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A so-called ‘dark money’ trust that gave £416,000 to the Scottish Conservatives has received another fine by the Electoral Commission for the late declaration of a donation. The Scottish Unionist...

Glasgow City Council has been accused of “ridiculous” spending after a freedom of information request by The Ferret revealed it used nearly £20,000 of taxpayers’ money on a portrait of...

At the outset of the pandemic, New Zealand was on one end of the spectrum in controversially arguing that the virus could be completely eliminated.  On the other end was...

Scotland’s largest council pension funds have investments worth £90 million in companies profiting directly from President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agency.  Analysis by The Ferret found that Strathclyde Pension Fund...

There's a deeply puzzling piece in the  Herald today by Tom Gordon.  He refers to the finding from the Panelbase poll commissioned by this blog that a large majority of...

The impact of coronavirus and the effectiveness of national attempts to tackle the outbreak are a matter of significant debate. Total numbers for those tragically killed by the virus are...

Westminster’s £2.5 billion backing for offshore oil and gas projects in Brazil and Ghana risks undermining UK efforts to cut climate pollution, according to an expert analysis. The financial think...

Let's return briefly to the false claim that was made the other day that public opinion on independence hasn't budged for years.  It's probably best to demonstrate in precise terms...

The number of seals shot by the fish farming industry has doubled ahead of a proposed government ban, prompting fears of a “killing spree”. New official figures reveal that salmon...

When we say there's a mandate to hold a second independence referendum, we're generally (not always, but generally) referring to the SNP's victory in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, which...