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Jacob Rees-Mogg has said Scotland should be allowed to hold a second referendum on independence – but not for around 20 years.

Opposition parties have attacked Alex Salmond’s fundraising campaign after he asked supporters to help raise costs to pay for his court case against the Scottish Government.

Ex-First Minister Alex Salmond’s RT show and decision to crowdfund legal challenge speak volumes about him, writes John McLellan.

As a major international conference is taking shape, we consider how a global perspective can find ways to tackle issues around alcohol

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The devolved Parliament was supposed to find Scottish solutions to Scottish problems, but too often it has done little more than tinker at the edges of the big issues, writes Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard.

Nicola Sturgeon has warned Scottish nationalists there is not “one rule for the powerful and another rule for everyone else” as the SNP grapples with Alex Salmond’s sexual misconduct case.

Alex Salmond has closed his controversial crowd-funding campaign after it raised more than £100,000.

The entire skeleton of a horse is among a hoard of historical items unearthed by archaeologists in the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in the past year.

It’s unlikely that a politician with the instincts of Alex Salmond would have failed to anticipate the uproar caused by his announcement he was launching a crowdfunder to support a legal challenge relating to allegations of sexual misconduct levelled at him.