Hamish Morrison

5 days ago | thenational.scot | Hamish Morrison

Eva Kestner interviewed by The National outside Lewisham Town Hall, London (Image: NQ) TO Lewisham Town Hall, south London, there – somewhat improbably – to try and bump into Scottish Labour’s candidate for Caithness at next year’s Holyrood election. Some context: Labour have been taking pelters for selecting Eva Kestner, a councillor in London, as their candidate for the Highland seat.

5 days ago | thenational.scot | Hamish Morrison

File photograph of a man attaching an SNP rosette to his suit jacket (Image: Mark Runnacles) AN SNP chief has suggested that members speculating about a candidate who was denied a Holyrood run because of a “kangaroo court ruling” should quit the party. Toni Giugliano’s departure from the Falkirk West selection contest was triggered at the 11th hour after he was accused of misconduct, believed to be an accusation of bullying.

5 days ago | thenational.scot | Hamish Morrison

Members of the public take part in Pride Glasgow festival in 2022 (Image: JEFF J MITCHELL) A ROW has broken out among the LGBT+ community over the official Pride event in Glasgow. Campaigners with the group No Pride in Genocide have written an open letter it said had been signed by 230 people including local businesses and organisations, accusing Glasgow's Pride of working with companies “complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians”.

5 days ago | thenational.scot | Hamish Morrison

Chancellor Rachel Reeves fills a bottle with whisky during a visit to the Glenkinchie Whisky Distillery in Tranent, East Lothian (Image: Andrew Milligan) DISTILLERIES are holding out hope for US tariffs on whisky to be eliminated after Britain and America agreed a trade deal. Donald Trump and Keir Starmer have announced a US-UK agreement which eliminates tariffs on a few products while continuing 10% rates on many UK exports to the States.

5 days ago | thenational.scot | Hamish Morrison

File photograph of a general view of the outside of the Scottish Parliament (Image: Jeff J Mitchell) TRANS women will be barred from using female toilets in the Scottish Parliament, it has been announced. Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone said that from Monday, access to the parliament’s facilities would be based on biological sex, not gender identity after the Supreme Court judgment on the definition of a woman.