Independence is a vexed question for the Scottish people, especially with so much yet unknown about how the UK will fare in its divorce from the European Union.
The SNP administration has adopted a fashionable so-called ‘mission-oriented’ approach for its flagship economic development plan, but it looks a lot like mission impossible.
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Independence support in Scotland is now at critical levels. The ball is in the UK prime minister’s court.
Polling has Boris Johnson’s Conservatives holding a comfortable lead over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, but the election will be decided on a seat-by-seat basis.
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Sitting MPs toppling right, left and centre? Not necessarily. The connection between the safeness of a seat and the chances it will change hands is much looser than we might expect.
Charismatic Ruth Davidson broke the mould of the traditional Tory MP to reach parts of the electorate others couldn’t. So how do the Scottish Conservatives fill the vacuum she leaves?