The running of Scotland's universities will become politicised under SNP proposals to introduce elections and quotas for key officials, experts have warned.

Lords leader says an upper chamber containing ‘the voice of people who want to break up the UK’ would be positive for Westminster

With the SNP calling for a Scottish Independence referendum, the question asked by the Labour party is how will this affect Wales. What they really asking is how will it affect the Labour party. Over the years Labour MP’s in England as relied on both Scottish and Welsh MP’s to hold a majority in the London governments. If Scotland was to become independent and Wales will lose 10 MP&rsq...

The SNP's opposition to the location of British nuclear weapons in Scotland is well-known, and it mirrors majority Scottish public opinion pretty accurately. MoD thoughts are now turning to the knotty problem: if Trident is kicked out of Scotland where will it go?

A Labour councillor in Glasgow who had been de-selected by the party defects to the SNP.

The SNP hails Scotland's historic 1989 Claim of Right, which helped pave the way for devolution, despite previously refusing to sign it.

Michael Deacon watches PMQs, at which David Cameron tried to defend the latest growth figures, and taunted the SNP by quoting Burns.

Cartoonists like to portray Alex Salmond as a modern-day Braveheart preparing to charge the English enemy. But, in truth, Salmond’s strategy is far more subtle — and dangerous — than that.   The SNP leader’s piece in The Guardian today — a preview of the Hugo Young lecture he’s delivering tonight — downplays what a dramatic step independence would be....

On the 6th May 2011 the Scottish National Party secured a historic majority for the next five year term at the Scottish Parliament. Their manifesto promised to freeze council tax, oppose tuition fees and set a renewable energy target of 100% by 2020. However, more crucially, one of the SNP’s most important pledges was to

FORMER Army commanders have reacted angrily to plans for some of Britain's most famous regiments to be transferred into "Alex Salmond's home guard".