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The National Podcast — 190 episodes

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Is the Scottish Labour leadership race now doomed? | Calls for a public inquiry after Jason Arday death

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I'm a young climate activist and I'm worried about Scotland's future. Here's why

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We react live to Nigel Farage's hollow win in the Clacton by-election

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Billy Kay: If Scots knew their history we'd be independent tomorrow

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BBC accused of MISLEADING Scots over GERS figures

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Will Zack Polanski calling out the BBC change the broadcaster's approach?

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Jeremy Corbyn: Labour tried to silence me on Scottish independence

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Reform fall to THIRD in Westminster poll

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SNP say Scottish Labour 'don't exist' | Could Nicola Sturgeon join the Greens?

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Why an independent Scotland NEEDS its own currency

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Who really controls Scotland's North Sea energy?

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Huge boost for push against data centres in Scotland

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Is the BBC dumbing down for today's audience?

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Why Andy Burnham's local devolution push threatens the SNP

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MISOGYNY claims rock Scottish Labour leadership race

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Glasgow's public transport is BROKEN - here's how we fix it

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Are the far right impersonating police officers in Glasgow?

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Is Andy Burnham more interested in TIKTOK than politics?

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MSP calls for BAN on anti-migrant groups terrorising Scotland

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Lara Bird on her accent, infuriating Unionists and winning independence

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What REALLY happened during far-right disorder in Glasgow

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Andy Burnham says indyref2 is off limits in first Scottish visit

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Anas Sarwar lands job under Burnham despite Scottish Labour failure

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Glasgow refugee challenges Thomas Kerr's LIES around immigration

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Media Watch: This proves that the BBC are desperate for your money

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We react to Andy Burnham's new Cabinet

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Scotland is burning and the new UK Prime Minister might make it worse?

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Nicola Sturgeon slams David Davis after Commons 'lying' claim

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Is SNP bonds plan putting Scottish independence at RISK?

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How the media LIED about the cost of living crisis ... and why Scotland isn't buying it

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How Reform 'accidentally' tried to ban Scots and Gaelic

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Reform's hypocrisy on Glasgow anti-migrant disorder

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Can we use comedy to beat the far-right? With Jacob Hawley

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Scotland set to BAN AI data centres

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Nigel Farage RESIGNS - Our reaction

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Andy Burnham RULES OUT a Scottish independence referendum

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'Why do Reform set the news agenda?': Is Scotland's political coverage BROKEN?

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Why are the SNP on board with spending BILLIONS on defence?

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Why are fascist-style demonstrations on the rise in Scotland?

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This Scottish festival is moving to England. Is it a huge blow, or an opportunity?

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John Curtice tells us what Andy Burnham means for Scotland

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I'm a Palestinian living in Israel - this is my reality

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Q Manivannan on what becoming an MSP has REALLY been like

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What Andy Burnham's big speech meant for Scotland

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Reform UK are treating Holyrood like a joke. Here's how

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Andy Burnham in plot to TEAR UP funding for Scotland

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Keir Starmer goes ... what next for Scotland?

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Stuart Cosgrove on the future of the BBC and the Tartan Army in USA

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Will the SNP win this week's two by elections?

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Why the Tartan Army are Scotland's best ambassadors - with Stephen Gethins

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We react to Scotland's HISTORIC World Cup win

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Inside the French government report on Israeli firm meddling in Scottish elections

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An English independence movement? Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp says it's coming soon

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Racism on the streets of Glasgow and the dismal police response

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How Glasgow is fighting racism and right-wing hate

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Iris Duane on how the Scottish Greens are taking on Unionists in Holyrood

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Why did Police Scotland spy on Donald Trump protesters?

