Gawd give me strength! Have the SNP and its hangers-on and Labour and its hangers-on nothing better or more productive to do with their time and energy right now than to squabble like children over whether the current financial crisis will affect Scotland's prospects as a continuing member nation of the UK or as an independent nation, positively or negatively? I'm not sure quite who started

Alan Cochrane has written of the impact of the financial crisis on the fortunes of the SNP and the future of the Union. Alex Salmond: a victim of the financial crisis The Nationalists look worried, I am told, about the upcoming Glenrothes by-election - and no wonder. It's there for Labour to win now.

Let's distinguish between three forms of crisis that firms - in any industry - can face: Liquidity crises Solvency crises arising from past losses Future profitability crises A liquidity crisis is a lack of available cash to pay bills that...

Ahead of his SNP conference speech today, Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister takes aim at the Prime Minister for cashing in on the financial crisis. from today’s Independent on Sunday.  ’Now the age of irresponsibility is over, let Scotland take charge of its destiny’ My vision for Scotland has always been founded on the basic principle that

Ten years ago, when I was doing my tour of duty as a reporter in the Scottish Parliament, I had a talk with a SNP figure, who shall remain nameless, about their grand plan. Scotland was to be a nation, and that means its politicians perform in certain ways. They wanted to look like statesman, with a state. Their opportunity lay in crisis. “So when there is a disaster overseas, we will have S...

SCOTLAND may have to prepare for a future food crisis, a new report has warned.

THE BP crisis is about more than the worst ecological crisis in US history, or about the company's shares taking a hammering – and your pension with it.

The crisis over the duty hike for whisky last year brought no action or intervention from Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy, said the SNP last night.

The crisis over the duty hike for whisky last year brought no action or intervention from Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy, said the SNP last night.

SNP political heavyweights hit back yesterday in the increasingly acrimonious row over an independent Scotland's ability to cope with the economic crisis.