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SNP says campaign for next referendum on independence ‘has already begun’ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/17/snp-campaign-second-referendum-independence-john-swinney #ScottishNationalPartySnp #JohnSwinney #ScottishPolitics #Scotland #Politics #UkNews

SNP says campaign for next referendum on independence ‘has already begun’
By Patrick Greenfield

John Swinney tells party conference SNP will use ‘six-figure war chest’ to renew argument for leaving UK

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/17/snp-campaign-second-referendum-independence-john-swinney

#ScottishNationalpartySNP #JohnSwinney #Scottishpolitics #Scotland #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #PatrickGreenfield

Burnham v Swinney: will the UK PM overshadow the SNP’s conference? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/15/andy-burnham-scotland-visit-snp-conference #ScottishNationalPartySnp #AndyBurnham #Politics #Scotland #UkNews #Brexit #EuropeanUnion #JohnSwinney #ScottishIndependence #ScottishPolitics

Burnham v Swinney: will the UK PM overshadow the SNP’s conference?
By Patrick Greenfield and Eve Livingston

Prime minister presents new kind of challenge for SNP, and his Scottish visit will loom large over its big event

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/15/andy-burnham-scotland-visit-snp-conference

#ScottishNationalpartySNP #AndyBurnham #Politics #Scotland #UKnews #Brexit #EuropeanUnion #JohnSwinney #Scottishindependence #Scottishpolitics #TheGuardian #PatrickGreenfield #EveLivingston

How could Britain look under proportional representation? See the results for your area
By Antonio Voce and Ashley Kirk

These visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systems

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/sep/30/how-could-britain-look-under-proportional-representation-see-the-results-for-your-area

#Electoralreform #Proportionalrepresentation #Firstpastthepost #Politics #UKnews #Labour #LiberalDemocrats #Greenparty #ScottishNationalpartySNP #PlaidCymru #ReformUK #Conservatives #RestoreBritain #London #TheGuardian #AntonioVoce #AshleyKirk

Tuesday briefing: How to understand Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland’s joint call for change
By Libby Brooks

In today’s newsletter: Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Sinn Féin have signed an agreement for greater powers, as pressure grows on Westminster over the UK’s future

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/15/tuesday-briefing-how-to-understand-wales-scotland-and-northern-irelands-joint-call-for-change

#Wales #England #Cornwall #France #UKnews #Europe #Scotland #Cardiff #NorthernIreland #Politics #Devolution #SinnFin #PlaidCymru #ScottishNationalpartySNP #TheGuardian #LibbyBrooks

Tuesday briefing: How to understand Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland’s joint call for change https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/15/tuesday-briefing-how-to-understand-wales-scotland-and-northern-irelands-joint-call-for-change #Wales #England #Cornwall #France #UkNews #Europe #Scotland #Cardiff #NorthernIreland #Politics #Devolution #SinnFin #PlaidCymru #ScottishNationalPartySnp

Swinney sticks with pledge to cap prices on basic foods in Scotland https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/01/john-swinney-snp-prices-cap-food-scotland #Scotland #ScottishNationalPartySnp #JohnSwinney #Nhs #Politics #Food #Inflation #ScottishPolitics #UkNews

Swinney sticks with pledge to cap prices on basic foods in Scotland
By Patrick Greenfield

First minister sets out his government’s agenda and defends policy described by industry groups as a ‘potty gimmick’

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/01/john-swinney-snp-prices-cap-food-scotland

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Tuesday briefing: Scotland has promised on violence against women – now it needs to deliver https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/01/tuesday-briefing-scotland-has-promised-on-violence-against-women-now-it-needs-to-deliver #ScottishNationalPartySnp #Politics #ScottishPolitics #Scotland #UkNews #JohnSwinney #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #DomesticViolence

Tuesday briefing: Scotland has promised on violence against women – now it needs to deliver
By Libby Brooks