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Why the new EHRC guidance on single-sex spaces is unworkable

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New Labour bid to strip Scotland of powers to punish SNP

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Hasan Piker: Why I was really banned from the UK

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Mhairi Black: Why I had to escape the SNP

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Anger in the streets as Nigel Farage stokes hatred

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Why the Celtic Alliance could change everything ... with Deputy Welsh First Minister Sioned Williams

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Michelle O'Neill on the future of the Union

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Court reveals how Peter Murrell stole £400,000 from SNP

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Labour BAN left-wing speakers from entering UK over Israel

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Nicola Sturgeon says this has been the WORST week of her life

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John Swinney on his next steps for independence ... and his thoughts on Peter Murrell

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Downing Street rejects call for indyref2 powers after Holyrood vote

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Breaking: MSPs vote to DEMAND second referendum vote

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Former SNP chief Peter Murrell pleads guilty to embezzlement charges

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Ally Heather on how the Scots language is helping lead cultural change

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Plaid Cymru's Kiera Marshall on how the Celtic Alliance can demand referendum powers

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John Swinney announces date for Holyrood Scottish independence vote

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Labour laughed at SNP supermarket price cap … why are they now stealing the idea?

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How First Past The Post has caused extreme inequality in UK

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Latest Labour feuds revealed as election fallout continues

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Greens MSP Holly Bruce in first interview after historic election win

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Sinn Fein MP John Finucane on the Celtic Alliance's 'huge opportunity' to escape the Union

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What Andy Burnham’s Westminster return could mean Scotland

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Our thoughts as Westminster meltdown meets the King’s Speech

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How Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are forming a Celtic Alliance

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Election results round-up: Historic Green constituency wins and Reform underperform

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Scottish election results LIVE: Major SNP result in Shetland, good news for Greens

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Scottish polls are CLOSED: LIVE reaction

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Aamer Anwar on the rise of the far right and fighting for justice

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Can the SNP secure a majority? | John Curtice's Scottish Election Verdict

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NEW POLL: Labour's Jackie Baillie could lose seat she's held for almost 30 years

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Labour humiliated after childish whisky tariff attack on Swinney

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George Monbiot’s chilling warning for Scotland

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Could a 'wellbeing economy' unlock Scottish independence?

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Could Malcolm Offord be any more out of touch?

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Leader's Interview: John Swinney on independence, Palestine and AI

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SNP want indyref2 vote on DAY 1 after election

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Leaders' Interview: Ross Greer and Gillian Mackay of the Scottish Greens

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Zack Polanski joins us to talk Scottish independence, trans rights and fighting right-wing media

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Inside the Mandelson vetting disaster: How Keir Starmer’s No 10 lost control

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Scottish election manifesto special: What are the parties promising?

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'It's communism!': How the SNP manifesto triggered the Scottish media

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Elaine C Smith on how to convince Scottish voters of independence ... and why comedy matters

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Why Your Party failed in Scotland – with Niall Christie

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Is there really a grubby Reform/Labour pact?

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Alan Cumming on why Scotland MUST be independent

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Anas Sarwar launches bus with his face on it despite plummeting approval ratings

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The SSP's Colin Fox shares his vision for a radical Scottish Parliament

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Peter Oborne on exactly what the media has got wrong on Palestine

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Why working class voters are falling for Reform – with Susie McCabe

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Our Scottish election hustings LIVE

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SNP set for massive majority in our huge MRP poll

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Furious Reform UK pull out of our debate

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How a 'fake green party' is tricking Scottish voters

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Why is Starmer STILL silent on Israel's new death penalty law?

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Leader's Interview 1: Alex Cole-Hamilton

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Stephen Flynn on energy, the World Cup and the 'secret independence plan'

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THOUSANDS march for independence – is the tide turning?

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Reform in shambles in Scotland as FIFTH candidate lost

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Why we HAD to publish Malcolm Offord's sick homophobic joke

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John Curtice's full breakdown of this Scottish election

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Hasan Piker on how the US is crushing Cuba

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Laura Kuenssberg's 'dumbest question ever'

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Inside Reform UK's Scotland conference and the fallout 24 hours later

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Did the UK hold Scotland back on assisted dying?

