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...“Pretend capitalism,” as Michael Portillo admitted to me in the film. Now try this . . ....
...The row has threatened to derail Yousaf’s attempt to reset the SNP government following the police investigation into the pro-independence grouping’s finances and the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon as first...
...Michael Matheson’s admission on Thursday came after previous denials that his official device had been used for non-work related tasks while he was on holiday in Morocco....
...Additional help by Katie McMurran, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley....
...SNP president Michael Russell declined to comment....
...But some are momentous, and with much at stake — even the preservation of a state, as Michael Kenny explores in Fractured Union: Politics, Sovereignty and the Fight to Save the UK (Hurst, £20)....
...SNP president Michael Russell declined to comment on Thursday about Cameron’s defection....
...In Rutherglen, Labour’s Michael Shanks won 17,845 votes, or 58.6 per cent of the vote, gaining a majority of over 9,000....
...Asked by the BBC on Sunday if the pro-independence SNP was in turmoil following the resignation of Murrell, party president and interim chief executive Michael Russell said: “It’s fair to say that there...
...Sturgeon’s failure to raise support for independence to levels that would have pressured Westminster to drop its block on a second plebiscite meant Sturgeon’s legacy was “mixed”, said Michael Keating, emeritus...
...Since the department is headed by Michael Gove, generally acknowledged as one of the most effective secretaries of state, it is not entirely underpowered....
...However, Michael Keating, emeritus professor of politics at the University of Aberdeen and a specialist on constitutional issues, said UK parties were still struggling to set out a vision for the union that...
...But while Sturgeon has no clear successor, Michael Russell, SNP president, said the party’s first contested leadership election since 2004 would be good for it and the wider campaign for independence....
...Michael Foran, a lecturer in public law at Glasgow university, said there was a legal case for the UK government to block the legislation....
...The role of health secretary, previously held by Yousaf, was taken by Michael Matheson....
...Party president Michael Russell has called it the SNP’s worst crisis in 50 years, while Nicola Sturgeon has said events since she quit as leader last month surpassed her “worst nightmares”....
...Murray Foote has replaced Peter Murrell, Nicola Sturgeon’s husband....
...Scotland’s governing Scottish National party is in a “tremendous mess” following the resignation of outgoing first minister Nicola Sturgeon’s husband as its chief executive, its president Michael Russell...
...Michael Russell, SNP president and interim chief executive, admitted on Sunday that the party was in a “tremendous mess” and had lost the trust of a significant portion of Scotland’s population....
...Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley....
...Some thoughts on the challenges facing Sturgeon and Sunak in today’s note. Inside Politics is edited by Georgina Quach....
...When Sturgeon introduced the legislation, it was touted as a Scottish solution that could provide a blueprint for the rest of the UK....
...Michael Shanks, Scottish Labour’s candidate for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, said: “I am going to stand up for the people in this constituency and I’m going to stand up against the Tory policies.”...
...Top stories today SNP in disarray | The SNP is in a “tremendous mess” following the resignation of outgoing first minister Nicola Sturgeon’s husband as its chief executive, its president Michael Russell...
...Never far from the headlines despite her departure from office in March, Nicola Sturgeon, the most recent former first minister, will be writing a “deeply personal and revealing” memoir....
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