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Rishi Sunak could make his life easier by admitting more immigration is good Alexander Brown

Remembrance: Every life lost in every war is a tragedy for a family somewhere Stephen Jardine

As Tories embrace Farage, Sunak desperately tries to copy Johnson Euan McColm

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with her chief of staff Liz Lloyd

Nicola Sturgeon's former chief of staff secures new consultancy job

Two ferries being built at the Ferguson Marine shipyard just got a bit more expensive than they already were (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

SNP appear to have turned Scotland into a Magic Money Tree for shipbuilders

Nothing to sneer at in Ross calling out discredited PM – Brian Wilson

Janice Williamson and band in Rush: A Joyful Jamaican Journey

John Simmit on Rush: A Joyous Jamaican Journey and the Windrush anniversary

Caribbean migrants are welcomed by RAF officials after the Empire Windrush landed them in London in 1948 Image: PA Media/Getty Images

What is the Windrush scandal?

The decision to house Ukrainian refugees, seen observing a minute's silence for Ukrainian troops, on the MS Victoria cruise ship explains one reason why migrants don't move to Scotland – a lack of housing (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Scotland needs to sell itself to migrants as a good place to live – Brian Wilson

Donald Trump yesterday at his golf course at Menie in Aberdeenshire, where he cut ground on a second 18-hole course which will be named after his Scottish mother. PIC: Contributed.

Trump breaks ground on new Aberdeenshire course named after his mother

Former US president Donald Trump is to visit Scotland next week.

Donald Trump to visit Scotland next week

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

In Finland, the government brings its biggest firms together several times a year to discuss crisis preparation (Picture: Jussi Nousiainen/AFP via Getty Images)

Consensus-based politics and people power are vital to our security and economy

First Minister Humza Yousaf can draw on lessons and warnings from history following his 52-48 per cent win in the SNP leadership election (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

After Yousaf's close SNP leadership contest win, party can learn from Brexit

Home Secretary Suella Braverman laughs as she tours a building site on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda, where deported migrants are planned to be housed (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Braverman's laughter at Rwandan 'internment' camp was shocking – Angus Robertson

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

Construction has begun on the UK’s first Lego themed holiday village at the Legoland Windsor Resort

Construction begins on UK’s first Lego holiday village

Trying to turn the next general election into a de facto referendum on Scottish independence may backfire (Picture: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

Why the plan for a de facto referendum on independence is a danger to the cause

Misogynistic attacks on Nicola Sturgeon are a symptom of a wider social problem (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Sexism is behind many attacks on Sturgeon and other female leaders

During the Brexit talks, Cabinet minister Dominic Raab threatened to end negotiations unless the EU gave way on one point, but backtracked when Michel Barnier called his bluff (Picture: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images)

Grand illusion of Brexit puts ‘Scexit’ in a new light – Struan Stevenson

Independence supporters who backed Remain in the Brexit referendum should remember how that felt, and how much worse it would be for unionists if Scotland voted to leave the UK (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Stewart McDonald: SNP should embrace idea of ‘losers’ consent’ from unionists

Stephen Flynn has written to the Prime Minister over the Westminster accounts.

Stephen Flynn labels outside earnings of MPs ‘repeat of expenses scandal’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a meeting with a multi-disciplinary team who provide virtual care during a visit to the Rutland Lodge Healthcare Centre in Leeds.

Rishi Sunak welcomes ‘transparency’ as extent of MPs outside earnings exposed

Tory MP Michael Fabricant. Picture: PA

Tory MP Fabricant says Sunak's opposition to Gender Bill a 'political trap'

Former prime minister Theresa May called for the GRR bill to be applied in England.

Analysis: UK Tories far from united in opposition to Gender Bill

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf is under pressure over demands for better pay and conditions for NHS staff and long waiting times for treatment (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Politicians must be bold if NHS is to be best in the world once again – Scotsman

Theresa May during her time as UK prime minister. Picture: Justin Tallis/WPA Pool/Getty Images

Theresa May disappointed Scotland gender changes not considered for England

A man is escorted by Border Force officials after being picked up in the channel with other migrants on the south coast of England.

UN refugee arm condemns asylum seeker report

Boris Johnson, Theresa May, and Margaret Thatcher are among the UK Prime Ministers who have resigned (Getty/PA)

How many Prime Ministers have resigned as Boris Johnson steps down

Donald Trump plays at his inaugural Scottish golf course in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty

Donald Trump’s bizarre praise for Scottish paramedics detailed in new book

Queen Elizabeth invited Liz Truss, as the newly elected leader of the Conservative party, to become Prime Minister on Tuesday last week (Picture: Jane Barlow/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Late Queen's devotion to duty challenges idea that humans are innately selfish

Prime Minister Liz Truss leads tributes to Queen Elizabeth II in the House of Commons. Picture: PRU/AFP via Getty Images

Politicians pay tribute to 'one of the greatest leaders world has ever known'

Boris Johnson will soon be bowing out as Prime Minister.