In today’s newsletter: First minister John Swinney has pledged to put an end to violence against women and girls. But can he turn ambitious laws into real change?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/01/tuesday-briefing-scotland-has-promised-on-violence-against-women-now-it-needs-to-deliver

#ScottishNationalpartySNP #Politics #Scottishpolitics #Scotland #UKnews #JohnSwinney #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Domesticviolence #TheGuardian #LibbyBrooks

Channel 5 drama to examine how Nicola Sturgeon’s ex-husband stole SNP funds
By Tara Conlan

To Nicola, Love Peter will focus on couple’s relationship during 12-year period of embezzlement and fallout of case

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/26/channel-5-drama-nicola-sturgeon-peter-murrell-snp

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Channel 5 drama to examine how Nicola Sturgeon’s ex-husband stole SNP funds https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/26/channel-5-drama-nicola-sturgeon-peter-murrell-snp #NicolaSturgeon #Channel5 #ScottishNationalPartySnp #ScottishPolitics #Drama #UkNews #Politics #Scotland #Television #Culture

Nicola Sturgeon ‘has not spoken to’ estranged husband, Peter Murrell, since he was jailed
By Donna Ferguson

Scotland’s former first minister says she will not visit Murrell in prison, where he is serving five-year sentence for embezzling SNP funds

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/08/nicola-sturgeon-estranged-peter-murrell-jailed-no-contact

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Nicola Sturgeon ‘has not spoken to’ estranged husband, Peter Murrell, since he was jailed https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/08/nicola-sturgeon-estranged-peter-murrell-jailed-no-contact #NicolaSturgeon #Scotland #ScottishNationalPartySnp #Politics #UkNews #ScottishPolitics

How could Britain look under proportional representation? See the results for your area
By Antonio Voce and Ashley Kirk

These visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systems

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/jul/22/how-britain-would-look-proportional-representation-local-mp

#Politics #UKnews #Labour #LiberalDemocrats #ReformUK #Conservatives #Greenparty #PlaidCymru #ScottishNationalpartySNP #TheGuardian #AntonioVoce #AshleyKirk

How could Britain look under proportional representation? See the results for your area https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/jul/22/how-britain-would-look-proportional-representation-local-mp #Politics #UkNews #Labour #LiberalDemocrats #ReformUk #Conservatives #GreenParty #PlaidCymru #ScottishNationalPartySnp

Celtic leaders doubt Burnham’s devolution drive will go beyond England’s borders https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/06/celtic-leaders-burnham-devolution-wales-scotland-northern-ireland #AndyBurnham #Devolution #Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Politics #Labour #TaxAndSpending #ScottishNationalPartySnp #PlaidCymru #SinnFin #MichelleOneill #UkNews #ScottishPolitics #WelshPolitics #NorthernIrishPolitics

Peter Murrell jailed for five years after embezzling £400,000 from SNP https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/23/peter-murrell-sentenced-embezzlement-snp-scottish-national-party #ScottishNationalPartySnp #ScottishPolitics #Crime #Scotland #UkNews #Politics

SNP concedes Aberdeen South with Scottish Conservatives set to win https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/19/snp-concedes-aberdeen-south-with-scottish-conservatives-set-to-win #ScottishPolitics #ScottishNationalPartySnp #Conservatives #Aberdeen #Byelections #KemiBadenoch #Politics #UkNews

‘No friends to the oil and gas industry’: Aberdeen South, the byelection where one topic dominates https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/17/oil-gas-industry-aberdeen-south-byelection-snp-tories-energy-policy #Byelections #ScottishNationalPartySnp #Aberdeen #Conservatives #ReformUk #Labour #ScottishPolitics #Politics #Scotland #UkNews

Motorhome bought by Murrell with stolen SNP money only did four miles https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/02/motorhome-peter-murrell-snp-money-high-court-edinburgh #Scotland #UkNews #ScottishNationalPartySnp #NicolaSturgeon #ScottishPolitics #Edinburgh #Crime

