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Sir Keir Starmer said Margaret Thatcher set loose Britain’s 'natural entrepreneurialism'. Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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The West of Orkney. Picture: Reemt Peters

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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer during his visit to the InchDairnie Distillery in Glenrothes, Fife. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Starmer pledge to make UK a ‘clean energy superpower’ on visit to Aberdeen

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Meghan Gallacher, deputy leader of the Scottish Conservatives. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

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David Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd (Picture: Laurence Winram Photography)

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Braverman has a point about immigration. But she's wrong about the solution Ian Johnston

Tory rhetoric about LGBT+ people will make their lives worse Vic Valentine

Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer stand on stage after his keynote address to delegates (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Starmer vows to stoke the ‘fire of change’ with plan to build a new Britain

Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky celebrates winning the women’s elite road race during Cycling World Championships in Glasgow (Picture: Will Matthews/PA)

Arts world pays price for Scottish Government's bad choices

Rishi Sunak gave a well-argued, substantive speech to the Conservative party conference (Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunak's Tory conference speech lays down impressive challenge to Starmer

Sycamore Gap and Robin Hood's tree on Hadrians Wall (photo: Adobe)

Felling of Sycamore Gap tree is an apt motif for the country - Alex Cole-Hamilt...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) arrives at the Conservative Party annual conference at Manchester Central convention complex.

Tory party conference: The surreal wake of a tired party soundtracked by protest

Rishi Sunak talks of making long-term decisions but may be about to make a short-term one (Picture: Justin Tallis/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Expected HS2 decision would go against Sunak’s new mantra

Aware of social injustices or political correctness gone awry? How woke is defined may depend on who is offering you an explanation.

Explainer What does woke mean? Term origins and how its meaning has evolved

Sunak's embrace of US-style culture wars is a threat to democracy Henry McLeish

Sunak may have waded into a sea of troubles

Tories and Labour are ditching climate action even as warning signs increase Richard Dixon

Don’t be fooled by Uxbridge, the Tories are still a laughing stock Euan McColm

Met Police launch fresh probe into partygate allegations

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is facing calls from within his own party to further cut immigration.

Analysis: Immigration policy tearing Tory party apart

The SNP's Alison Thewliss criticised the calls to reduce migrant numbers.

SNP claim Tory calls to cut migrant numbers would hurt Scotland’s economy

Under the co-operation agreement between the SNP and the Scottish Greens, the smaller party received two ministerial positions in the Scottish Government

Michael Gove blames the Greens for rows between Scottish and UK Governments

Boris Johnson has stepped down as MP but his rise to the top was aided by a very dysfunctional parliament, writes Stewart McDonald MP. Andrew Boyers/PA Wire

Boris was no anomaly but a product of a poor political system - Stewart McDonald

Boris Johnson was accused of deterring investment in Britain.

Tory infighting hurting UK’s reputation, Sir Keir Starmer claims

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has to keep his eye on the ball to win the next election.

Covid inquiry will be reminder of the mess Rishi Sunak was front and centre for

Unionist supporters confront Scottish pro-independence marchers

Ben Macpherson: Time to ditch terms such as 'unionist' and 'nationalist'

Nigel Adams has quits as an MP, joining Nadine Dorries and Boris Johnson in submitting a resignation with immediate effect (Pics: Odd Andersen AFP, Charles McQuillan & Ian Forsyth/-Pool/Getty Images)

Tory crisis: third Tory MP quits ‘with immediate effect’

Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty pictured outside Selby Abbey.

Another Tory MP resigns and triggers a third by-election

Britain's then prime minister Boris Johnson looks up as he delivers a speech in front of 10 Downing Street in central London. Picture: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images

Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP amid Partygate probe accusations

SNP supporters celebrate as the 2015 general election results come in, with the party going on to receive a record 49.97 per cent of the vote (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

SNP must present a credible economic vision, rather than talk down our opponents

Peter Brooke helped pave the way for an end to violence in Northern Ireland (Picture: Press Association)

Scotsman Obituaries: Peter Brooke, former Northern Ireland secretary

The UK Government is facing questions over donations to the Tory party.

Minister defends safeguards on 'dirty money' amid laundering probe to Tory donor

Queen Elizabeth II sits on a throne during her coronation in Westminster Abbey in 1953 (Picture: Central Press Photo Ltd/AFP via Getty Images)

Union leader Jimmy Reid's famous 1972 speech rings truer now than ever

Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf answers questions during First Minister's Questions at Scottish Parliament on April 20, 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Poll: SNP support slumps to lowest level since indyref

Archie Gemmill scores against the Netherlands in the 1978 World Cup, raising hopes that are soon dashed as Scotland go out on goal difference (Picture: SNS Group)

Joyce McMillan: Despite SNP's woes, its kind of green social democracy is future

Gary Neville mocks former PM Liz Truss on Twitter

Tory ministers will not be happy with the new ‘no plus-one’ rule for King Charles III coronation - Credit: Getty Images

Tory ministers in uproar after major king’s coronation rule change

Scottish Conservative party leader Douglas Ross suggest people vote Labour to oust the SNP in seats the Tories can't win.

Analysis: Why Ross suggesting people vote Labour tactically isn't surprising

Lord Lawson was also a journalist and the father of celebrity cook, Nigella Lawson (Picture: B Barrett/Express/Getty Images)

Former Conservative party politician Nigel Lawson dies aged 91

Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, leaves BBC Broadcasting House after his appearance on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

Michael Gove says he believes Boris Johnson told truth on 'Partygate'

Tory MP Zac Goldsmith and wife Alice Rothschild have split after around a decade of marriage - Credit: Getty Images

Tory minister Zac Goldsmith ends decade-long marriage to wife Alice

The sale of Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum has fallen through after a multi-millionaire businessman withdrew his interest. PIC: Creative Commons.

Millionaire pulls out of buying island castle - and blames government minister

Martin Sheen played fictional President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing.

Ash Regan statement uses almost exactly the same words as speech from West Wing

Suella Braverman's claim that an 'activist blob' is thwarting the 'will of the people' is dangerous populist rhetoric (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Braverman's rhetoric on immigration is dangerous populism – Scotsman comment

'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

Despite the potential dangers of rugby, many people want to play it (Picture: David Neilson/Getty Images)

Medical advice should not automatically become 'nannying' government policy

Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in a march by the People's Vote organisation in central London on October 19, 2019, calling for a final say in a second referendum on Brexit. - Thousands of people march to parliament calling for a "People's Vote", with an option to reverse Brexit as MPs hold a debate on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP) (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)

Boris Johnson and Brexit still haunt a Tory party unsure what it believes

SNP supporters were hoodwinked by Nicola Sturgeon over the chances of a referendum and independence (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Nicola Sturgeon’s legacy is ultimately one of failure – Murdo Fraser

Lee Anderson, Conservative MP for Ashfield, is the party's new deputy chairman

Why Sunak's promise of integrity in government is already in doubt

Appearing on BBC Radio Nottingham Lee Anderson was asked by radio presenter Verity Cowley about a video of him setting up a doorstep encounter during the 2019 election campaign.

New deputy Tory chairman clashes with radio presenter

Keir Starmer has made clear that his Labour party is very different from the one lead by Jeremy Corbyn (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Starmer must be more radical if he's to heal broken Britain – Joyce McMillan

Rishi Sunak still faces questions about his own knowledge of Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs, after he moved to sack the Tory chairman.

Rishi Sunak remains under pressure after Zahawi sacking

Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked as Conservative Party chairman after an inquiry found he had committed a "serious breach of the Ministerial Code".

Rishi Sunak faces fresh questions as Nadhim Zahawi sacked

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