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'I'm never going to be told how to dress - especially by a man!' SNP rising star Mhairi Black reveals excruciating moment Alex Salmond told her to get a makeover

17/12/17 19:49

SNP rising star Mhairi Black (pictured) today revealed the excruciating moment that Alex Salmond tried to give her fashion advice. Ms Black said the awkward moment came shortly after she became the youngest MP in centuries at the 2015 General Election. Mr Salmond apparently told the then 20-year-old he had previously had the same conversation with Nicola Sturgeon before her meteoric rise through the ranks to succeed him as SNP leader and First Minister....read

Rebel Tory peers vow to inflict new defeats on flagship Brexit laws in defiance of 'bullying' by the whips

17/12/17 17:48

Ros Altmann (pictured) and Patience Wheatcroft today warned they were appalled by attacks on rebels in the Commons but would not back down in their own opposition.

Exasperated Theresa May demands the SNP's Westminster leader 'Google it' after he asks her to repeat AGAIN Britain backs a soft Irish border

11/12/17 19:11

SNP Westminster chief Ian Blackford (pictured) insisted the Prime Minister should tell the Commons she was committed to a soft border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.

May faces first defeat on Brexit Bill as Tory Remainer rebels join forces with Labour, the SNP and Lib Dems to demand 'meaningful vote' on any trade deal with the EU

10/12/17 16:58

A cross-party group of MPs are pushing an amendment that would force the government to hold a binding vote before it can formally enact the UK's departure from the EU.

How expensive is YOUR MP? Interactive map reveals the politicians who clocked up the biggest bills as it emerges watchdog WROTE OFF £26,000 that had been wrongly claimed

16/11/17 18:32

The latest details of politicians' expenses have been published by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) watchdog, and can be searched using this map.

SNP minister Mark McDonald quits government amid claims about his private life

05/11/17 11:56

Scottish Minister Mark McDonald has resigned from government amid allegations about his private life.

Scotland will become the first part of the UK to BAN smacking after Nicola Sturgeon's government endorses new law

19/10/17 19:28

The legislation will remove the defence of 'justifiable assault' in Scots law, which allows parents to use physical punishment to admonish a child (file image posed by models).

SNP vows to BLOCK flagship Brexit laws without new concessions from Theresa May as talks in London end without agreement on devolution

16/10/17 17:05

Scottish and Welsh ministers were in London today for talks with Damian Green, Theresa May's deputy, and David Davis on the so-called Repeal Bill.

‘I’ve remembered my strepsils!’ Sturgeon mocks May’s calamitous conference speech as she delights SNP activists by vowing to call a second independence referendum despite their election hammering

11/10/17 08:39

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said she regretted the loss of MPs at the general election but refused to apologise for the heavy losses as she promised to press ahead with a re-run of 2014.

Nicola Sturgeon has her hands full at SNP conference trying to steer clear of an independence row by claiming Ruth Davidson's Scottish Tories can stop a hard Brexit

09/10/17 17:05

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon took time out from the main conference hall to pose with Catherine and Sam Shepherd, from Kirkintilloch (pictured).

Nicola Sturgeon says her dream of an independent Scotland get stronger every day we get closer to Brexit as she shows no remorse for getting hammered at the last General Election

09/10/17 08:54

Ms Sturgeon insisted her independence dream was strengthening every day Brexit draws closer in defiance of polls which suggest there might not be an independence majority in Holyrood next time.

British father arrested in Dubai for using a fake Scottish £20 note on holiday with his wife and two children will be freed tonight

04/10/17 22:27

Bill Barclay, from Fernieside, Edinburgh, was detained in front of his two children after handing over what turned out to be a counterfeit Scottish note at a bureau de change.

Theresa May says immigration must be brought down to help low earners after huge Home Office leak revealed controversial plans to curb arrivals

06/09/17 15:19

The Prime Minister defended the ambition to cut net immigration to the tens of thousands after being accused by the SNP of 'dancing to the tune of her right wing' MPs.

