Christine Jardine

An independence march in Glasgow

John Swinney scraps SNP government 'independence unit'

Ambulances outside the accident and emergency department at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Ambulances waited outside hospitals for the equivalent of more than 41 years in 2024, figures show. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Ambulances waited outside Scottish hospitals 'for 41 years'

Christine Jardine has called for a visa route for Americans fleeing Trump administration.

Scottish MP calls for visa for Americans fleeing Trump administration

The report called for a change in approach to education

Scottish Government must abolish 'winter leaving rules', report finds

People take part in a demonstration at Old Palace Yard in Westminster, London, to oppose the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Analysis Why Scottish MPs are split on 'rushed' assisted dying legislation

Pubs are among the businesses facing a big rise in bills

Scottish pubs and hotels face closure over £369m tax 'bombshell'

South Queensferry High Street

The most beautiful and 'ugliest' towns in Scotland

Tree plantations can be sold off as carbon credits (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Readers' letters: Buying carbon offsets is greenwashing at its worst

Elon Musk has frequently campaigned for right-wing parties

Elon Musk is getting more involved in UK politics, and what MPs think Alexander Brown

Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur introduced the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Decision to die is not about suffering, but choice

Why politicians must be allowed honest say on matter of life and death Euan McColm

Scottish MP might stay in Scotland if Donald Trump visits Westminster

GPs are not exempt from national insurance hike (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD/AFP via Getty Images)

GPs could now be facing an existential crisis created by Labour Christine Jardine

How Scottish politicians view the prospect of another Trump presidency

The amalgamation of the Mary Erskine School, pictured, and Stewart's Melville has caused controversy

Readers' letters: Single-sex schools should be consigned to history

Blair Kinghorn runs with the ball as Maro Itoje attempts a tackle during February's Six Nations match between Scotland and England - but should England find an alternative to the National Anthem when the teams face each other next year? (Picture: Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Playing National Anthem strikes the wrong note at Murrayfield

Christine Jardine raised concerns over Labour’s plan to impose VAT on private schools

Edinburgh Council responds to claim schools 'fit to burst'

Former Home Secretary Priti Patel is right-wing but also has allies among the Conservatives' 'One Nation' faction (Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images)

Why Priti Patel has best chance of saving Tories and UK from Reform Christine Jardine

Former US President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Butler Farm Show in Pennsylvania shortly before he was shot and wounded (Picture: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Attempted assassination of Trump has made me rethink my own rhetoric Christine Jardine

With people now in parliament who want to undermine democracy, we must defend it Christine Jardine

Joanna Cherry has lost her seat as the MP for Edinburgh South West. Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS

Cherry takes veiled swipe at SNP leadership with 'courage' declaration

Starmer seems to have forgotten what politics is really about Christine Jardine

Amid national crises, Tories always seem to be fighting off sleaze claims Christine Jardine

Tories facing the equivalent of the old Liberal party’s 1922 election disaster Christine Jardine

Have we respected the freedoms D-Day heroes fought for? Christine Jardine Christine Jardine

MPs should be prepared to cross devolution's boundaries to fix people's problems Christine Jardine

Voters need to be alive to threats posed by cyber-attacks, AI and deep fakes Christine Jardine

Fico shooting is part of growing tide of violence that puts democracy in peril Christine Jardine

Amid SNP and Conservative leadership chaos, there's been one silver lining Christine Jardine

John Swinney. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Swinney told he ‘still has serious questions to answer’ over tram inquiry

SNP face the biggest challenge to their grip on power for 17 years Christine Jardine

RBS is to close 18 branches

RBS set to axe one in five branches in Scotland

Scotland's world-leading universities are at risk because of SNP incompetence Christine Jardine

Cancer charities play vital role in plugging the gaps in our system Christine Jardine

MSPs should give us all the right to make our final life choice

Glasgow WASPI group mark International Women's Day in 2018. Photo: John Devlin

Waspi women hit by pension age change owed compensation 'totalling billions'

Sunak may be pushed into early election by his own divided party Christine Jardine

Voters can make things simple for SNP MPs thinking of boycotting Westminster Christine Jardine

The alarm bells are going off in party HQs both north and south of the border Christine Jardine

Rishi Sunak's attacks on Keir Starmer over changes of policy may hit home with voters (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Starmer's U-turns may cause more political damage than Sunak's trans jibe

Diabetes drugs running short as slimmers buy them for hundreds of pounds online Christine Jardine

Forget Sturgeon's WhatsApp swearing. We should focus on what really matters
Key questions the Covid Inquiry must answer centre on the big decisions about lockdown and who decided to discharge hospital patients into care homes without te...
Christine Jardine

We must never forget that diseases like measles can be deadly Christine Jardine

As Republicans pick their candidate, sense of dread builds over Trump's return Christine Jardine

Tories may lose more votes if they decide to cling on as long as possible Christine Jardine

Communities rallying round cost-of-living crisis victims put government to shame Christine Jardine

Sunak’s Rwanda bill is an almost inconceivable attack on human rights Christine Jardine

Darling and Douglas-Hamilton represented the best of British politics Christine Jardine

Sunak needs to realise how important post offices truly are Christine Jardine

An elderly woman posts some letters in a post box. Picture: Getty Images

UK Government must act over post office closures, Lib Dem MP says

UK may have minister for 'common sense' but chaos reigns at Westminster Christine Jardine

Number 10 was in chaos during Covid - but the inquiry now demands our patience Christine Jardine

The US is the only country in the world where civilian guns outnumber people Christine Jardine

Hope for the Middle East must be rediscovered Christine Jardine

After Rutherglen, SNP and Tories' grip on power faces an existential threat Christine Jardine

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey after giving his keynote speech during the Liberal Democrat conference at the Bournemouth Conference Centre.

Lib Dems predicting 'same level of success' as under Charles Kennedy

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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