19 h. ago Covid Bereaved group ‘will hold Government to account on Covid lessons’

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry released its second report on Thursday.

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34 h. ago Scottish Government ‘had no real strategy’ for Covid in early 2020 – inquiry

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry also found the devolved administrations to be too reliant on the UK Government.

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35 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon denies she 'behaved politically' during coronavirus pandemic response

The former first minister said it was "very difficult" working with Boris Johnson during the peak covid years in 2020 and 2021.

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35 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon's 'presidential' leadership may have cost lives during pandemic

The claim was made by Rhona Arthur of the Scottish Covid Bereaved Group

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35 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon leadership style 'excluded ministers during pandemic'

The claim was made by Rhona Arthur of the Scottish Covid Bereaved Group

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36 h. ago Sturgeon’s ‘gold command’ meetings ‘reduced transparency’, Covid inquiry finds

The former first minister and a small group of ministers and advisers met and made decisions outside the Cabinet.

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37 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon 'sidelined' key advisers as SNP Government's Covid

UK Covid-19 Inquiry Chair Baroness Hallett said in her second report the SNP administration’s ‘failure’ to ‘take a grip of the situation and make adequate preparations are inexplicable’

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37 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney 'sidelined' SNP Cabinet in closing schools during covid

School closures were among the most controversial decisions during the pandemic.

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37 h. ago Covid Inquiry report hits out at WhatsApp use amid Nicola Sturgeon deletion row

Baroness Hallett said the use of private channels could “impede” the courts and official investigations.

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37 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson criticised over 'poor' covid relationship

Baroness Hallett said the antipathy between the duo made emergency body COBR less effective.

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37 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon's government slammed in Covid Inquiry report over failure to conduct own planning

The Scottish Government was criticised over the early days of the pandemic, but the First Minister was described as a “serious and diligent” leader.

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6 d. ago Alan Cumming: I’ve seen Nicola Sturgeon blossom since she quit as first minister

The 60-year-old said the former SNP leader seemed happier and ‘more relaxed’ when he saw her recently.

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8 d. ago Cumming in independence call: Westminster should get boots off our necks

The actor and Traitors US star said he believed Scotland would leave the UK in his lifetime.

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8 d. ago Alan Cumming claims Westminster should get its 'boots off our necks' in row over gender ID

The New York-based actor and friend of Nicola Sturgeon claimed it “blows my mind” to see ministers in London “interfering in what the democratically elected people have decided to do”.

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9 d. ago Streeting denies plot to oust Starmer and condemns briefings from No 10

Health secretary says attacks on him from Downing Street ‘self-defeating’ after reports PM’s job could be under threatUK politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting has denied leading a plot to overthrow the prime minister and called for those briefing against him to be sacked, widening an extraordinary rift at the top of government. The health secretary condemned the “self-defeating” attacks on him coming from Downing Street and said they were indicative of a toxic culture inside No 10. He rebuked the senior aides who were behind the anonymous briefings and said they proved that “there are people around the prime minister who do not follow his model and style of leadership”. Streeting was responding to the Guardian’s report that Downing Street has launched an operation to protect Keir Starmer against a leadership challenge his allies believe could come from Streeting after the budget or May local elections. The prime minister’s closest allies insisted he would fight any “reckless” ...

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1 week ago Aye Write reviews: Irvine Welsh & John Niven | Nicola Sturgeon | Sally Magnusson

Every day’s a school day at Glasgow’s Aye Write festival, writes David Robinson

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1 week ago Euan McColm: It is not controversial to say men should not be imprisoned alongside women

John Swinney’s continued failure to fully enact Supreme Court ruling on gender could see him die on the same hill as Nicola Sturgeon

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1 week ago It is not controversial to say men should not be imprisoned alongside women: Euan McColm

John Swinney’s continued failure to fully enact Supreme Court ruling on gender could see him die on the same hill as Nicola Sturgeon

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2 w. ago Sturgeon: My political appetite has been reawakened but I’m not coming back

The former Scottish first minister will step down as an MSP at next May’s Holyrood election.

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2 w. ago Nicola Sturgeon tackles "lesbian affair French diplomat" rumour in new interview

Sturgeon was the subject of multiple posts on social media falsely alleging she had a lesbian affair with a senior French diplomat during her time as First Minister.

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