Nicola Sturgeon gets credit for Westminster economic policies on Covid

Scottish voters give Nicola Sturgeon credit for Westminster policies on propping up the economy during coronavirus crisis, poll finds YouGov survey finds Nicola Sturgeon is getting credit for Westminster policies Scottish voters praise Ms Sturgeon for supporting jobs during the Covid crisis  Meanwhile, backing for Scottish independence has increased to 53 per cent  The SNP … Read more

Scottish exams scandal: Students WILL get predicted grades

Tens of thousands of Scottish pupils will get exam results based on their predicted grades after Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish government completed an embarrassing U-turn this afternoon. Her SNP administration bowed to political pressure to alter course over a ‘standardisation’ system designed to tackle the fact that no exams have been sat due to coronavirus. The … Read more

Coronavirus Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon may ban PUB CRAWLS

Nicola Sturgeon could ban PUB CRAWLS in Scotland after Aberdeen coronavirus outbreak linked to bars in the Granite City First Minister said government looking at tightening rules after Aberdeen surge Pubs, cafes and restaurants have been ordered to shut by 5pm  Surgeon: ‘Pattern’ of ‘people going from one pub to another in the same night’ … Read more

Aberdeen is put into lockdown: Nicola Sturgeon orders all pubs in the city to close

Aberdeen has been put back into lockdown as pubs were shut and people were banned from travelling in and out. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the restrictions were brought in after 54 new coronavirus cases emerged from packed bars over the weekend. She said 191 contacts have been traced in relation to the cluster, … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon says she ‘wanted to cry’ over pictures of pubgoers with no social distancing

Nicola Sturgeon said she ‘wanted to cry’ over pictures of pubgoers gathering with no social distancing at the weekend as 27 cases of coronavirus are linked to one bar in Aberdeen.  SNP MP Stephen Flynn today tweeted two photos he had spotted online of the city centre, where an outbreak took place in The Hawthorn Bar. … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon says Boris Johnson’s visit to Scotland only BOOSTS the argument for independence

Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson locked horns over Scottish independence today as the Prime Minister visited the country for the first time since the general election.  The First Minister lashed out as Mr Johnson visited Orkney and north east Scotland on a whistle-stop one-day tour in which he ruled out a re-run of the 2014 … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon receives 50th birthday card branding Boris Johnson a ‘first class clown’

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband proudly shows off a birthday card branding Boris Johnson a ‘first class clown’ as Scotland’s First Minister turns 50 Peter Murrell posted a picture on social media showing her birthday cards One showed a caricature of Mr Johnson getting stuck on a zipwire in 2012  Also had the message message: ‘I’ve hired a … Read more

Julian Lewis accuses PM of ‘improper’ bid to seize control of security watchdog

The new chair of Parliament’s intelligence watchdog today accused Boris Johnson of an ‘improper’ bid to seize control after the PM’s favoured candidate was outflanked in a vote. Julian Lewis hit out after No10 kicked him out of the Tory party in revenge for his dramatic ambush of Chris Grayling last night, which saw him … Read more

HENRY DEEDES sees a moment of merriment during a routine PMQs 

Sir Ed Davey’s face was a picture. A whirling, twirling swirl of yee-haw, whoop-dee-doo delight. Golfers know the one: that pop-eyed look of pleasure that players pull, half shock/half ecstasy, as their ball plops into the hole from long distance. Like the novice hacker who’s just chipped in from a bunker, the acting Lib Dem … Read more

Julian Lewis kicked out of Tories for ‘working with Labour’

A Tory MP has been kicked out of the Tory party tonight for ‘working with Labour and the opposition’ after he beat Boris Johnson’s pick Chris Grayling to the chairmanship of the powerful Intelligence and Security Committee. Dr Julian Lewis secured the role despite widespread expectation that Mr Grayling would receive the backing of the … Read more

Anti-English protesters at border ‘inspired by SNP politicians’

‘Racist’ protestors at Scottish-English border were ‘inspired by SNP politicians’ says Tory MP MP John Lamont prompted heated exchanges in the Commons earlier today He branded the protests ‘totally unacceptable’ and ‘inspired’ by SNP politicians The SNP’s Patrick Grady said that the party condemns any ‘anti-Englishness’ By Joe Middleton For Mailonline Published: 21:04 BST, 15 … Read more