Sturgeon paves way for ban on smacking children in Scotland and says petrol cars should be phased out by 2032 as she tries to reboot ailing SNP government

05/09/17 16:05

The legislative proposals were announced as the SNP reels from a dreadful election showing, which saw the party lose 21 of its MPs.

SNP is accused of selling 'false hope' to Scots over independence as figures reveal their economy is boosted by the union

23/08/17 16:02

Scotland's £13.3billion deficit is 8.3 per cent of gross domestic product - over three times higher than the rest of the UK at 2.4 per cent, according to figures out today.

Tory MP slams 'classless' SNP councillor who accused him of ‘gender stereotyping’ after he posted a picture of his daughter wearing the pink jacket SHE chose for her first day at nursery

22/08/17 19:12

Paul Masterton said Moira Shemilt should be 'ashamed' of herself trying to use his young children to score cheap political points after he posted a picture of his daughter in the pink jacket she chose.

'I don't like my party's name': SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon reveals she is uncomfortable at being branded 'a nationalist'

19/08/17 11:33

Despite her lifelong mission for Scottish independence, the country's First Minister said she was unhappy at being linked to other nationalist movements.

Alex Salmond DEFENDS sex joke about Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon saying it was 'harmless innuendo'

19/08/17 00:25

Miss Sturgeon this week led criticism of her predecessor for an ill-advised joke which she described as ‘a throwback to the Benny Hill era’.

Former Scottish MP Michelle Thomson will NOT be prosecuted over alleged mortgage fraud because of a 'lack of evidence'

01/08/17 18:33

Former SNP MP, who always denied any wrongdoing, said she has been ' completely exonerated' after the Crown Office in Scotland said it was dropping proceedings against her.

EXC: MPs' spending on 'fact-finding' missions to destinations including San Francisco, Seoul and Mexico rockets by nearly a THIRD to £700,000

26/07/17 08:00

Dozens of 'fact-finding' missions were carried out by Commons committees as they probed issues from chemical regulations to how petitions are presented to the German parliament.

An SNP MP is slammed for 'unparliamentary' behaviour after she wears a Scotland FOOTBALL shirt to the House of Commons

19/07/17 14:57

The SNP's Hannah Bardell flouted Parliament's usually strict dress code and proudly showed off her blue sports jersey.

Nicola Sturgeon is set to threaten to hold Brexit bill to ransom unless SNP get a seat at talks over leaving Europe

23/06/17 08:53

The SNP, led by Nicola Sturgeon (pictured today) is set to demand a seat at the Brexit talks in return for ensuring the Scottish Parliament does not disrupt Theresa May's plans.

Sturgeon could snub Ian Paisley's DUP by offering free abortions to Northern Irish women who face jail

18/06/17 16:04

If Nicola Sturgeon's administration goes ahead with the plan it would be a stern rebuke to the DUP, the Northern Irish party in talks with the Tories about propping up the Government.

Nicola Sturgeon denies reports she is SECRETLY plotting a second independence referendum despite the SNP's election humiliation

15/06/17 01:54

Sturgeon was reportedly looking at proposals to push ahead with another independence referendum, but rebrand it as a vote on the final Brexit deal to lure Scots into backing it.

Nicola Sturgeon's SNP ABANDONS fundraising push for second independence referendum after losing more than twenty MPs to unionists

13/06/17 22:13

Nicola Sturgeon's party set out to raise £1million in 100 days after the SNP leader launched her demand for a new poll in April. The donations webpage has now taken down 10 days early.

'Hard Brexit is dead in the water': Embattled Nicola Sturgeon calls for a 'pause' in talks so all parties can agree on a 'four nation' approach

12/06/17 23:20

The SNP leader, whose own position is under threat after losing 21 seats, is in London with her MPs today (pictured) and said Mrs May's hard Brexit is 'dead in the water'.

The blue triumph and humbling of the SNP: CHRIS DEERIN says Sturgeon must up her game or be out on her ear as Davidson's triumph means 'Tory' is no longer a dirty word in Scotland

10/06/17 11:53

Where Theresa May fell short, the seemingly unstoppable Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, delivered in spades.

What the hung parliament election result means for your money? The policies up for grabs as political parties jostle for power

09/06/17 17:29

Policies that seemed likely to be brought in by an expected Tory win with a larger majority will now be on ice, while other parties' plans could now push themselves to the fore.

Is this the end for Nicola Sturgeon? SNP leader could be AXED following staggering losses to Tories led by Ruth Davidson as she admits calls for Indyref2 cost her seats

09/06/17 14:32

The First Minister's party lost a staggering 21 seats north of the border - down to 35 from 56 in 2015 - after Ruth Davidson's pro-Union Tories made huge gains.

Alex Salmond is kicked out of Parliament as he LOSES his seat to the Tories in another shock Scottish result

09/06/17 08:16

The former SNP leader joined more than a dozen of his SNP colleagues on the sacked list this morning in a grim night for the nationalists.

Police guard polling stations across Britain as millions cast their votes to reveal who they trust most to keep Britain safe

08/06/17 17:12

Some voters reported queues of people ready to vote this morning as Theresa May issued an eve-of-poll rallying call last night to ‘reignite the British spirit’.

Nicola Sturgeon claims Kezia Dugdale secretly told her she would BACK a second Scottish independence referendum after Brexit

07/06/17 12:45

Nicola Sturgeon made the shock claim - which was furiously denied by Dugdale - during a leaders debate last night.

How could the General Election affect your finances? We round-up what the main parties would do to your income, pension, savings and household bills

07/06/17 09:45

The outcome of Thursday’s General Election could affect aspects of our finances, from what we keep from our pay cheques to what we pay for rent. We round-up the parties' policies.

Scotland WILL be independent by 2025, vows Nicola Sturgeon amid fears she could hold balance of power after election

06/06/17 00:32

Scotland's First Minister also repeated her vow to try to hold a second independence referendum within the new two years.

Now ANOTHER poll reveals a plunging Tory lead as a new survey shows that May has lost 10% to Corbyn in a fortnight and could now LOSE seats

03/06/17 15:20

The dramatic surge for Labour mirrors the results of other polling companies as a race which started with historic Tory leads appears set to go down to the wire.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Don't let Labour and SNP wreck Britain

03/06/17 13:34

This was the day Nicola Sturgeon let the cat out of the bag. After weeks of hinting and batting her eyelids, the Scottish nationalist leader finally admitted that her party would prop up a Corbyn.

3 shares DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Don't let Labour and SNP wreck Britain

'A letter to Santa Claus': Voters blast Corbyn over his 'fantasy' manifesto and raise fears he would be in hock to Nicola Sturgeon during Brexit

03/06/17 03:16

Jeremy Corbyn was left red-faced when a voter called his manifesto a 'letter to Santa Claus' during last night's Question Time. His spendthrift policies came under heavy scrutiny

Now you can dance to MY tune: Nicola Sturgeon vows to prop up Corbyn if he gets near No. 10 - but Tories warn any deal will spell the end of the Union

03/06/17 00:13

Ms Sturgeon, pictured in a music shop in Paisley, Scotland, said she would hold the Labour leader hostage by negotiating on a policy-by-policy basis instead of joining a government full time.

Now Corbyn REVEALS plot to force the SNP to choose between his left-wing manifesto or putting the Tories in power as polls hint he could be on the brink of No 10

01/06/17 20:25

The plot was revealed today by shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry (left today with Jeremy Corbyn) at a joint event to promote Labour's Brexit plans.

Fresh polls crunch fuels Tory nerves as Theresa May pleads with voters to have 'faith' in her despite backlash over skipping BBC election debate

01/06/17 19:09

The Prime Minister appealed for voters to have 'faith' in her as more polls showed Labour gaining ground with just a week to go until the vote.

How Sturgeon plans to impose 50p tax on the UK: SNP leader set to make demand key part of negotiations with Labour should Theresa May fail to get a majority

31/05/17 08:52

Nicola Sturgeon will use her stranglehold over Jeremy Corbyn in a ‘coalition of chaos’ to force up income tax across the whole of the UK, it was claimed as her party revealed its manifesto.

Nicola Sturgeon renews vow to tear up the union as she unveils plans to hike taxes to bankroll a £118billion spending splurge in SNP manifesto

30/05/17 14:06

Launching the SNP manifesto, the Scottish First Minister insisted there must be a fresh referendum on independence.

Feeling the heat, Nicola? Sturgeon resorts to ice cream on the election campaign trail as she struggles to stem Tory surge in Scotland

27/05/17 13:29

The SNP leader was pictured tucking into a cone in Granton, Edinburgh as politicians sweltered in the sunshine.

SCOTTISH NASTY PARTY ‘Foodbank’ nurse who exposed Nicola Sturgeon’s shocking record on NHS attacked by nationalist trolls after pictures of her drinking champagne on a New York trip emerge

22/05/17 19:55

Claire Austin said she was 'saddened but not surprised' by the online attacks after she confronted Scotland's First Minister.

Tories refuse to say WHEN they will bring net migration below 100,000 a year describing the manifesto pledge as an 'ambition'

19/05/17 21:42

A row has broken out the day after the Prime Minister unveiled the party's manifesto, including bold pitches for Labour's traditional voters.

PM delivers stinging slapdown to Sturgeon saying her 'obsession' with tearing up the UK will NOT be allowed to undermine Brexit talks

19/05/17 21:40

The Prime Minister ratcheted up her feud with the SNP leader as she appealed for Scottish voters to back her on June 8.

'The worst episode of Take Me Out ever': Viewers mock ITV's election debate WITHOUT May and Corbyn - as 'bland, second-rate' party leaders line up to threaten to derail Brexit

19/05/17 14:09

Viewers took to social media to make their views plain on the the two-hour ITV programme, which featured the leaders of the Lib Dems, SNP, Ukip, Green Party and Plaid Cymru.

Female councillor BOMBARDED by more than 10,000 emails asking her for sex and signing her up to 'dodgy' dating sites after her personal email is hijacked by sexist troll

18/05/17 19:22

Julie McKenzie said she has been inundated with messages from sites 'too dodgy to mention' after she accidentally used her personal email address on campaign leaflets.

Nicola Sturgeon accuses Labour of COPYING the SNP's polices and putting them into their leftie manifesto

17/05/17 00:20

Ms Sturgeon claimed Labour's manifesto directly lifts policies the SNP is already delivering' including free university tuition and ending hospital parking charges.

Nicola Sturgeon stands by leading SNP candidate Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh despite a misconduct probe into allegations about her legal career

12/05/17 16:22

Nicola Sturgeon (pictured) is under pressure to drop Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh as a candidate over the allegations, which pre-date her political career.

SNP's Angus Robertson breaks promise to donate thousands in profit from the sale of his London flat to charity

07/05/17 18:36

Angus Robertson, who is facing a tough battle to cling on to his seat of Moray in the General Election, is facing fresh calls to donate the money.

Voters go to the polls in local elections set to devastate Labour with losses to the Tories in England the SNP in Scotland

04/05/17 17:26

Nicola Sturgeon was pictured voting in Glasgow today as voters in many parts of Britain went to the polls in local elections forecast to lead to devastating defeats for Labour.

Nicola Sturgeon plays down predictions that her Westminster deputy will have an 'Ed Balls moment' and be ousted in the snap election

02/05/17 21:06

Angus Robertson is on course to lose his Highlands constituency of Moray to the Tory surge, according to a YouGov poll released late last week.

Nicola Sturgeon takes aim at Theresa May as she claims the SNP are needed to stop the Tories getting a 'free ride' in Westminster

01/05/17 21:44

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon (pictured with Alex Salmond) lashed Theresa May over her tax plans today as she insisted the Tories would not look after working people.

