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Christine Jardine

Boris Johnson pictured at 10 Downing Street during the Covid lockdown (Picture: Handout/UK Government via Getty Images)

Johnson's lockdown breaches just add to the many painful memories of Covid

No one is responsible for offering confidential support or counselling to young people who have lost a parent (Picture, posed by model: John Devlin)
No one is responsible for offering confidential support or counselling to young people who have lost a parent (Picture, posed by model: John Devlin)

Bereaved children need help and, right now, many are not getting it

Rishi Sunak speaks to local business leaders in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Picture: Liam McBurney/PA)
Rishi Sunak speaks to local business leaders in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Picture: Liam McBurney/PA)

Sunak's EU deal is a hopeful sign for future relations with Brussels

Books by Roald Dahl have been edited to remove controversial words with a modern audience in mind (Picture: Ronald Dumont/Daily Express/Getty Images)
Books by Roald Dahl have been edited to remove controversial words with a modern audience in mind (Picture: Ronald Dumont/Daily Express/Getty Images)

Cancel culture is getting out of hand – Christine Jardine

Christine Jardine and other politicians were moved by Nicola Sturgeon's resignation speech (Picture: Jane Barlow/pool/Getty Images)
Christine Jardine and other politicians were moved by Nicola Sturgeon's resignation speech (Picture: Jane Barlow/pool/Getty Images)

After showing respect for Sturgeon, I was deluged with abuse – Christine Jardine

SNP MSP Fergus Ewing condemned delays to the dualling of the A9 road as a 'betrayal of the Highlands' (Picture: John Devlin)
SNP MSP Fergus Ewing condemned delays to the dualling of the A9 road as a 'betrayal of the Highlands' (Picture: John Devlin)

Sturgeon's tax returns a 'dead cat' to divert attention from multiple problems

Christine Jardine MP claimed the SNP had achieved very little in Westminster.
Christine Jardine MP claimed the SNP had achieved very little in Westminster.

SNP have become 'whining voice' of Scotland, says Scottish MP

The use of blood donations from American prisoners and drug addicts in the UK saw some patients contract HIV and hepatitis in the 1970s and 1980s (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)
The use of blood donations from American prisoners and drug addicts in the UK saw some patients contract HIV and hepatitis in the 1970s and 1980s (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Wait for justice over infected blood scandal should not have been so long

A Bosnian woman cries over the newly dug graves of her two sons at a cemetery near Srebrenica in 2010, 15 years after nearly 8,000 Muslims were murdered (Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)
A Bosnian woman cries over the newly dug graves of her two sons at a cemetery near Srebrenica in 2010, 15 years after nearly 8,000 Muslims were murdered (Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

Dangers posed by racism and prejudice are being overlooked – Christine Jardine

A Bosnian woman cries over the newly dug graves of her two sons at a cemetery near Srebrenica in 2010, 15 years after nearly 8,000 Muslims were murdered (Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)
A Bosnian woman cries over the newly dug graves of her two sons at a cemetery near Srebrenica in 2010, 15 years after nearly 8,000 Muslims were murdered (Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

Dangers posed by racism and prejudice are being overlooked – Christine Jardine

Male panda Yang Guang at Edinburgh Zoo.
Male panda Yang Guang at Edinburgh Zoo.

Is there a chance of a rethink on pandas departure? - Christine Jardine

King Charles III delivers his first Christmas broadcast in the Quire of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle (Picture: Victoria Jones/pool/Getty Images)
King Charles III delivers his first Christmas broadcast in the Quire of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle (Picture: Victoria Jones/pool/Getty Images)

New Carolean Age must kickstart the fightback against our current troubles

Patrick Grady was found to have acted inappropriately towards a male SNP staff member (Picture: PA)
Patrick Grady was found to have acted inappropriately towards a male SNP staff member (Picture: PA)

Patrick Grady's return to SNP fold is roundly and rightly condemned – Scotsman

The wife and the mother of Oleg Skybyk, a Ukrainian soldier killed resisting the Russian invasion, decorate a Christmas tree on his grave (Picture: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images)
The wife and the mother of Oleg Skybyk, a Ukrainian soldier killed resisting the Russian invasion, decorate a Christmas tree on his grave (Picture: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images)