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What the media won't tell you about Iran ... with Aaron Bastani

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The key findings in the Gaza Tribunal

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Labour's secret memo reveals what they REALLY think about Scotland

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Douglas Alexander slated after Glasgow fire error

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175 years of Scottish history destroyed in Glasgow fire

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Should the UK be involved in Middle East war? Public opinion seems clear

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Reform UK's election chances in Scotland dealt a HUGE blow in new poll

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Does even Donald Trump know where he wants his war on Iran to end up?

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Will Scotland get dragged into Donald Trump's war?

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We react to the massive Green by-election win

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How Scotland can take back control of its own energy

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Breakthrough poll finds SNP set for MAJORITY – analysis

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How Nigel Farage threatens Scotland's energy potential

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Meet the 22-year-old twins smashing the Glasgow Film Festival

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Inside Donald Trump’s ‘Gaza Board of Peace’

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Meeting Scottish Labour's most rebellious MP

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Andrew ARRESTED! What you need to know and what happens now?

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New poll puts SNP in touching distance of a majority – analysis

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We exposed Keir Starmer's allies SPYING on journalists – but nobody did anything

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Palestine Action verdict + debunking 6 Nigel Farage claims

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How Labour have lost control of the Doyle scandal

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How Anas Sarwar's gamble backfired horribly

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Why we published Mandelson's secret notice

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Do Reform get special treatment from the BBC?

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Is the House of Lords beyond reform? With Patrick Harvie

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Keir Starmer's PMQs bombshell means he MUST resign

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5 unbelievable findings from the Epstein Files ... so far

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This new poll is a disaster for Scottish Labour

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Did Donald Trump's US just abduct two people from Scotland?

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Alex Pretti was executed, and the media doesn't know what to do

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Everyone's angry about this AI Glasgow mural

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AI risk to Scottish election + Michael Shanks attacks The National

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Humza Yousaf on rebuilding Gaza + rising UK Islamophobia

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Why did Keir Starmer hide from Scotland's media?

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The Scottish Budget: Everything you need to know

158

How Labour are ripping off Scotland ... again

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Chaos and violence in America – and the UK is next

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What's Donald Trump really up to in Venezuela?

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The National's best moments in 2025

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Why Fifa World Cup ticket prices are a slap in the face for Scotland fans

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Palestine hunger strikers, new Unison chief + Plaid lead in polls

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BBC breaks silence on Question Time error

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How did the BBC make such a basic mistake on Question Time?

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Labour's asylum policy is another step in the wrong direction

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Independence ahead in the polls + what the media missed on Sandie Peggie ruling

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How long's left for Keir Starmer? A leading pollster weighs in

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Reform's claims about neurodivergent kids are dangerous

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Independence 'can lower energy bills' + new Scottish Reform defection

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What I've learned as a socialist campaigner in Scotland

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A timeline of Israel's ceasefire violations + Starmer and Farage in Scotland

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Former asylum seeker in Glasgow takes on Nigel Farage

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Polling expert John Curtice on why UK politics is more unpredictable than ever

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Your Party conference + Hampden name change anger

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Rachel Reeves rules out indyref + Labour's workers' rights U-turn

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The UK Budget explained with Professor Richard Murphy

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Nuclear pollution 'cover-up' + Scotland's most offensive light show

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"I'm a Scottish Jew. This is the truth about Palestine 'antisemitism'"

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Covid Inquiry report fall-out + Rachel Reeves's 'respect' demand

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Scotland's World Cup heroics – the aftermath

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Labour's asylum seeker crackdown + Starmer snubs Swinney

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Interview with Jeremy Corbyn – Independence, Your Party and 'insecure' Keir Starmer

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How the BBC censors comedy with Christopher Macarthur-Boyd

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The BBC in crisis ... who's to blame?

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Elon Musk under fire after Grok SNP claim + Rockstar staff go on strike

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Interview: Richard Murphy on Rachel Reeves tax 'stupidity'

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UK trade with Israel up during genocide, immigration polling + BBC Scotland drama

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Andrew loses princehood, Greens in second place + free public transport for Glasgow

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Israel breaches ceasefire, 'Sewage Steve' + private jet taxes