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Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen shake hands during a joint press conference about the 'Windsor Framework' for Northern Ireland (Picture: Dan Kitwood/pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen shake hands during a joint press conference about the 'Windsor Framework' for Northern Ireland (Picture: Dan Kitwood/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunak's deal with EU is symptomatic of all that's wrong with today's Tories

Finance secretary Kate Forbes speaks as she, Scottish National Party MSP Ash Regan, and Scotland's Health Minister and Scottish National Party MSP Humza Yousaf attend a SNP Hustings event at Rothes Halls in Glenrothes. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Finance secretary Kate Forbes speaks as she, Scottish National Party MSP Ash Regan, and Scotland's Health Minister and Scottish National Party MSP Humza Yousaf attend a SNP Hustings event at Rothes Halls in Glenrothes. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Why Forbes should look to Scottish Tory peer Annabel Goldie for inspiration

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Deputy First Minister John Swinney arrive for First Minster's Questions last Thursday
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Deputy First Minister John Swinney arrive for First Minster's Questions last Thursday

Euan McColm: Why the SNP’s new guard needs to taste defeat

Tony Blair (pictured) and William Hague have called for the introduction of digital ID cards
Tony Blair (pictured) and William Hague have called for the introduction of digital ID cards

Readers' letters: Digital ID cards are a charter for state snooping

Former Labour prime minister and Conservative leaders Tony Blair and William Hague have come together to argue everyone in the UK should be issued digital IDs.
Former Labour prime minister and Conservative leaders Tony Blair and William Hague have come together to argue everyone in the UK should be issued digital IDs.

‘Give all Brits digital IDs’, say Tony Blair and William Hague

SNP MSP Kate Forbes has confirmed she is entering the race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)
SNP MSP Kate Forbes has confirmed she is entering the race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Religion should not be off-limits in SNP leadership race – Scotsman comment

Harry Hill is bringing a Tony Blair-inspired 'rock opera' to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Harry Hill is bringing a Tony Blair-inspired 'rock opera' to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Harry Hill to bring Tony Blair ‘rock opera’ to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Douglas Alexander, a former minister in Tony Blair's government, who is seeking to make a comeback at Westminster, almost a decade after losing his seat. Picture: Chris Radburn/PA Wire
Douglas Alexander, a former minister in Tony Blair's government, who is seeking to make a comeback at Westminster, almost a decade after losing his seat. Picture: Chris Radburn/PA Wire

Former Labour MP bids to make comeback after losing seat to Mhairi Black

Labour leader Neil Kinnock looked set to become the next Prime Minister in the run-up to the 1992 general election, won by John Major's Conservatives (Picture: Michael Stephens/PA)
Labour leader Neil Kinnock looked set to become the next Prime Minister in the run-up to the 1992 general election, won by John Major's Conservatives (Picture: Michael Stephens/PA)

Labour landslide? Starmer looks more like Kinnock than Blair – John McLellan

Green Goddesses lined up at Redford Barracks
Green Goddesses lined up at Redford Barracks

Remembering when workers went on strike in Scotland in 2002-03

New Zealand's Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern speaks during the One Planet Summit in New York. Picture: AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File
New Zealand's Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern speaks during the One Planet Summit in New York. Picture: AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File

Jacinda Ardern goes on own terms because not all politicians leave in disgrace

Boris Johnson to release a memoir about his time in Downing Street after reportedly £6 million deal.
Boris Johnson to release a memoir about his time in Downing Street after reportedly £6 million deal.

Boris Johnson to release a memoir about his time in Downing Street

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)
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

Douglas Alexander served as Scottish secretary under Tony Blair. Picture: John Devlin.
Douglas Alexander served as Scottish secretary under Tony Blair. Picture: John Devlin.

Former Labour Cabinet minister 'submits' bid to stand in East Lothian

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (right) and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown greet each other during a Labour Party press conference at Nexus, University of Leeds, in Yorkshire, to launch a report on constitutional change and political reform that would spread power, wealth and opportunity across the UK. Picture date: Monday December 5, 2022.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (right) and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown greet each other during a Labour Party press conference at Nexus, University of Leeds, in Yorkshire, to launch a report on constitutional change and political reform that would spread power, wealth and opportunity across the UK. Picture date: Monday December 5, 2022.

Gordon Brown: Support ‘swelling’ for Labour under Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership

Former prime minister Gordon Brown has previously said both he and Sir Tony Blair were "naive" to believe devolution would strengthen the Union
Former prime minister Gordon Brown has previously said both he and Sir Tony Blair were "naive" to believe devolution would strengthen the Union

Leader: An exit route on road to independence?

Two men walk through the gates of Ravenscraig steel works aster the last shift before the plant finally closes in June 1992.
Two men walk through the gates of Ravenscraig steel works aster the last shift before the plant finally closes in June 1992.

Scotland in the 1990s: The biggest news stories of the decade

Twitter Blue leads to mass impersonations of high-profile persons and companies.
Twitter Blue leads to mass impersonations of high-profile persons and companies.