What will be Boris Johnson's legacy?

The European Union regulates chemicals in a range of products, including cosmetics (Picture: Mireya Acierto/Getty Images)

Hard Brexit is putting people at risk from toxic chemicals – Dr Richard Dixon

Home Secretary Priti Patel is the stand-out candidate to replace Boris Johnson as Tory Party leader

The Tories need a leader to deliver Brexit to win the election - Brian Monteith

Britain's outgoing prime minister Theresa May, (L), accompanied by her husband Philip, gives a speech outside 10 Downing street in London on July 24, 2019 before formally tendering her resignation at Buckingham Palace. Photo credit should read ISABEL INFANTES/AFP via Getty

Dani Garavelli: How do we start to rebult trust in our politics

Nicola Sturgeon's independence rhetoric echoes Boris Johnson's lies about Brexit, says Susan Dalgety (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Sturgeon is just as much a dishonest, populist clown as Johnson – Susan Dalgety

Boris Johnson, the current leader of the Conservative Party, and James II, the former Duke of York (Getty Images / Peter Lely)

Why are the Conservatives called Tories? Meaning explained

Douglas Ross has said there will be discussions among Tory MPs about Boris Johnson/

Douglas Ross urges Cabinet to 'consider impact' of keeping Boris Johnson

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross

Douglas Ross says Boris Johnson should 'think about' resigning

Boris Johnson called on his ministers to “come forward” with ways to cut costs as he focussed on moving forward with the Government’s agenda during the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

RECAP: Boris Johnson to be questioned by senior MPs

Just two of the six Scottish Tory MPs continued to support Boris Johnson as PM.

How did my MP in Scotland vote on Boris Johnson?

A general view of 10 Downing Street in London after Sir Graham Brady, Chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, announced that Boris Johnson had survived an attempt by Tory MPs to oust him as party leader following a confidence vote in his leadership at the Houses of Parliament in London.

Boris Johnson has been rejected and should exit No 10 says former leader

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaks after surviving an attempt by Tory MPs to oust him

Johnson’s hollow vote of confidence is not the end - Scotsman comment

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seen during his meeting with the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas, in 10 Downing Street, London, ahead of talks. Picture date: Monday June 6, 2022.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson survives confidence vote

Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a vote of no confidence among Conservative MPs

What happens if Boris Johnson wins no-confidence vote?

Former British prime minister Theresa May and her husband Philip May leaving the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral, London, on day two of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Picture: Henry Nicholls/PA Wire

How have past Tory leaders fared in leadership votes or challenges?

A coal miner walks through the site at Kellingley Colliery in Yorkshire, northern England, on December 18, 2015, on the mine's last operational day (Picture; Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Winds of change are failing UK householders

Boris Johnson has chosen to play 'EU trade war' games for the benefit of certain elements of British public opinion (Picture: Dominic Lipinski/WPA pool/Getty Images)

How Johnson has been revealed as a reactionary nationalist – Joyce McMillan

Stephen Kerr, whose teeth fell out mid-speech.

Senior Scottish Tory's ‘tooth falls out’ mid-speech on conference stage

SoftBank has suggested it may bypass the UK's London Stock Exchange to float Cambridge-born semiconductor giant Arm on the US Nasdaq exchange. (Image credit: AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

SoftBank's Plan B for Arm after Nvidia deal fail may hurt post-Brexit Britain

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford responds to a statement by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to MPs in the House of Commons on the Sue Gray report (Photo: PA Wire).

‘Slightly perverse I was thrown out of House’, says Blackford

Boris Johnson prepares to watch a man receive his Covid booster jab in a Boots pharmacy in his Uxbridge constituency (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Johnson must resign over latest Downing Street party – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

A Christmas Party at Downing Street could have gone unnoticed, based on Susan Morrison's experience (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

I've been to a Downing Street party and it was rubbish – Susan Morrison

Health Secretary Sajid Javid updating MPs on the governments coronavirus plans, in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Monday December 6, 2021.

Omicron circulating in the community, Sajid Javid confirms

Scottish Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone referred a company to the UK Government's 'VIP lane' for Covid-19 procurement.

Scottish Tory peer helped PPE firm gain £200m Covid contract

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

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SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries