SNP councillor apologises for 'Scotland hates the UK too' Eurovision tweet

who quit Nicola Sturgeon's party to join Alex Salmond's Alba in March, said both parties were in no rush to ask the electorate the big constitutional question. The SNP leader has said she won't call a referendum until after the pandemic has ended but has made it clear she wants to see such a vote before the end of Holyrood's current five year term.

Lorna Slater was last week dubbed by one Tory councillor as "the biggest danger to the north east economy we have seen in a generation" over her party's opposition to the extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea. It comes as the Greens prepare to open talks with the SNP over the possibility of signing a "cooperation arrangement" between the two parties which could see them team up at Holyrood on key issues - a prospect the Conservatives have already branded a "coalition of chaos".

Duke of Cambridge, known as the Earl of Strathearn in Scotland, would spend more time at Balmoral with wife Kate and strengthen ties with their former university town of St Andrews if the proposals go ahead.The report comes just days after the couple’s tour of Scotland in which William said the country was “so important” to him and his wife.On the final day of their visit, William and Kate held a meeting with Gordon Brown who has recently launched a renewed campaign to save the Union.The couple

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Gary Tank Commander, Jonathan Watson and Storm Huntley all make an appearance alongside veteran Scotland goalie David Marshall in the new LaFontaines video. The band released Scotland, Bonnie Scotland in time for Scotland's big matches in the Euros 2020 tournament and their celebrity Tartan Army has thrilled fans.

Douglas Chapman, the MP for Dunfermline and West Fife, announced he had resigned as national treasurer of the party on Saturday evening.

SNP MSP revealed a picture of the new baby girl on Twitter after she was born last night just after 6pm. He and his wife, Jennifer, have named their new arrival Flora and thanked the staff at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Conservative councillor for the Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch ward on Fife Council, has been charged with two offences.

Tory councillor has been charged with alleged sexual offences against children. Fife councillor Mick Green was arrested in connection with two alleged incidents dating back to 2006 and 2011.

Twitter messages which she feared were threats of sexual violence, a court heard. Grant Karte was due to be sentenced at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday after admitting sending the messages to the Scottish National Party politician.

SNP councillor where she said 'we hate the United Kingdom' in the aftermath of the Eurovision song contest. Rhiannon Spear - who is the SNP’s national women’s convener -faced a furious backlash when she tweeted that Scotland hates the UK after Britain was gifted nul point at the song competition.

Eurovision fans bombarded First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with requests for a Scottish song entry while they watched the contest - and saw a Lewis Capaldi doppelganger. Scots fans got very excited about Norway's entry looking a bit like our own Lewis Capaldi.

Blackford confronted Johnson at Prime Minister’s Questions over trade negotiations which are reported to have split the Tory cabinet over of the implications for UK farmers.

John Swinney has been removed from his job as education secretary and put in charge of Scotland’s covid recovery. He will remain as Deputy First Minister and was moved as Nicola Sturgeon begins a long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle.

information at their disposal on the constitutional question. One thousand Scots were asked by Stack Data Strategy between May 7 and 8 on a number of issues.

Perth and Kinross SNP councillor has revealed he believes “now is not the time” for an independence vote. Strathallan representative Tom Gray made the admission following the results of last week’s Scottish Parliament elections.His thoughts came after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told Prime Minister Boris Johnson it was a matter of when, not if, for indyref2.

Scottish Affairs committee with Ross accusing Wishart, the chair of the committee, of making biased attacks on the Scottish Secretary while he was giving evidence to MPs in the wake of the Holyrood election. Ross, who is returning to Holyrood as leader of the Scottish Tories, took exception to Wishart bridling Scottish Secretary Alister Jack over the results of the election which saw Nicola Sturgeon returned for a record fourth term.

Perthshire results a “disaster” for the Conservatives and attacked candidates Murdo Fraser and Liz Smith. Both Conservative politicians were later elected to the Scottish Parliament in the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list ballot.