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It looks like Count Binface will be the only candidate to stand against Nigel Farage.

Why I am looking forward to the summer of Count Binface Rachel Amery

Count Binface outside Westminster

Explainer Who is Count Binface, the man challenging Nigel Farage?

Scotland's Eilish McColgan crossed the finish line of the women's London Marathon in seventh place, making her the first female British finisher (Picture: Alex Davidson/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: No Commonwealth Games Marathon is a missed opportunity

Ming Yang Smart Energy hopes to invest up to £1.5 billion in Scotland's largest wind turbine manufacturing facility, subject to UK government approval

Ming Yang wind plant put on hold over security risk

More Scots MPs backed rejoining a customs union than opposed

No Scottish Labour MPs back bill to rejoin EU customs union

First Minister John Swinney

John Swinney says ex-Downing Street aide's BBC position is 'untenable'

Donald Trump is set to return to Scotland, where he will meet with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and First Minister John Swinney.

The notable previous visits by the US president to Scotland

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Scotland’s constitutional future under scrutiny as legal case for de-colonisatio...

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump will meet on Thursday in Washington

Analysis The key issues on the table for Keir Starmer-Donald Trump meeting

Reform have topped the UK polls for the first time

Reform lead the UK polls - and were put there by the Conservatives Alexander Brown

Anti-Brexit campaigners take part in a torchlight procession to the Scottish Parliament on the third anniversary of Brexit in January 2023 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

'The tide has turned': Why SNP MP says re-joining EU is ‘inevitable’

Charles met with Kenny Song, who works for Xi’s Belt and Road Initiative, after courtiers were told the Beijing-based businessman could invest in the King’s failed eco-village - Knockroon - billed as “a model community for Scotland.”

King met Chinese financier deemed security risk by Nato ally

Dawn Sturgess died in July 2018 after being poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok.

What is Novichok and how does it affect the body?

Russell Findlay after he is announced as new Scottish Conservatives leader, at the Radisson Hotel in Edinburgh. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Analysis No time to waste: Why Scottish Tory leader Findlay needs to act fast

Michael Gove is the new Spectator editor. Picture: PA

Why Michael Gove has been appointed The Spectator's editor

Why Lib Dems' barnstorming return as major political force really matters Alex Cole-Hamilton

SNP down to just ten seats with Labour set for sweeping majority, exit poll says

Why true Scottish Conservatives should avoid Nigel Farage like the plague John McLellan

Luke Graham, Scottish Conservative candidate for Perth and Kinross-shire, and former prime minister Theresa May out campaigning in Perth.

Former prime minister Theresa May makes pitch to Scottish voters

Russian president Vladimir Putin visits an exhibition of IT and creative industry in Yakutia, Russia. Picture: Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

The 'pro-Russian' posts that led to Labour candidate suspension

Exclusive Power to sack MSPs through recall needed in wake of Matheson row, Blackford says

Former prime minister Theresa May. Picture: Hannah McKay - WPA Pool/Getty Images

The Tory candidate with Theresa May link looking to oust SNP veteran

Big question for SNP is how bad the election will be and what that will mean Joyce McMillan

Some of the victims of the infected blood scandal. Pictures: PA

Key findings from the Infected Blood Inquiry and future for Scottish victims

Infected blood scandal: Fight for justice should not have lasted so long Scotsman comment

Lynn Carey, Associate Solicitor, Thompsons Solicitors Scotland

Justice is coming at last for contaminated blood scandal victims - Lynn Carey

Theresa May's dedicated public service doesn't change her legacy Alexander Brown

Beware! A year of cringe-worthy photo-ops by Sunak and Starmer await the nation Aidan Smith

Rishi Sunak could make his life easier by admitting more immigration is good Alexander Brown

Remembrance: Every life lost in every war is a tragedy for a family somewhere Stephen Jardine

As Tories embrace Farage, Sunak desperately tries to copy Johnson Euan McColm

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with her chief of staff Liz Lloyd

Nicola Sturgeon's former chief of staff secures new consultancy job

Two ferries being built at the Ferguson Marine shipyard just got a bit more expensive than they already were (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

SNP appear to have turned Scotland into a Magic Money Tree for shipbuilders

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Nothing to sneer at in Ross calling out discredited PM – Brian Wilson

Janice Williamson and band in Rush: A Joyful Jamaican Journey

John Simmit on Rush: A Joyous Jamaican Journey and the Windrush anniversary

Caribbean migrants are welcomed by RAF officials after the Empire Windrush landed them in London in 1948 Image: PA Media/Getty Images

What is the Windrush scandal?