Year of chaos, horror and hard times underlines importance of family and friends

Many nurses are concerned about the NHS's ability to look after its patients' needs (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Many nurses are concerned about the NHS's ability to look after its patients' needs (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

We've reached a crucial point in NHS history. We cannot let it die

Doddie Weir attended the match between Scotland and New Zealand at Murrayfield on November 13 (Picture: David Rogers/Getty Images)
Doddie Weir attended the match between Scotland and New Zealand at Murrayfield on November 13 (Picture: David Rogers/Getty Images)

Doddie Weir played key role in changing government's stance on medical research

Scottish politicians must not be reduced to the flag-waving and meaningless slogans of Donald Trump (Picture: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Scottish politicians must not be reduced to the flag-waving and meaningless slogans of Donald Trump (Picture: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Christine Jardine: Politicians must not turn my Trump nightmare into reality

The winds of political change look set to blow the Conservative party out of power (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
The winds of political change look set to blow the Conservative party out of power (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The Conservatives are on their way out. And they know it – Christine Jardine

The frost is bringing back memories of hard times past - and thoughts of the future we face - for Christine Jardine. PIC: geograph.org
The frost is bringing back memories of hard times past - and thoughts of the future we face - for Christine Jardine. PIC: geograph.org

The bitter chill is sharpened by the excuses of government - Christine Jardine

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to the media during a visit to Croydon University Hospital, south London, on Friday. PIC: Leon Neal/PA Wire
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to the media during a visit to Croydon University Hospital, south London, on Friday. PIC: Leon Neal/PA Wire

It's a privilege to recognise the achievement of Rishi Sunak - Christine Jardine

Liz Truss leaves Downing Street on Friday last week following her resignation the previous day (Picture: James Manning/PA)
Liz Truss leaves Downing Street on Friday last week following her resignation the previous day (Picture: James Manning/PA)

Will Truss’s successor manage to prevent the downfall of the UK economy?

Edinburgh West MP, Christine Jardine urged Liz Truss not to take the ex-PM's allowance
Edinburgh West MP, Christine Jardine urged Liz Truss not to take the ex-PM's allowance

Truss urged to turn down £115,000 ex-PM’s allowance

The outpouring of support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion must not diminish amid political turmoil and the cost-of-living crisis (Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)
The outpouring of support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion must not diminish amid political turmoil and the cost-of-living crisis (Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)

Refugees in UK need to be treated with respect, not kept in limbo

Protesters take to the streets of Iran's capital Tehran following the death of Mahsa Amini in 'morality police' custody (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)
Protesters take to the streets of Iran's capital Tehran following the death of Mahsa Amini in 'morality police' custody (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

UK ministers' response to Iran’s crackdown on women-led protests has been woeful

Liz Truss is due to address the Conservative party conference on Wednesday (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Liz Truss is due to address the Conservative party conference on Wednesday (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Why Tory meltdown poses big questions for opposition parties – Christine Jardine

Have Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng come up with a magical formula that had escaped their predecessors in Downing Street? (Picture: Dylan Martinez/WPA pool/Getty Images)
Have Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng come up with a magical formula that had escaped their predecessors in Downing Street? (Picture: Dylan Martinez/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Christine Jardine: Chancellor failed to address winter of worry facing millions

Gary Connery and Mark Sutton parachute into the stadium as part of short James Bond film featuring Daniel Craig and The Queen during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on July 27, 2012.
Gary Connery and Mark Sutton parachute into the stadium as part of short James Bond film featuring Daniel Craig and The Queen during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on July 27, 2012.

Remembering when Queen Elizabeth II joined James Bond for an Olympic sketch

Members of the military salute the hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, as it passes the war memorial in Ballater on the journey from Balmoral to Edinburgh (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
Members of the military salute the hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, as it passes the war memorial in Ballater on the journey from Balmoral to Edinburgh (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

In mourning our Queen, UK's four nations have been united – Christine Jardine

The Queen and Prince Philip wave to the crowd following her coronation at Westminster Abbey on 2 June, 1953 (Picure: INTERCONTINENTALE/AFP via Getty Images)
The Queen and Prince Philip wave to the crowd following her coronation at Westminster Abbey on 2 June, 1953 (Picure: INTERCONTINENTALE/AFP via Getty Images)

The Queen brought reassurance and hope in darkest moments - Christine Jardine

The winner of the Conservative party leadership contest is set to be formally announced today (Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
The winner of the Conservative party leadership contest is set to be formally announced today (Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Will new PM save us from coming storm or watch as economy is wrecked?

Nicola Sturgeon should be focussing on Scotland's domestic affairs (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Nicola Sturgeon should be focussing on Scotland's domestic affairs (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP is wasting millions on 'mini-embassies' overseas – Christine Jardine MP

A new poll has revealed almost one quarter of the UK public are planning to ditch heating their houses this winter (Photo: Joe Giddens).
A new poll has revealed almost one quarter of the UK public are planning to ditch heating their houses this winter (Photo: Joe Giddens).

One in four expect to not turn their heating on this winter due to hike in bills

A demonstrator speaks in a loud hailer as she protests against the arrival of the Tory leadership contenders to the Perth hustings on 16 August
A demonstrator speaks in a loud hailer as she protests against the arrival of the Tory leadership contenders to the Perth hustings on 16 August

Readers' letters: It’s time we stopped pandering to separatists

Protesters demonstrate outside the Conservative party leadership hustings in Perth (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Protesters demonstrate outside the Conservative party leadership hustings in Perth (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Christine Jardine: As nationalist anger overflows again, old fears are returning

Boris Johnson emerges from a VX4 vertical aerospace aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow last month (Picture: Frank Augstein/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Boris Johnson emerges from a VX4 vertical aerospace aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow last month (Picture: Frank Augstein/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Paralysis in Downing Street in face of multiple crises must end

Leaders of the Scottish Greens, Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie, are playing with the electorate over Scottish Independence, writes Christine Jardine. PIC: Andrew Milligan.
Leaders of the Scottish Greens, Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie, are playing with the electorate over Scottish Independence, writes Christine Jardine. PIC: Andrew Milligan.

The Scottish Greens are letting the voters down  - Christine Jardine

Tom Daley carries the Queen’s Baton during the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham (Picture: Elsa/Getty Images)
Tom Daley carries the Queen’s Baton during the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham (Picture: Elsa/Getty Images)

Commonwealth Games is proving sport and politics do mix – Christine Jardine MP

Former Scotland players Doddie Weir, who has MND, and John Jeffrey, right, share a joke at Murrayfield in 2020 (Picture: Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Former Scotland players Doddie Weir, who has MND, and John Jeffrey, right, share a joke at Murrayfield in 2020 (Picture: Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Rugby stars have helped focus ministers' minds on need to find a cure for MND

Suitcases are seen uncollected at Heathrow's Terminal Three baggage reclaim area (Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)
Suitcases are seen uncollected at Heathrow's Terminal Three baggage reclaim area (Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)

Our governments are failing to manage multiple crises – Christine Jardine

Despite his buffoonish guise, Boris Johnson knew exactly what he was doing with his stunts, big promises, and overtly populist policies (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Despite his buffoonish guise, Boris Johnson knew exactly what he was doing with his stunts, big promises, and overtly populist policies (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

New PM must have integrity. We can't have another political fly-boy like Johnson

Protesters march around the Arizona Capitol after the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe vs Wade abortion decision (Picture: Ross D. Franklin/AP file)
Protesters march around the Arizona Capitol after the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe vs Wade abortion decision (Picture: Ross D. Franklin/AP file)

Indy debate must not distract from the need to safeguard fundamental rights

Joyous events like the Edinburgh Festival Fringe can help us through the darkest of times (Picture: Scott Campbell/Getty Images)
Joyous events like the Edinburgh Festival Fringe can help us through the darkest of times (Picture: Scott Campbell/Getty Images)

Three reasons why I'm singing 'Here Comes the Sun' – Christine Jardine MP

More people in Scotland voted for politicians who support the UK than for those who don’t, writes Christine Jardine.
More people in Scotland voted for politicians who support the UK than for those who don’t, writes Christine Jardine.