Chaos as Twitter Blue sees surge in verified impersonators

Actress Elizabeth Debicki plays Princess Diana in the forthcoming series of The Crown on Netflix (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Actress Elizabeth Debicki plays Princess Diana in the forthcoming series of The Crown on Netflix (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

The Crown: Diana actress says Netflix drama ‘clearly fictional’

Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse spoof Downton Abbey being invaded by Peaky Blinders
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse spoof Downton Abbey being invaded by Peaky Blinders

Reviews: Love Box in Your Living Room, Made in the 80s, Jimmy Carr Destroys Art

Rishi Sunak speaks to the audience during a Conservative Friends of India event in August. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images
Rishi Sunak speaks to the audience during a Conservative Friends of India event in August. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Sunak would become youngest UK PM in modern political history if he wins

Outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss, with her predecessor and possible successor Boris Johnson (Picture: Henry Nicholls/pool/Getty Images)
Outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss, with her predecessor and possible successor Boris Johnson (Picture: Henry Nicholls/pool/Getty Images)

Susan Dalgety: UK will pay a heavy price for four terrible Tory Prime Ministers

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

Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria, are greeted by party supporters as they arrive at the Pullman Liverpool, ahead of the start of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. Picture date: Saturday September 24, 2022.
Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria, are greeted by party supporters as they arrive at the Pullman Liverpool, ahead of the start of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. Picture date: Saturday September 24, 2022.

Labour surges to 17-point poll lead over Tories after mini-budget

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, centre left, as his wife Carrie, centre right, walk with other British prime ministers David Cameron, Theresa May and Gordon Brown as they leave Westminster Abbey in London. Picture: Frank Augstein/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, centre left, as his wife Carrie, centre right, walk with other British prime ministers David Cameron, Theresa May and Gordon Brown as they leave Westminster Abbey in London. Picture: Frank Augstein/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Former prime ministers gathered again amongst mourners at state funeral

The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon, Buckingham Palace has announced. Issue date: Thursday September 8, 2022.
The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon, Buckingham Palace has announced. Issue date: Thursday September 8, 2022.

Tributes paid to Queen Elizabeth II following her death

Former Prime Ministers, from left, John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown attend a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Whitehall in 2021 (Picture: Justin Tallis/WPA pool/Getty Images)
Former Prime Ministers, from left, John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown attend a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Whitehall in 2021 (Picture: Justin Tallis/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Former prime ministers should set up non-party political 'brains trust'

Keir Starmer can learn from Tony Blair's attitude towards leading the Labour party in opposition (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA)
Keir Starmer can learn from Tony Blair's attitude towards leading the Labour party in opposition (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA)

Amid energy crisis, Labour must come up with bold plan to give people hope

Tony Blair in Edinburgh's Parliament Square the morning after the devolution referendum delivered a decisive Yes Yes vote (Picture: Allan Milligan)
Tony Blair in Edinburgh's Parliament Square the morning after the devolution referendum delivered a decisive Yes Yes vote (Picture: Allan Milligan)

Blair's controversial referendum on devolution may prove vital to Holyrood

Rangers' Alex Clelland avoids the challenge of Celtic's Jackie McNamara during an Old Firm meeting in January 1998, a few months before the proposal to stage a friendly in Belfast to mark the Good Friday Agreement. Pic: Stu Forster /Allsport
Rangers' Alex Clelland avoids the challenge of Celtic's Jackie McNamara during an Old Firm meeting in January 1998, a few months before the proposal to stage a friendly in Belfast to mark the Good Friday Agreement. Pic: Stu Forster /Allsport

Celtic v Rangers Belfast friendly proposal unearthed in unseen government papers

Former prime minister Tony Blair speaking during Prime Minister's Question in the House of Commons. Picture: PA/PA Wire
Former prime minister Tony Blair speaking during Prime Minister's Question in the House of Commons. Picture: PA/PA Wire

Worried Blair aides held brainstorm session to help him at PMQs

Scottish election results while Tony Blair was Prime Minister have a message for unionists (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Scottish election results while Tony Blair was Prime Minister have a message for unionists (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

History shows unionists need a modern-day Tony Blair to make their case

Tony Blair's policies may have suited Cool Britannia, but this is Scotland 2023 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Tony Blair's policies may have suited Cool Britannia, but this is Scotland 2023 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

How Blair killed off co-operatives as he pursued 'third way' – Kenny MacAskill

Tony Blair has called for the reform of courses which do not build valuable skills (Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire)
Tony Blair has called for the reform of courses which do not build valuable skills (Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire)

Tony Blair's home truths aren't the only sign of trouble for universities

Sir Keir Starmer addresses delegates from the stage at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Sir Keir Starmer addresses delegates from the stage at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Scottish votes have never carried more weight in a UK election, Starmer says

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaking during the Scottish Labour conference at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaking during the Scottish Labour conference at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Analysis: Anas Sarwar is joining Keir Starmer and channelling New Labour

Philip Lymbery's dog Duke is a sentient creature and not a pre-programmed automata (Picture: Philip Lymbery)
Philip Lymbery's dog Duke is a sentient creature and not a pre-programmed automata (Picture: Philip Lymbery)

How my dog taught me a valuable lesson about love – Philip Lymbery

A woman takes part in a protest march in Brussels over the 're-education' camps for ethnic Uyghurs in China (Picture: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)
A woman takes part in a protest march in Brussels over the 're-education' camps for ethnic Uyghurs in China (Picture: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)

When will UK finally stand up to China over Uyghur genocide? – Susan Dalgety

BBC Scotland's headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow
BBC Scotland's headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow

BBC’s radio output needs a radical overhaul - Readers' Letters

Eligible people who are not vaccinated against Covid have been described as idiots by Tony Blair.
Eligible people who are not vaccinated against Covid have been described as idiots by Tony Blair.

Tony Blair labels anti-vaxxers 'idiots'

A young protester with 'peace' written on his chest demonstrates outside the Houses of Parliament with military action against Iraq loomng in 2003
A young protester with 'peace' written on his chest demonstrates outside the Houses of Parliament with military action against Iraq loomng in 2003

Boris Johnson: Low standards in public life are nothing new - Readers' Letters

Tony Blair and Nicola Sturgeon shake hands at the dedication service of the Iraq and Afghanistan memorial at Horse Guards Parade in London in 2017 (Picture: Stuart C Wilson/Getty Images)
Tony Blair and Nicola Sturgeon shake hands at the dedication service of the Iraq and Afghanistan memorial at Horse Guards Parade in London in 2017 (Picture: Stuart C Wilson/Getty Images)

Why Nicola Sturgeon could end up like Tony Blair – Murdo Fraser MSP

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver a Budget statement on Wednesday.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver a Budget statement on Wednesday.

Leader - Boosters needed to stop virus spiralling

Tom Harris, former Labour MP heading up the Leave campaign in Scotland.
Tom Harris, former Labour MP heading up the Leave campaign in Scotland.

Scottish Secretary unveils former Labour minister Tom Harris as adviser

Midlothian Rural Crime Initiative launch
Midlothian Rural Crime Initiative launch

Fighting rising rural crime needs more investment - Andrew Arbuckle

Who will ever again trust a treaty negotiated by David Frost and Boris Johnson? (Picture: Leon Neal/pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Who will ever again trust a treaty negotiated by David Frost and Boris Johnson? (Picture: Leon Neal/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Johnson's approach to N Ireland sums up degradation of politics – Brian Wilson

Young Gordon Brown, before Tony Blair and New Labour
Young Gordon Brown, before Tony Blair and New Labour

Murder Island can’t beat Blair and Brown for Machiavellian intrigue

Boris Johnson needs to do more to reassure the public about the sources of Conservative party donations (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Boris Johnson needs to do more to reassure the public about the sources of Conservative party donations (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Johnson needs to show he's on the right side of tax haven debate – Scotsman says

The Pandora Papers contain 2.94TB of data. Photo: fesusrobertphotos / Canva Pro.
The Pandora Papers contain 2.94TB of data. Photo: fesusrobertphotos / Canva Pro.

What are the Pandora Papers? The investigation into the world’s richest people

Former British prime minister Tony Blair. Picture: Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via AP, File
Former British prime minister Tony Blair. Picture: Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via AP, File

Blairs saved £312k stamp duty as secret dealings of world's richest revealed

Border Force officers help a young child brought in to Dover, Kent, with a group of people thought to be migrants following a small boat incident in the Channel, September 8, 2021. Picture: Press Association
Border Force officers help a young child brought in to Dover, Kent, with a group of people thought to be migrants following a small boat incident in the Channel, September 8, 2021. Picture: Press Association

British patriotism is squeezed by jingoism and shrill nationalism - Euan McColm

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Tommy Jessop (centre), Martin Compston, Gregory Piper, Craig Parkinson, Daniel Mays and the cast and crew of Line of Duty in the press room after winning the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards 2021 held at the O2 Arena, London.
Tommy Jessop (centre), Martin Compston, Gregory Piper, Craig Parkinson, Daniel Mays and the cast and crew of Line of Duty in the press room after winning the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards 2021 held at the O2 Arena, London.

Martin Compston hails fans after award

Soldiers on the tarmac waiting for passengers, who fled Afghanistan, to board on an Italian military aircraft at Kabul airport.
Soldiers on the tarmac waiting for passengers, who fled Afghanistan, to board on an Italian military aircraft at Kabul airport.

Afghanistan crisis: Seven dead at Kabul airport as pressure mounts on US to move...

Former prime minister Tony Blair, who sent UK troops into Afghanistan 20 years ago, who has said Britain has a "moral obligation" to stay until "all those who need to be are evacuated".
Former prime minister Tony Blair, who sent UK troops into Afghanistan 20 years ago, who has said Britain has a "moral obligation" to stay until "all those who need to be are evacuated".

Blair says UK has 'moral obligation to stay in Afghanistan for evacuation'

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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