They want the government 100% focused on our recovery from the pandemic, the global cost-of-living crisis, supporting our NHS and protecting jobs." Yet Nicola Sturgeon is recklessly pressing ahead with her obsession anyway.... Nobody believes education is Nicola Sturgeon's top priority any more." The SNP and Greens are taking people for granted.... Let's lay aside talk of an independence referendum and get to grips with what matters right now.".....

The Scottish Government has published some legal advice it has received on its plans for a second independence vote – but ministers have been accused of leaving the “ big questions unanswered ”.... But he added: “ It still leaves unanswered questions about how they plan to continue their push for a second divisive referendum.“ The murky secretive approach must end.... Recommended Nadine Dorries incorrectly says UK is'at war with Ukraine' Police delays could have affected chance of finding miss

An SNP minister has said the UK Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill is “ repugnant and regressive ”, as he urged the Scottish Parliament to refuse legislative consent for some of its provisions. Neil Gray, the minister for Culture, Europe and International Development, said the Bill would not fix problems in the UK’s asylum system. The Bill seeks to curb English Channel crossings and change how asylum claims are processed. Both the Scottish and Welsh governments have condemned the legislat

The Scottish Government should publish legal advice it received about a second independence referendum, the information commissioner has ruled. Daren Fitzhenry, the Scottish Information Commissioner, saiddisclosing some of the advice would “ significantly enhance public debate on this issue ”.... He said ministers’ decision to release legal advice they received around the Alex Salmond case had already affected the convention that such advice to ministers remained private.It follows a Freedom of