Margaret Thatcher

Sir Bernard Ingham talks to Baroness Thatcher at the 1998 Television and Radio Industry Club Awards in London (Picture: PA)

Scotsman Obituaries: Sir Bernard Ingham, press secretary to Margaret Thatcher

Sir Bernard Ingham pictured in 2010 in London

Sir Bernard Ingham, Margaret Thatcher’s long-serving press secretary, dies at 90

Sir Bernard Ingham arrives in Downing Street to attend a party to celebrate the 85th birthday of Baroness Thatcher on October 14, 2010 (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Sir Bernard Ingham - press secretary to Margaret Thatcher- dies at 90

Dominic Raab has insisted he "behaved professionally at all times" despite facing allegations of bullying.

Raab insists 'I behaved professionally at all times'

Richard Sharp (left) and Boris Johnson. BBC chairman Richard Sharp has insisted there was no conflict of interest in his appointment to the role.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is now exposed on her domestic performance as her independence strategy fails to provide safe cover, even among her own supporters, argues Murdo Fraser. (Photo by Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

Could 2023 be Nicola Sturgeon’s last as First Minister? - Murdo Fraser

Lord Young of Graffham, David Young holds his insignia of member of the Order of the Companions of Honour after it was presented to him by the Prince of Wales in 2015 (Photo by John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Lord Young: tributes paid after death of Cabinet Minister at 90

Charles Kennedy MP celebrates his election victory back in 1983 outside Dingwall Town Hall.

Scotland in the 1980s: The pivotal political moments of the decade

Kwasi Kwarteng was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer on 6 September 2022.

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Nicola Sturgeon (right) told Laura Kuenssberg: ‘I detest the Tories and everything they stand for’ (Picture: Russell Cheyne/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Sturgeon has hatred for many Scottish voters

Liz Truss's has warned her plans for the economy may cause 'disruption' and that some people will not like it (Picture: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

UK must refuse to swallow Liz Truss's ‘bitter-tasting’ medicine – Joyce McMillan

The miners' strike in the 1980s saw violence and widespread social unrest (Picture: PA)

Truss will make Thatcher's attack on miners look tame – Kenny MacAskill MP

Audience members hold placards showing support for each candidate, on August 01, 2022 in Exeter, England. Conservative Party Leadership hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will attend the second party membership hustings in Exeter this evening. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Conservative Party delays sending out leadership ballots on security advice

Fergus Linehan is directing his last Edinburgh Festival this year.

Readers' letters: Festival offers a home for freedom of expression

New Zealander Bruce Biddle and Australian Ray Bilney race towards the chequered flag at the finish of the 102 miles cycling road race during the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in July 1970. Biddle won the race.

22 pictures of sporting action from the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games

Rishi Sunak delivers a speech at Vaculug tyre specialists at Gonerby Hill Foot, Grantham, as part of his campaign to be leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party and the next prime minister. Picture date: Saturday July 23, 2022.

Rishi Sunak labels himself the underdog as ‘forces that be’ back Liz Truss

Away from science, Jim Vincent was in demand as a pianist

Scotsman Obituaries: Professor Jim Vincent, aerosol scientist and pianist

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab previously stood in for Boris Johnson when he was ill with Covid.

Can Boris Johnson remain as caretaker Prime Minister?

David Alexander is the chief executive officer of DJ Alexander Scotland

Housing policy ‘on the hoof’ will not seriously address issues - David Alexander

Amber Heard leaves court at the end of the successful defamation case raised by her former husband, Johnny Depp. PIC: EVELYN HOCKSTEIN.

What now for justice in the high stakes court of public opinion?

Margaret Thatcher right judged that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was acting 'like Hitler' when his forces invaded Kuwait in 1990 (Picture: PA)

Margaret Thatcher was right about Saddam Hussein – Scotsman comment

The scoreboard shows Scotland have won the 1983 Calcutta Cup by beating England 22-12, the last time the Scots won at Twickenham. Picture: Hamish Campbell

A pint cost 62p and Billie Jean was No 1 - when Scotland last won at Twickenham

Finance Minister Kate Forbes

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Tam Dalyell opposed devolution and was author of the West Lothian question.

Prominent Edinburgh figures in new dictionary of lives

National Guard and the Washington DC police eventually regained control of the area around the US Capitol after thousands of Donald Trump's supporters stormed the building (Picture: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

How 40 years of bad politics led to the US Capitol attack – Joyce McMillan

If there is a no-deal Brexit, Northern Ireland risks losing its easy access to the south and the EU in a way that will enrage all but a rump of diehard unionists, says Joyce McMillan (Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Why Northern Ireland might be closer to UK exit than Scotland – Joyce McMillan

Shuggie Bain by Glasgow author Douglas Stuart was crowned winner of the Booker Prize last month - only the second Scottish book in the history to win in the history of the award. Picture: John Devlin

Shuggie Bain to be turned into TV series by Hollywood producers

Boris Johnson holds crabs caught on the Carvela at Stromness Harbour during a visit to Scotland (Picture: Robert Perry/PA Wire)

The difference between Thatcher and Johnson in Scotland – Kenny MacAskill

Margaret Thatcher in 1977. Two years later, she became Prime Minister (Picture: Roy West)

Iain MacLeod was a Tory who could have saved the UK from Thatcher – Brian Wilson

Margaret Thatcher abolished the Ministry of Overseas Development in 1979 (Picture: PA)

History of UK international aid reveals a stark political divide – Brian Wilson

John McCormack, seated centre, with members of the Polmaise Colliery branch of the National Union of Mineworkers in 1979

Obituary: John McCormack, Scottish miner, footballer and trade union leader

Was Ronald Reagan's election the moment when the West began to fall? (Picture: Michael Evans/The White House/Getty Images)

Will Covid hasten Decline and Fall of the ‘Western Empire’? – Joyce McMillan

Rosalind Miles PIC: Carolyn Djanogly

Book review: Rebel Women, by Rosalind Miles

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Handspring Puppet Company will be staging an adaptation of JM Coetzee's novel Life & Times of Michael K at this year's Fringe.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Leading venues announce hundreds of new shows

Sir Keir Starmer’s move to block Jeremy Corbyn from running to be a Labour MP at the next election has been backed by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC).

Starmer’s move to block Corbyn from running to be Labour MP approved

Outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon leaves the main chamber after her last First Minster's Questions in the main chamber of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Sturgeon officially tenders resignation as First Minister to King Charles III