It is impossible to avoid the truth that the SNP can be a little bit guilty of seeking out dividing lines between the UK and Scotland. Broadcasting, control of elections, football teams, tax powers are a few of the minor issues that have flared up in the past 18 months. But has the biggest escalation of violence in the Middle East in decades indirectly flared up a more telling cross border differe...

I see that Advanced Media Watch is getting excited over a 'poll of polls' which he/she is suggesting puts the SNP in a polling lead going into 2009. I have never been convinced by polls of polls. Unlike most other things in life, a collection of polls has no synergistic quality. It is less than the sum of its parts. Much less. Taking an average of polls in April, June and August in Decem...

If you have ever visited the Sydney Opera House you will appreciate the awe that hits you when you first see it. Shimmering white, enormous and so dramatic yet so familiar all at the same time. It is only when you get close to it that you realise it's a little bit dirty, cracked and generally rough around the edges. The SNP since May 2007, similarly, has been a sight to behold. They may alway...

SNP Home Affairs spokesperson, Pete Wishart MP, has hit out at the UK Government's appalling data loss record – highlighting the loss of more than 13 million records in 2008 – equivalent to 25 records every minute of the year.

The Scottish National party (SNP) has against called on Whitehall to bring forward compensation for victims of the collapse of Farepak.

Scottish teams have previously competed at the Olympics, according to the SNP. The party stepped up its opposition to a GB football team at the London Games in 2012.

I see that the SNP's been having a go at Westminster's inability to protect data:THE SNP today hit out at the UK Government's "appalling" data loss record, claiming more than 13 million records were lost this year, equivalent to 25 every minute.And Pete Wishart's certainly got this right:Mr Wishart said Labour's record on data security was reason enough to abandon ID cards.But as one of the

Scots opposed to GB football team at 2012 Olympics cite precedent for separate squads

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THE SNP today hit out at the UK Government's "appalling" data loss record, claiming more than 13 million records were lost this year, equivalent to 25 every minut