Tories accuse Starmer of not revealing all his Mandelson messages – UK politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jun/02/peter-mandelson-keir-starmer-labour-leadership-snp-peter-murrell-latest-news-updates #Politics #UkNews #Labour #PeterMandelson #LabourPartyLeadership #KeirStarmer #ScottishNationalPartySnp

The Guardian view on the Aberdeen South byelection: the politics of energy take centre stage | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/31/the-guardian-view-on-the-aberdeen-south-byelection-the-politics-of-energy-take-centre-stage #Environment #Energy #Scotland #Oil #Oil #Business #Gas #ScottishNationalPartySnp #Labour #Conservatives #JohnSwinney #RenewableEnergy #KemiBadenoch #KeirStarmer #ScottishPolitics #Politics #UkNews

Nicola Sturgeon: I feel as if I’m serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/31/nicola-sturgeon-feel-serving-sentence-crime-did-not-commit #NicolaSturgeon #ScottishNationalPartySnp #ScottishPolitics #Politics #Scotland #UkNews

Nicola Sturgeon: ‘I should not be held responsible for the wrongdoing of men’ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/29/nicola-sturgeon-i-should-not-be-held-responsible-for-the-wrongdoing-of-men #NicolaSturgeon #ScottishNationalPartySnp #ScottishPolitics #Scotland #UkNews

We know what former SNP chief Peter Murrell bought with £400,000 of embezzled funds. What I’d like to know is why | Gaby Hinsliff https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/29/snp-chief-peter-murrell-embezzled-funds-guilty #ScottishNationalPartySnp #Crime #ScottishPolitics #NicolaSturgeon #Scotland #Politics #UkNews

SNP accused of ‘embezzling’ voters over Peter Murrell’s theft of party funds https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/26/snp-embezzling-voters-peter-murrell #ScottishNationalPartySnp #ScottishPolitics #JohnSwinney #ScottishIndependence #Scotland #UkNews #Politics

Peter Murrell pleads guilty to embezzling £400,000 from SNP https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/25/peter-murrell-pleads-guilty-embezzlement-snp-scottish-national-party #Scotland #Crime #ScottishNationalPartySnp #ScottishPolitics #Politics #UkNews

UK supermarkets urged to consider voluntary price caps on essential foods https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/19/uk-supermarkets-urged-to-consider-voluntary-price-caps-on-essential-foods #Supermarkets #RetailIndustry #Business #FoodDrinkIndustry #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Scotland #ScottishNationalPartySnp #Politics #UkNews

Scotland’s elections confirmed that our nation’s leftwing identity is part myth, part reality | Rory Scothorne https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/reform-scotland-elections-hostility-right-leftwing-identity-myth #Scotland #Politics #UkNews #ReformUk #ScottishNationalPartySnp

Don’t let Farage and Reform divide us, Labour’s Sarwar urges Holyrood leaders https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/10/anas-sarwar-labour-scotland-holyrood-farage-reform-snp #ScottishPolitics #ScottishElections2026 #AnasSarwar #Labour #ReformUk #ScottishNationalPartySnp #May2026Elections #Politics #GreenParty #Scotland #UkNews

How Labour’s ‘terrible’ night unfolded as Reform surges and Greens and Lib Dems hail wins https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/labour-elections-reform-surges-greens-lib-dems-wins #May2026Elections #LocalElections2026 #ScottishElections2026 #WelshElections2026 #Labour #KeirStarmer #ReformUk #GreenParty #LiberalDemocrats #ScottishNationalPartySnp #PlaidCymru #Politics #England #Wales #Scotland #UkNews

John Swinney declares victory for SNP in Holyrood elections https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/john-swinney-declares-victory-for-snp-in-holyrood-elections #ScottishPolitics #Scotland #Politics #UkNews #ScottishNationalPartySnp #JohnSwinney