These constant attacks on Westmninster show a lack of respect for who we are

A plane standing-by at MOD Boscombe Down, Salisbury. A flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda is believed to be leaving from a Westcountry RAF military aircraft testing site after a last-ditch legal bid to halt the controversial deportation policy failed. Picture: Adam Hughes/SWNS
A plane standing-by at MOD Boscombe Down, Salisbury. A flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda is believed to be leaving from a Westcountry RAF military aircraft testing site after a last-ditch legal bid to halt the controversial deportation policy failed. Picture: Adam Hughes/SWNS

Home Office accused of refusing to answer questions on right to remain

When the petrol light comes on, it's a reminder of the reality of life in 2022, write Christine Jardine. PIC: Adobe Stock.
When the petrol light comes on, it's a reminder of the reality of life in 2022, write Christine Jardine. PIC: Adobe Stock.

It's not just my car running on empty - Christine Jardine.

Now is not the time for another divisive referendum on Scottish independence (Picture: Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)
Now is not the time for another divisive referendum on Scottish independence (Picture: Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)

SNP just cannot see that, amid multiple crises, unity is better than division

Queen Elizabeth has been the only head of state many people in the UK have known (Picture: Jacob King-WPA pool/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth has been the only head of state many people in the UK have known (Picture: Jacob King-WPA pool/Getty Images)

Ahead of Queen’s Jubilee, I have just one thing to say – Christine Jardine MP

Christine Jardine MP has said there is a lack of support for small businesses in the finance package announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak (Photo:Jon Waddell Photography).
Christine Jardine MP has said there is a lack of support for small businesses in the finance package announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak (Photo:Jon Waddell Photography).

Lib Dems claim Sunak has done 'nothing' for small businesses in package

Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinney and their Cabinet colleagues seem only to offer ineptitude and empty promises (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)
Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinney and their Cabinet colleagues seem only to offer ineptitude and empty promises (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

SNP's rhetoric will not mask their multiple failings forever – Christine Jardine

Boris Johnson has failed to act over the growing cost-of-living crisis (Picture: Daniel Leal/PA)
Boris Johnson has failed to act over the growing cost-of-living crisis (Picture: Daniel Leal/PA)

The electorate’s message to Boris Johnson is loud and clear – Christine Jardine

Politics, in its purest form is about helping people (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)
Politics, in its purest form is about helping people (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Council elections are a chance to elect politicians who will actually listen

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Dunfermline. Picture: Lisa Ferguson
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Dunfermline. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

'It has never happened to me': Nicola Sturgeon on 'accidental' porn viewing

Refugees fleeing Ukraine may struggle to find sanctuary in the UK because of Home Office red tape and delays (Picture: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images)
Refugees fleeing Ukraine may struggle to find sanctuary in the UK because of Home Office red tape and delays (Picture: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukrainian refugees' struggles to get visas are sign of UK's broken government

Winston Churchill became Prime Minister during the Second World War, but some Conservatives argue Russia's invasion of Ukraine means Boris Johnson must stay (Picture: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Winston Churchill became Prime Minister during the Second World War, but some Conservatives argue Russia's invasion of Ukraine means Boris Johnson must stay (Picture: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Tories must ditch Johnson for the good of party and country – Christine Jardine

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak alongside his wife Akshata Murthy. PIC: Ian West/PA.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak alongside his wife Akshata Murthy. PIC: Ian West/PA.

Being a politician is tough on our families - the Sunaks should have known this

Chancellor Rishi Sunak's response to the cost of living crisis has left him looking out of touch (Picture: House of Commons/PA)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak's response to the cost of living crisis has left him looking out of touch (Picture: House of Commons/PA)

Historic cost of living crisis is going to affect us all – Christine Jardine MP

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Humza Yousaf speaks after being elected as new SNP party leader
Humza Yousaf speaks after being elected as new SNP party leader

Humza Yousaf faces ‘full in-tray’ as half of Scots think country on wrong path

Humza Yousaf pictured after being elected as the new SNP party leader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Humza Yousaf pictured after being elected as the new SNP party leader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why unionists should not celebrate Yousaf's election as SNP leader

Hoy in the Orkney Isles. A petition has been launched on the island against plans by RSPB Scotland to cut its ranger position from a full-time to part-time position. PIC: Peter Stenzel/Flickr/CC.
Hoy in the Orkney Isles. A petition has been launched on the island against plans by RSPB Scotland to cut its ranger position from a full-time to part-time position. PIC: Peter Stenzel/Flickr/CC.

Island sorely ruffled by RSPB Scotland plans to cut warden's job