The kiss of death for the SNP? Theresa May joins forces with Ruth Davidson as they call on Scots to help BLOCK Sturgeon's referendum plot in an audacious bid to end the Tories 30-year rout north of the border

30/04/17 03:04

In her first campaign visit north of the border since calling the snap poll, Mrs May told activists every vote for her would help block a second independence referendum.

'Rattled' Nicola Sturgeon avoids referendum talk as she claims the SNP want to ensure a 'real and effective opposition' in Westminster

29/04/17 20:52

A contrary Nicola Sturgeon today insisted the general election is about opposing the Tories in Westminster - just three days after drumming up support for a second referendum.

Nicola Sturgeon's deputy in Westminster is set to lose his seat to the Tories in a major blow to the SNP, according to a new poll

28/04/17 13:08

Angus Robertson is on course to lose his Highlands constituency of Moray in the vote on June 8, according to the YouGov poll for The Times Scotland.

Alex Salmond DEFIES his leader Nicola Sturgeon to insist the General Election is about Scottish independence

27/04/17 18:01

Alex Salmond set himself on a collision course with his leader by insisting that for Scottish voters the looming election is about the 'right of the Scottish parliament' to hold a second referendum.

NOW who's running scared? Corbyn berates PM for refusing to take part in TV debates - but then says he won't go up against Lib Dem or SNP leaders

27/04/17 00:10

The Labour leader has been accused of 'running scared' after aides made clear he will not agree to pre-election showdowns that do not include the Prime Minister.

On your bike, Theresa! Sturgeon launches fresh war of words with May by warning that the Tories will betray pensioners

26/04/17 13:14

Scotland’s First Minister tore into her rivals as she hit the campaign trail in Stirling for speeding up the timetable for raising the pension age for women.

General election forces Sturgeon to POSTPONE her bid to force a new independence referendum as a poll finds support for independence has slumped to just 40%

25/04/17 22:01

The SNP leader had vowed to outline the 'next steps' to force a re-run of the 2014 poll when Theresa May rejected official pleas to call one.

Sturgeon stokes feud with May as she urges Scots to give her a mandate to curb Brexit and force a new independence vote

24/04/17 18:35

The SNP leader lashed out at Tory attempts to 'buy' the election and accused the PM of calling the poll in a bid to defuse the row over campaign spending in 2015.

Labour IS plotting a 'coalition of chaos' and wants an 'informal' deal with the SNP and Lib Dems that could put Corbyn in No 10 without a full coalition

22/04/17 01:53

Jeremy Corbyn's campaign believes it is possible to take 40 Conservative marginals. The claim will fuel Tory warnings that a vote for Labour is a vote for a 'coalition of chaos'.

Nicola Sturgeon accuses Theresa May of wanting to 'crush dissent' as she warns Scots must choose between Brexit-obsessed Tories and the SNP

21/04/17 17:10

The SNP leader said admitted it was likely Mrs May would be returned to No 10 on June 8 but said voters must constrain her chance to 'steamroller' opposition.

Nicola Sturgeon is embroiled in a 'cover up' row over secret talks with Morgan Stanley and Blackrock during Wall Street visit on her US trip

21/04/17 13:45

The SNP leader held secret talks with representatives of BlackRock and Morgan Stanley while on her week-long taxpayer-funded tour.

Dirty deals in the air: Sturgeon's anti-Tory plot grows as Greens urge Labour and the Lib Dems to consider agreements on tactical voting

21/04/17 08:53

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has already been accused of plotting to install the Labour leader as prime minister in exchange for getting a second referendum on Scottish independence.

I'm the only one who can stop Theresa! Nicola Sturgeon claims the SNP can block the Tories as she brands Corbyn's solo bid for power 'pie in the sky'

20/04/17 15:02

The Scottish First Minister slammed Jeremy Corbyn's refusal to even consider forming a 'progressive alliance' in the Commons to block Theresa May from No 10.

