Deidre Brock

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Deidre Brock: SNP candidate calls education criticism 'ridiculous'

Some of the SNP MPs who face a battle to hold onto their seats (from left to right) Alison Thewliss, Martin Docherty-Hughes, Anum Qaisar, Owen Thompson

The 20 seats where SNP MPs are fighting for their political lives

Leith

SNP launches campaign to stop Leith being ‘wiped from electoral map’ at Holyrood

Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt. Photo: James Manning/PA Wire

Penny Mordaunt’s SNP jibes show a ‘dislike of Scotland’, Deidre Brock claims

Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt frequently mocks the SNP during business questions.

Five times Penny Mordaunt mocked the SNP during business questions

Offshore wind energy could help turn Scotland into a clean energy superpower (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Oil licensing law won't cut bills but will damage clean energy superpower hopes

Sir John said Ms Sturgeon’s “fateful decision” in February 2023 to step down as SNP leader and first minister has had “quite substantial political consequences” for her party

Yousaf ‘nothing like as popular’ as Sturgeon, says John Curtice

Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt. Picture: Getty

WATCH: Mordaunt attacks SNP's record to tune of 'The 12 Days of Christmas'

Patel says highly-confusing Covid laws hard for people, police

Communal street bins in the New Town are proving controversial once more. Picture: JPIMedia

New Town residents angry over plans for communal bin hubs

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the trade deal shows "global Britain at its best"

Scottish farming industry 'cut out' in UK trade deal with Australia

The majority of the 'nuclear site event reports' occurred at HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, near Helensburgh. Picture: James Glossop/AFP/Gettt

Revealed: Nearly 450 safety incidents at Scottish nuclear bases

The Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane (Picture: James Glossop/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

UK must be more open about nuclear weapon safety events – Scotsman comment

The rescheduled COP26 summit is due to take place in Glasgow this November. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

Uproar as COP26 delegates asked to pay £12,000 for windowless room

The Prime Ministers fisheries bill passed the report stage this evening

MPs back post-Brexit fisheries plan

The SNP wants the next UK Government to step up tree-planting across the UK. Picture: Robert Perry/TSPL

SNP pledges to plant 36 million trees in Scotland by 2030

Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell

Mundell says powers will not be at risk from review of devolution

First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon. Pic: PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo.

SNP conference will give Edinburgh £2 million economic boost

SNP conference will give Edinburgh £2 million economic boost

A piper plays the Bagpipes outside Scotland Office Dover House in Whitehall. Pic: Amer Ghazzal/REX/Shutterstock

Call to abolish Scotland Office after costs rocket

L-R: French drumming duo Sébastien Rambaud and Yann Coste get some practice in, on Edinburgh's Calton Hill, ahead of their hotly anticipated Edinburgh Festival show. Pic: Jane Barlow

Edinburgh’s festivals at ‘real risk’ amid fears ‘less friendly’ UK will repel ar...

Members of the Catalonian string orchestra Orquestra de Cambra d'Emporda, who combine classical music with pop songs and mime, pose in Edinburgh (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Brexit: Real risks of UK becoming a ‘less friendly place’ – leader comment

Picture: Robert Perry/PA Wire

Performers are ‘collateral damage’ as visa issues hamper Edinburgh festivals

Nuclear submarines are based in Faslane. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP anger over hundreds of safety events at Faslane

Josh Littlejohn, Social Bite co-founder, in front of the NestHouses at the Social Bite Village. Picture: PA

Deidre Brock: Social Bite leads homeless agenda

Actor Michael Sheen is to officially open the new credit union branch on Great Junction Street.

Actor Michael Sheen to open new Leith credit union

The Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Ross McEwan.

RBS boss has '˜plenty of questions to answer' on branch closures

Deidre Brock, SNP MP for Edinburgh North and Leith

Edinburgh MP labels UK's Brexit strategy '˜a disaster in slow motion'

David Mundell. Picture: PA

Scotland Office dismisses SNP hospitality claims as '˜nonsense'

Francoise Milne and Simon Milne. Picture: Greg Macvean

Botanics chief hits out at Brexit uncertainty facing French wife

Iranian illustrator Ehsan Abdollahi was turned down for a visa to attend the Edinburgh Festival earlier this month.

Joy for Iranian artist as Edinburgh Festival visa ban is overturned

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General Election Results 2017 - Seat: Edinburgh North and Leith

Ruth Davidson has said another referendum on Scottish independence should not take place for around 35 years. Picture: John Devlin/TSPL

Ruth Davidson: No indyref2 until 2049

The Istanbul Convention is aimed at ending violence against women

Deidre Brock: Time for women to be Audacious

Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster arrives at the DUP headquarters in Belfast as the UK Government has appealed to Northern Ireland's political leaders to step back from the brink of the current political crisis. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

'˜Stall moves on Brexit until Northern Ireland political crisis solved'

Edinburgh Airport to charge £5 to jump passport queues

An artists impression of the proposed hotel on the former Royal High School site at Calton Hill. Picture: Hoskins Architects

SNP calls to ditch Edinburgh hotel for super-rich

The winning Labour candidate, Marion Donaldson. Picture: Gordon Fraser

SNP and Labour celebrate Edinburgh poll wins

Labours Marion Donaldson has the chance to be elected for the councils Leith Walk ward. Picture: Gordon Fraser

Foodbank worker Labour’s candidate for Leith Walk

Cllr Maggie Chapman is moving to Dundee. Picture: Contributed

Maggie Chapman steps down as she bids to be MSP

Deidre Brock delivers her victory speech after winning the Edinburgh North and Leith seat. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

SNP MP attacks Tory ‘austerity orgy’ in debut speech

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John McLellan: We have a plan - not a cunning one
At THE Edinburgh election count last Friday, there was an easy way to bring joyful SNP councillors down to earth: remind them they had to sort out the Local Dev...

Labour MP Ian Murray holds on to his seat in Edinburgh South. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Ian Murray Labour’s last man standing in Edinburgh

The Lothians saw a huge turn to the SNP. Picture: Toby Williams

SNP take over Edinburgh as only Ian Murray holds on

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Seat: Edinburgh North and Leith

Greyfriar Bobby's statue. Picture: Neil Hanna

Ceremony to honour Greyfriars Bobby

Visitors to the Castle could soon be greeted with a Gaelic sign, like the ones on roads in the Highlands.
Picture by Jane Barlow

Critics query cost of Edinburgh Gaelic signs

Annabella Stephen, Ella McGuire, Jessie McGuire and Mairi McLuskey accompanied by piper Alasdair Morrison. Picture: Esme Allen

Edinburgh opens first dedicated Gaelic school

The finished Edinburgh floral clock. Picture: Toby Williams

Edinburgh floral clock celebrates city’s zoo

The flag is raised at City Chambers in Edinburgh for Armed Forces Day. Picture: Hemedia

In pictures: Armed Forces Day in Scotland

Annie Boyd reveals secret of living to 105

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Talk of the Town: Paul goes out in a blaze of glory

Traders ‘left in dark’ over plans to restore Leith Walk

Are colonies in danger? Study of ten sites to consider new conservation areas

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New Provost joins the chain gang

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Council’s music man out to conduct kids’ theatre trips

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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

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries