1 week ago John Swinney to condemn Westminster's 'race to the right' as SNP leader gears up for election fight

Senior Nationalists believe they are in sight of achieving an overall majority of MSPs when Scots go to the polls next May.

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2 w. ago Fury over Angela Merkel's claim Poland is to blame for Ukraine war: European politicians say she has 'blood on her hands' after 'rewarding Russia's blatant aggression'

Her controversial comments have garnered condemnation from European politicians, with many pointing the finger at the 71-year-old for blocking Ukraine's NATO membership back in 2008.

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3 w. ago Jewish communities 'do not feel safe' in wake of Manchester synagogue attack, MSP warns

Scottish political leaders condemn attack which left two dead

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4 w. ago If Starmer wants to beat Reform, he’ll need more than ‘patriotic renewal’ – whatever that is | Zoe Williams

Today’s big ‘fightback’ speech continued with the prime minister’s curious strategy of ceding ground to his enemiesKeir Starmer was at his most clear today not in his speech to the Global Progress Action Summit in London, trailed as a fightback against the politics of hate and division, but in the panel afterwards. That’s when he said he wanted the next election to be an “open fight” between “Labour and Reform”. In the speech itself, however, he identified his enemies in the abstract. He was against the “politics of predatory grievance”, which used the “infrastructure of division”. He also made a lovely case for London at the start, with its plentiful pubs and pleasant parks, remarking wryly that it was nothing like “the wasteland of anarchy that some would have you believe”.The problem is he needs to pick a lane. Either he was referring to Donald Trump’s comments at the UN earlier this week, when the leader of the free world said Britain’s capital had a “terrible mayor, terrible, t...

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4 w. ago UK faces ‘battle for the soul’ of the country, says Starmer amid Reform threat

In a rallying cry to progressives around the world, the Prime Minister said allies must stop the ‘politics of predatory grievance’.

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4 w. ago PM condemns ‘politics of predatory grievance’ in rallying cry to centre

Sir Keir Starmer said allies must directly confront the ‘lies’ being told about their countries.

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4 w. ago Starmer to attack Farage as he unveils digital ID cards plan for all UK adults

Prime minister to accuse populist right of promoting a ‘politics of predatory grievance’

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