Polls close in elections across England, Scotland and Wales https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/07/polls-close-elections-england-scotland-wales-labour-reform-greens-lib-dems-conservatives #May2026Elections #LocalElections2026 #ScottishElections2026 #WelshElections2026 #Politics #UkNews #WelshPolitics #ScottishPolitics #MayoralElections #Wales #Scotland #Labour #ReformUk #GreenParty #LiberalDemocrats #ScottishNationalPartySnp #PlaidCymru #Conservatives

Labour’s nationwide collapse risks making Nigel Farage the face of the UK’s fragile union | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/06/labour-collapse-union-nigel-farage-uk-elections #ReformUk #LocalElections #Labour #ScottishNationalPartySnp #Politics #PlaidCymru #Wales #Scotland #LocalGovernment #Devolution #LocalPolitics #UkNews #ScottishPolitics

Next Scottish government faces ‘really difficult’ spending choices, economists say https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/05/next-scottish-government-must-make-really-difficult-spending-decisions #ScottishPolitics #Scotland #InstituteForFiscalStudies #ScottishNationalPartySnp #EconomicGrowthGdp #PublicSectorPay #EconomicPolicy #UkNews #Business

Reform’s toxic thinking has infected Scottish politics – this week’s Holyrood elections will tell us how badly | Jasmeen Kanwal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/04/scotland-election-reform-threat #ScottishElections2026 #ReformUk #ScottishNationalPartySnp #Migration #Politics #Scotland #EconomicPolicy #ScottishPolitics #ImmigrationAndAsylum #TaxAndSpending #UkNews

End of Trump tariffs on whisky sparks row between Scottish parties over claiming credit https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/01/end-trump-tariffs-scotch-whisky-row-between-scottish-parties-claiming-credit #Scotland #TrumpTariffs #ScottishPolitics #Whisky #DonaldTrump #JohnSwinney #Tariffs #KingCharlesIii #ScottishNationalPartySnp #Labour #UkNews #UsNews #Politics #Business

Nearly twice as many men as women standing in May elections in UK https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/01/men-women-candidates-may-elections-england-scotland-wales #WomenInPolitics #LocalElections2026 #ScottishElections2026 #WelshElections2026 #Labour #Conservatives #LiberalDemocrats #ReformUk #GreenParty #ScottishNationalPartySnp #PlaidCymru #Politics #England #Scotland #Wales #UkNews

Starmer restores powers to ousted hereditary peers in Lords shake-up https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/30/keir-starmer-restores-powers-hereditary-peers-house-of-lords #LordsReform #HouseOfLords #KeirStarmer #Labour #Conservatives #London #Politics #UkNews #AnasSarwar #ScottishNationalPartySnp

‘Seismic change’: how election wins for nationalists in Celtic nations could reshape UK https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/07/nationalist-wins-uk-celtic-nations-may-elections #Politics #Devolution #ScottishNationalPartySnp #ScottishIndependence #ScottishPolitics #Scotland #PlaidCymru #WelshGovernment #WelshPolitics #Wales #SinnFin #NorthernIrishPolitics #NorthernIreland #Labour #UkNews

Kate Forbes rules out standing for SNP leader, clearing way for John Swinney to become Scotland’s first minister – UK politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/may/02/local-elections-england-john-swinney-snp-leadership-kate-forbes-scotland #Politics #UKnews #Scottishpolitics #ScottishNationalpartySNP

‘I support Sunak,’ insists Mordaunt after Labour taunts – UK politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/liveblog/2024/may/02/local-elections-england-john-swinney-snp-leadership-kate-forbes-scotland #Politics #UKnews #Scottishpolitics #ScottishNationalpartySNP

'Fascist nonsense': SNP MP reacts to Home Office migrant detention video https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2024/may/01/fascist-nonsense-snp-mp-reacts-home-office-migrant-detention-video-rwanda #HouseofCommons #Rwanda #Migration #ScottishNationalpartySNP #UKnews