The decision to house Ukrainian refugees, seen observing a minute's silence for Ukrainian troops, on the MS Victoria cruise ship explains one reason why migrants don't move to Scotland – a lack of housing (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Scotland needs to sell itself to migrants as a good place to live – Brian Wilson

Donald Trump yesterday at his golf course at Menie in Aberdeenshire, where he cut ground on a second 18-hole course which will be named after his Scottish mother. PIC: Contributed.

Trump breaks ground on new Aberdeenshire course named after his mother

Former US president Donald Trump is to visit Scotland next week.

Donald Trump to visit Scotland next week

Tory ministers will not be happy with the new ‘no plus-one’ rule for King Charles III coronation - Credit: Getty Images

Breaking Tory ministers in uproar after major king’s coronation rule change

In Finland, the government brings its biggest firms together several times a year to discuss crisis preparation (Picture: Jussi Nousiainen/AFP via Getty Images)

Consensus-based politics and people power are vital to our security and economy

First Minister Humza Yousaf can draw on lessons and warnings from history following his 52-48 per cent win in the SNP leadership election (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

After Yousaf's close SNP leadership contest win, party can learn from Brexit
I’ve known Humza Yousaf since joining the SNP 17 years ago and, even back then, it was obvious he was destined for great things.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman laughs as she tours a building site on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda, where deported migrants are planned to be housed (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Braverman's laughter at Rwandan 'internment' camp was shocking – Angus Robertson

Martin Sheen played fictional President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing.

Ash Regan statement uses almost exactly the same words as speech from West Wing

Construction has begun on the UK’s first Lego themed holiday village at the Legoland Windsor Resort

Construction begins on UK’s first Lego holiday village

Trying to turn the next general election into a de facto referendum on Scottish independence may backfire (Picture: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

Why the plan for a de facto referendum on independence is a danger to the cause

Misogynistic attacks on Nicola Sturgeon are a symptom of a wider social problem (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Sexism is behind many attacks on Sturgeon and other female leaders

During the Brexit talks, Cabinet minister Dominic Raab threatened to end negotiations unless the EU gave way on one point, but backtracked when Michel Barnier called his bluff (Picture: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images)

Grand illusion of Brexit puts ‘Scexit’ in a new light – Struan Stevenson

Independence supporters who backed Remain in the Brexit referendum should remember how that felt, and how much worse it would be for unionists if Scotland voted to leave the UK (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Stewart McDonald: SNP should embrace idea of ‘losers’ consent’ from unionists

Stephen Flynn has written to the Prime Minister over the Westminster accounts.

Stephen Flynn labels outside earnings of MPs ‘repeat of expenses scandal’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a meeting with a multi-disciplinary team who provide virtual care during a visit to the Rutland Lodge Healthcare Centre in Leeds.

Rishi Sunak welcomes ‘transparency’ as extent of MPs outside earnings exposed

Tory MP Michael Fabricant. Picture: PA

Tory MP Fabricant says Sunak's opposition to Gender Bill a 'political trap'

Former prime minister Theresa May called for the GRR bill to be applied in England.

Analysis: UK Tories far from united in opposition to Gender Bill

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf is under pressure over demands for better pay and conditions for NHS staff and long waiting times for treatment (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Politicians must be bold if NHS is to be best in the world once again – Scotsman

Theresa May during her time as UK prime minister. Picture: Justin Tallis/WPA Pool/Getty Images

Theresa May disappointed Scotland gender changes not considered for England

A man is escorted by Border Force officials after being picked up in the channel with other migrants on the south coast of England.

UN refugee arm condemns asylum seeker report

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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

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SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries