Voices

Rishi Sunak 'should swiftly announce that he plans to go to the country' (Daniel Leal/PA)

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Letters: Rishi Sunak must call a general election without delay
I AM screaming silently now. The radio is not listening, I’m not on social media and I don’t have a TV. Call an election Sunak, you fool.

Mark Smith has sought to warn Scotland off further referendums as a means of settling constitutional questions

Mark Smith has sought to warn Scotland off further referendums as a means of settling constitutional questions

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Letters: 'Bad law'? What about the lack of a written constitution?

Kate Middleton with her children

Kate Middleton with her children

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Letters: Our ceaselesss fascination with the soap opera that is the royal family

Actor Alan Cumming

Actor Alan Cumming

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Letters: On glottal stops, rising intonation ... and Alan Cumming

Dame Phyllida Barlow

Dame Phyllida Barlow

Obituary: Dame Phyllida Barlow, relentlessly innovative sculptor

‘Cheap politicians and pundits gleefully weaponise the misery of UK-wide NHS failures’

‘Cheap politicians and pundits gleefully weaponise the misery of UK-wide NHS failures’

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UK’s health ministers urgently need to discuss the NHS

With the country either in or heading towards recession and with prices rising, it's never been so important to be in control of your finances and your spending

With the country either in or heading towards recession and with prices rising, it's never been so important to be in control of your finances and your spending

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Felicity Hannah: Financial resolutions for 2023 (and how to stick to them)

Sacrificing Yousaf would achieve nothing when it comes to saving the health service

Sacrificing Yousaf would achieve nothing when it comes to saving the health service

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Neil Mackay: Yousaf must go, but the NHS will still be dying in darkness and lies

The pretence that renewables would replace nuclear is a deception based on wishful thinking

The pretence that renewables would replace nuclear is a deception based on wishful thinking

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Brian Wilson: The grim impact of absurd faddism on our energy security

Obituary: Les Piggot, sprinter who competed in the Mexico and Munich Olympic Games

The UK government’s reaction to Holyrood’s Gender Bill has sparked controversy in Scotland

The UK government’s reaction to Holyrood’s Gender Bill has sparked controversy in Scotland

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Scotland must free itself from the jackboot of Westminster

SNP plans for a National Care Service could have a hugely damaging impact on local government

SNP plans for a National Care Service could have a hugely damaging impact on local government

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Brian Wilson: The SNP's sustained and brutal assault on local government

Every school should have a debating club, and every pupil should be equipped and encouraged to take part

Every school should have a debating club, and every pupil should be equipped and encouraged to take part

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We need to train the young in reason and rational debate

Despite his achievements Professor Green remained unconventional, modest and completely uninterested in status symbols

Despite his achievements Professor Green remained unconventional, modest and completely uninterested in status symbols

Obituary: Prof David Green, pioneering civil engineer and vice-principal at Glasgow

Obituary: Duncan MacPhee, esteemed Highland crofting lawyer

Voters say they want improved public services – now we will see whether they are willing to pay more tax for them

Voters say they want improved public services – now we will see whether they are willing to pay more tax for them

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Herald View: Swinney’s budget was bold, but voters are looking for results

William McAteer, at home in the Seychelles

William McAteer, at home in the Seychelles

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Obituary: William McAteer, Scots journalist who became historian of the Seychelles

Obituary: Dame Frances Campbell-Preston, lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother

Sandy Stephen took on other interests from 1968 after running the Linthouse yard

Sandy Stephen took on other interests from 1968 after running the Linthouse yard

Obituary: Sandy Stephen, last survivor of the Stephens shipbuilding dynasty

Jimmy Millar scored 178 goals for Rangers

Jimmy Millar scored 178 goals for Rangers

Obituary: Jimmy Millar, free-scoring star of brilliant post-war Rangers side

Sir Keir Starmer, seen with in Glasgow with Anas Sarwar, has pledged ‘change within the UK’ for Scotland (Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer, seen with in Glasgow with Anas Sarwar, has pledged ‘change within the UK’ for Scotland (Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

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Scotland needs to quit the ‘Ruritanian’ UK and join the real world

Lady Susan Hussey, seen with the Queen in 2011, has this week resigned (Chris Radburn/PA Wire)

Lady Susan Hussey, seen with the Queen in 2011, has this week resigned (Chris Radburn/PA Wire)

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Letters: Lady Hussey’s conduct really cannot be defended

Future models and funding of the health service have returned to the news agenda

Future models and funding of the health service have returned to the news agenda

Letters: Please don't use the NHS as a political football

James McAvoy was shocked by racist and sexist abuse his co-stars received during a recent theatre run in Glasgow (Photo by Jun Sato/WireImage).

James McAvoy was shocked by racist and sexist abuse his co-stars received during a recent theatre run in Glasgow (Photo by Jun Sato/WireImage).

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‘Woke’ is not enough. We really need to speak out

A system that offers privileged access to the wealthy is the enemy of the principles that the NHS is founded on

A system that offers privileged access to the wealthy is the enemy of the principles that the NHS is founded on

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Superb care for a vagrant was evidence of high NHS standards

However difficult our final choices may be, they must always be our own choices (Picture posed by models)

However difficult our final choices may be, they must always be our own choices (Picture posed by models)

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In the final act of life we must retain our autonomy

Ingram Street car park, in the Merchant City. could be an ideal location for a city-centre park in Glasgow

Ingram Street car park, in the Merchant City. could be an ideal location for a city-centre park in Glasgow

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Glasgow already has a site for its own Central Park

Any future independence referendum

Any future independence referendum

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Wanted: a senate to oversee the Scottish government

An independent body should scrutinise the NHS to find out where its problems lie, and suggest alternatives

An independent body should scrutinise the NHS to find out where its problems lie, and suggest alternatives

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Time to put NHS under an unsparing microscope

Malcolm Tucker, as played by Peter Capaldi in Armando Iannucci’s political satire, The Thick of It, used dark arts to manipulate the press and public

Does this perception stand up to muc

Malcolm Tucker, as played by Peter Capaldi in Armando Iannucci’s political satire, The Thick of It, used dark arts to manipulate the press and public

Does this perception stand up to muc

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David Leask: Not all political spin is as dark and controversial as Malcolm Tucker

Nicola Sturgeon responds this week to the decision by judges at the UK Supreme Court (Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Nicola Sturgeon responds this week to the decision by judges at the UK Supreme Court (Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

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Michael Settle: Can Sturgeon's daring 2024 election gamble succeed?

Scotland's festival scene

Scotland's festival scene

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Donald MacLeod: The new alcohol proposals that drove me to drink

The capricious gods of Brexit must be appeased if Sir Keir Starmer is to fulfil his destiny (Jacob King/ PA Wire)

The capricious gods of Brexit must be appeased if Sir Keir Starmer is to fulfil his destiny (Jacob King/ PA Wire)

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Rebecca McQuillan: Sunak and Starmer have yet to admit that Brexit was a mistake

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford challenged the Union during PMQs

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford challenged the Union during PMQs

Westminster Sketch

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Robert McNeil: Scots sick as a parrot as Jack says we’ve never had it so good

Henry Murray had been in his Honorary Consular post since 1986

Henry Murray had been in his Honorary Consular post since 1986

Obituary: Henry Murray, Honorary Consul for Republic of Tunisia for nearly 40 years

Anna McCurley, photographed in 2004 by Lewis Segal

Anna McCurley, photographed in 2004 by Lewis Segal

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Obituary: Anna McCurley, ex-MP whose remarkable spirit for life defied her ill-health

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni being sworn in last month (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni being sworn in last month (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

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David Leask: Why we need to remain vigilant over the far right’s ‘Fourth Wave’

John Swinney has discretion over taxation but he is not entirely free
(Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

John Swinney has discretion over taxation but he is not entirely free
(Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

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Brian Taylor: Hunt has left Swinney with little room for manoeuvre

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Jeremy Hunt's week: Taking the toothpaste-tube approach to economics

Personal boundaries have applications in every aspect of life

Personal boundaries have applications in every aspect of life

Lennie Pennie: Never forget the importance of setting your boundaries

The SNP partnership agreement with the Greens faced renewed tension this week on two fronts (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell - Pool/Getty Images)

The SNP partnership agreement with the Greens faced renewed tension this week on two fronts (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell - Pool/Getty Images)

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Brian Taylor: Sturgeon doesn’t need Greens in government but the alternative is worse

Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

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David Leask: What is it about the single currency that Remainers are so afraid of?

Offshore wind has become, by any measure, a formidable prospect

Offshore wind has become, by any measure, a formidable prospect

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Herald View: Scotland's winds of change have immense potential – let’s not blow it

Matt Hancock's Week: Loving it out here with my new best friends

Matt Hancock's Week: Loving it out here with my new best friends

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Matt Hancock's Week: Loving it out here with my new best friends

Nicola Sturgeon launches the Scottish Migrant Visa scheme paper in 2020

Nicola Sturgeon launches the Scottish Migrant Visa scheme paper in 2020

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Herald View: As migrants debate turns nasty, SNP’s tailored approach to visas makes sense

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Ian Jack, outstanding journalist who in taut and evocative prose recalled Britain's past

Michael Gove mounted a robust defence of his Cabinet colleague, Suella Braverman

Michael Gove mounted a robust defence of his Cabinet colleague, Suella Braverman

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Gove, as brisk and imperturbable as ever, defends 'brave' Braverman

Many Conservatives are keen to see Boris Johnson making a comeback

Many Conservatives are keen to see Boris Johnson making a comeback

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Herald View: Regardless of who wins, can the party of regicides restore stable government?

Rishi Sunak has kept a conspicuous silence but clearly would like another crack at the job

Rishi Sunak has kept a conspicuous silence but clearly would like another crack at the job

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There will be no honeymoon for Truss's successor as PM

Obituary: Carmen Callil, publisher whose Virago Press transformed the literary landscape

Truss tried to use the art of deflection at PMQs

Truss tried to use the art of deflection at PMQs

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No wonder so many Tories are glum, and furious with Truss

ELON Musk’s company, Tesla, has built a humanoid robot, which he claims will transform civilisation

ELON Musk’s company, Tesla, has built a humanoid robot, which he claims will transform civilisation

Lorne Jackson: Seven handy hints for robotic journalists

Roger Guthrie had an encyclopaedic knowledge of his home town’s architectural heritage

Roger Guthrie had an encyclopaedic knowledge of his home town’s architectural heritage

Obituary: Roger Guthrie, conservationist who was famed as “the conscience of Glasgow”

Erlend Brown working on the 'Sails in St Magnus', in 1993 Picture: Alistair Peebles

Erlend Brown working on the 'Sails in St Magnus', in 1993 Picture: Alistair Peebles

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Obituary: Erlend Brown, painter and print-maker who was the first curator of Orkney’s Pier Arts Centre