![Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign event at the James B Dudley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, earlier this month](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18346436.jpg)
![Ross Laird](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18349383.jpg)
![Ross Laird](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18349383.jpg)
AGENDA
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![Glasgow has climbed the attractiveness table](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10487320.jpg)
![Glasgow has climbed the attractiveness table](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10487320.jpg)
![An all too common scene on our roads](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18348081.jpg)
![An all too common scene on our roads](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18348081.jpg)
Rebecca McQuillan
![The attempted assissination of Donald Trump was roundly condemned](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18312380.jpg)
![The attempted assissination of Donald Trump was roundly condemned](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18312380.jpg)
![Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18274409.jpg)
![Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18274409.jpg)
Carole Levin
![Alan Turing, centre, was chemically castrated after being convicted of gross indecency for homosexual acts, but was finally exonerated in 2013. Today, though, LGBT service personnel are still awaiting reparations](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18342027.jpg)
![Alan Turing, centre, was chemically castrated after being convicted of gross indecency for homosexual acts, but was finally exonerated in 2013. Today, though, LGBT service personnel are still awaiting reparations](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18342027.jpg)
![Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes takes First Ministers questions at the Scottish Parliament. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18339243.jpg)
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![Kate Forbes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18218250.jpg)
![Kate Forbes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18218250.jpg)
![In the last decade the net housing wealth held by the over-65s increased by £1.11 trillion.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17749115.jpg)
![In the last decade the net housing wealth held by the over-65s increased by £1.11 trillion.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17749115.jpg)
![Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, greets his wife, Melania Trump on stage during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18337003.jpg)
![Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, greets his wife, Melania Trump on stage during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18337003.jpg)
![An overflowing bin on Buchanan Street in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18335103.jpg)
![An overflowing bin on Buchanan Street in Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18335103.jpg)
![King Charles III reads the King's Speech](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18319062.jpg)
![King Charles III reads the King's Speech](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18319062.jpg)
![Elon Musk](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17746025.jpg)
![Elon Musk](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17746025.jpg)
![Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18325711.jpg)
![Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18325711.jpg)
Alison Rowat
![SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn directs a question to
Prime Minister
Sir Keir Starmer during the debate on the King's Speech in the House of Commons,](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18331554.jpg)
![SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn directs a question to
Prime Minister
Sir Keir Starmer during the debate on the King's Speech in the House of Commons,](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18331554.jpg)
![Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking at a press conference during the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18327639.jpg)
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![Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in 1997](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17035295.jpg)
![Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in 1997](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17035295.jpg)
![Donald Trump as golfer](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18329842.jpg)
![Donald Trump as golfer](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18329842.jpg)
Rosemary Goring
![Dr John Zerilli](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18327031.jpg)
![Dr John Zerilli](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18327031.jpg)
AGENDA
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![Sauchiehall Avenue](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18324476.jpg)
![Sauchiehall Avenue](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18324476.jpg)
![John Swinney and Kate Forbes shoud go on the front foot](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18324428.jpg)
![John Swinney and Kate Forbes shoud go on the front foot](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18324428.jpg)
![Donald Trump with JD Vance at the Republican convention in Milwaukee](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18324148.jpg)
![Donald Trump with JD Vance at the Republican convention in Milwaukee](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18324148.jpg)
![Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after the shooting](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18310206.jpg)
![Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after the shooting](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18310206.jpg)
Rebecca Mcquillan
![Labour has promised the HQ of Great British Energy will be in Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18321654.jpg)
![Labour has promised the HQ of Great British Energy will be in Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18321654.jpg)
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![Jessie Duncan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18309416.jpg)
![Jessie Duncan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18309416.jpg)
AGENDA
![The shipyard at Port Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18317271.jpg)
![The shipyard at Port Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18317271.jpg)
![On way to deliver the King's Speech in 2023](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18316642.jpg)
![On way to deliver the King's Speech in 2023](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18316642.jpg)
King's Speech
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![How will Europe deal with the endlessly provocative Viktor Orbán?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18017383.jpg)
![Spain's Rodri celebrating with the Euro 2024 trophy](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18314416.jpg)
![Spain's Rodri celebrating with the Euro 2024 trophy](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18314416.jpg)
Carlos Alba
![SallyAnn Kelly](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18304800.jpg)
![SallyAnn Kelly](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18304800.jpg)
AGENDA
![Two years on, ScotRail is still failing the travelling public](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10811248.jpg)
![Two years on, ScotRail is still failing the travelling public](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10811248.jpg)
![A reveller attends Trnsmt on Saturday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18307671.jpg)
![A reveller attends Trnsmt on Saturday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18307671.jpg)
![Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18304773.jpg)
![Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18304773.jpg)
![Nigel Farage MP interviewed on BBC1's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18307864.jpg)
![Nigel Farage MP interviewed on BBC1's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18307864.jpg)
![A defiant Donald Trump](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18310206.jpg)
![A defiant Donald Trump](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18310206.jpg)
![There are now new apartments on the site of the old Daily Record building](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18307575.jpg)
![There are now new apartments on the site of the old Daily Record building](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18307575.jpg)
![A defiant Donald Trump after Sunday's assassination attempt](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18312380.jpg)
![A defiant Donald Trump after Sunday's assassination attempt](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18312380.jpg)
![John Swinney met Sir Keir Starmer in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18282509.jpg)
![John Swinney met Sir Keir Starmer in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18282509.jpg)
![Jim Sillars branded Nicola Sturgeon 'Stalin's wee sister'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18168150.jpg)
![Jim Sillars branded Nicola Sturgeon 'Stalin's wee sister'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18168150.jpg)
Rab McNeil
![Concerns over Joe Biden's mental agility are not going away](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18306313.jpg)
![Concerns over Joe Biden's mental agility are not going away](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18306313.jpg)
![Lennie Pennie: Level the playing field on tax and give every kid a chance](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18120463.jpg)
![Lennie Pennie: Level the playing field on tax and give every kid a chance](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18120463.jpg)
![Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaks to the media on a walkabout in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, following the landslide General Election victory for the Labour Party.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18304837.jpg)
![Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaks to the media on a walkabout in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, following the landslide General Election victory for the Labour Party.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18304837.jpg)
![Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking during a press conference after his first Cabinet meeting](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18300461.jpg)
![Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking during a press conference after his first Cabinet meeting](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18300461.jpg)
![The rise of children in housing limbo](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18291471.jpg)
![The rise of children in housing limbo](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18291471.jpg)
![Is the UK really embracing the opportunities in Germany and other EU countries?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18300477.jpg)
![Is the UK really embracing the opportunities in Germany and other EU countries?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18300477.jpg)
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