Nicola renews her vow to break up UK: Sturgeon will use election to boost bid for second referendum

19/04/17 08:46

Scotland’s First Minister said she will she will take her demand for a second independence referendum on the campaign trail ahead of the snap poll on June 8.

Believe it or not, the Tories could grab Scottish seats: CHRIS DEERIN explains how the election will answer the two questions on which the survival of the Union depends

19/04/17 08:36

This will be the Brexit general election – everywhere apart from Scotland, that is. North of the border, the campaign will largely be fought over a second referendum on breaking up the UK.

SNP MP complains he has to TRANSLATE his House of Commons speeches because clerks can't understand his Scottish accent

03/04/17 10:38

SNP MP Alan Brown has revealed that ministers have so much trouble understanding his Ayrshire accent that he rarely receives answers to his questions when he speaks in the Commons.

Nicola’s Maggie moment: Relaxed photo of Scottish First Minister with her feet up looks remarkably similar to shot of Mrs Thatcher taken during the 1980s

31/03/17 07:44

The Scottish Government last night tweeted an image of the First Minister with her feet up on a couch in her official Edinburgh residence (shown), which looked identical to one of Thatcher from the 1980s.

Have you not got anything else to wear, Nicola? First Minister Sturgeon dons her favourite red suit twice in a week (and it's a very familiar outfit)

28/03/17 12:50

The First Minister's red dress and jacket combination is by Edinburgh-based designers Totty Rocks, who ensure that all of their clothes are designed and produced in Scotland.

Storm as Scots carry on as if nothing happened: Fury in Edinburgh Parliament as it takes an hour for business to be suspended after London terror attack

23/03/17 01:37

The Scottish Parliament came under fire for allowing a debate about independence to run for more than an hour after news of the Westminster attack filtered through to the chamber.

'At heart we are one country': Theresa May issues last ditch warning to the SNP ahead of Holyrood vote as she slams them for ignoring BOTH the EU and independence referendums

22/03/17 22:33

Holyrood is almost certain to endorse Ms Sturgeon's demand for a re-run of 2014's contest later today after a two-day debate. Mrs May has ruled out allowing a referendum before Brexit is finished.

'Scotland is sick to death of the SNP games': Sturgeon is condemned by Davidson for 'tinpot' independence push in Scottish Parliament debate

21/03/17 16:31

Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson condemned Nicola Sturgeon's attempt to 'bulldoze' Westminster into granting power for a re-run of the 2014 referendum.

New low for relations between May and Sturgeon as the SNP moan the PM did not tell her about the Article 50 plans in advance

20/03/17 16:17

SNP Brexit Minister Michael Russell immediately complained the Joint Ministerial Council - set up to link Westminster and the devolved governments - was not told first.

'Sturgeon's hair though? She's gone all Clare Balding': Scottish First Minister unveils new heavily made up look as she tells SNP conference 'there WILL be an independence conference'

18/03/17 23:34

Nicola Sturgeon pledged to continue her fight for Scotland's independence today. And it seems the politician is ready for anything - with a make-over to match.

Nicola Sturgeon will blink first in the stand-off with Theresa May over the timing of a new independence ballot: Scottish referendum could be put back until AFTER Brexit

18/03/17 14:46

The First Minister will concede that the independence ballot could be put back until after Brexit in an apparent climbdown just days after demanding a vote by spring 2019.

SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson warns 'scared' Theresa May the second referendum WILL happen whatever Westminster says

17/03/17 18:32

In an aggressive speech to SNP activists in Aberdeen, Mr Robertson accused the PM of 'arrogant bluster' and warned her: 'You are not going to get away with it'.

SNP chief refuses FOUR TIMES to rule out the party calling an unofficial referendum if May refuses to grant one

17/03/17 15:39

Deputy First Minister John Swinney (left) was repeatedly asked if the party would go ahead regardless in an effort to secure a positive vote.

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