This plunged the SNP into 18 months of division and distraction ... they throw up their hands, offer a mea culpa, and, if the circumstances warrant it, hand in their notice.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

High water mark: After Liam James, my colleague, commented in last week’s Mea Culpa column that the word “mark” had been used where it shouldn’t have been, we did it again in “Home news ...

High water mark: After Liam James, my colleague, commented in last week’s Mea Culpa column that the word “mark” had been used where it shouldn’t have been, we did it again in “Home news in brief”, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In between “Liberation Day” (Donald Trump’s name for the occasion of his announcing a global tariff regime) and “Capitulation Day” (The Independent’s name for the occasion of his rowing back from it), ...

In between “Liberation Day” (Donald Trump’s name for the occasion of his announcing a global tariff regime) and “Capitulation Day” (The Independent’s name for the occasion of his ...

A former SNP Westminster frontbencher has confirmed she is bidding to run for Holyrood after being ousted at last year’s general election. Alison Thewliss has put herself forward as the SNP ...

I'm sorry. But will the prideful and reserved Williams do a mea culpa? The phone call to coach Chot, which took a lot of gumption to do, answers that. PHOTO: Sherwin Vardeleon What's often left ...

Boy, was I wrong about Anas Sarwar. When the Glasgow MSP became leader of Scottish Labour in 2021, I reckoned him the best ...