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Issues with Scottish covid app stem from hoarding power at Holyrood
Written by Alastair Cameron, director of Scotland in Union. Most people will be aware of the recent botched launch of Scotland’s covid...
Oct 8, 2021
SNP put Grievance ahead of Governance
The SNP government has been accused of ‘irresponsible gameplaying’ after the Supreme Court ruled that two parliamentary Bills were not...
Oct 6, 2021
The Question of the Question
Three professors have published a blog on the LSE website highlighting the importance of the wording of the question when it comes to...
Oct 5, 2021
New Poll: Referendum should not take place any time soon
A new opinion poll has found that most people in Scotland oppose independence and a snap second referendum. The poll for Politico by...
Sep 20, 2021


New Poll: Reality of Separation Alarms Voters
People in Scotland are far less likely to support independence if public spending is cut, a hard border is introduced with England, or...
Sep 14, 2021


New Poll: SNP and Greens have the wrong priorities
The SNP and Greens have been accused of having the ‘wrong priorities’ after a new poll revealed that only 12% of Scots think independence...
Sep 9, 2021


Majority of Scots oppose Nicola Sturgeon's Indyref2 timetable
NEW POLL: A majority of voters in Scotland oppose Nicola Sturgeon’s timetable for a second independence referendum, a major new opinion...
Sep 8, 2021
Pamela Nash: Being part of the UK enables us to spend more on public services every year
This article first appeared in The Scotsman online 20/08/2021 - see here. This was once again confirmed this week in the latest...
Aug 20, 2021
Prof Ronald MacDonald: GERS highlights sheer folly of SNP's independence plans
This article first appeared in The Herald on 18/08/2021- see here. This year’s dramatic GERS fiscal deficit figure of 22.4% of GDP again...
Aug 19, 2021


GERS figures show nearly £100 billion spent in Scotland
The latest official Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) figures have revealed nearly £100 billion was spent on vital...
Aug 18, 2021
Scots less likely to support separation if it means losing Pound
A poll for the Sunday Telegraph has found that almost 40 per cent of people in Scotland would be less likely to support leaving the UK if...
Aug 9, 2021
ASN teachers plummet under SNP
The number of additional support needs teachers in Scotland has plummeted under the SNP – despite a huge rise in those children needing...
Jul 31, 2021
Drug related deaths: An avoidable crisis
Drug deaths in Scotland have reached a new record level. There were 1,339 drug deaths last year - an increase of 75 from the number the...
Jul 30, 2021


Pamela Nash: Olympic Unity
Having just watched the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony, I cannot help but be touched by themes of the ceremony, which reflected the...
Jul 23, 2021
Hospital bed numbers fall by 2,000 in just 5 years under SNP
The SNP Government has overseen a cut of more than 2,000 hospital beds across the country in the last five years, new figures have...
Jul 13, 2021


Happy Thank You Day from Scotland in Union
Today, people across the UK are uniting to say a huge thank you to each and every person who went out of their way to make life easier...
Jul 4, 2021


CBI Director-General: Scottish businesses do not want the debate
The director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has told The Herald that Scottish businesses ‘don’t want to have the...
Jun 24, 2021


Scotland received an additional £14.5bn since start of pandemic
The Scottish Government has received an additional £14.5bn of funding since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, figures released by...
Jun 24, 2021


Nicola Sturgeon Vote U-Turn
There can be few political parties in the world which abandon their pre-election promises as swiftly as the SNP. In the final TV debate...
May 17, 2021


NEW POLL: ONLY 1 IN 8 SCOTS SAY INDEPENDENCE IS A PRIORITY
Only 1-in-8 people in Scotland believe independence is one of the most important issues the new government should prioritise, a poll...
May 9, 2021
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