Recent polling shows the party well ahead of both the UUP and the TUV, meaning the current deadlock would simply be reproduced.
For years, the ravages of the Scottish Government’s failures have not shown up in the Nationalists’ polling. But the spell has broken.
The last thing Anas Sarwar wants as he fights to win back central Scotland is fresh fuel for the Nationalists’ claim his party are red Tories.
What party leader doesn’t know it needed a £100,000 loan – and what spouse doesn’t know their partner made one?
Yousaf’s critics already did not lack for boldness, and they will now be empowered to mount further assaults on Sturgeon’s allies and legacy.
It represents the biggest opportunity for the Conservatives to show we can build a stronger, greener, and more prosperous Scotland.
Kate Forbes ran him very close in the second round, taking 48 per cent of the vote.
ConservativeHome’s deputy editor speaks to Michael Portillo about whether or not the events of the past week have made the Union stronger.
Lies from party HQ about membership numbers have sparked in some quarters fears of ballot rigging.
It’s remarkable the Nationalist hierarchy thought it could get away with not saying how many eligible voters there were in the leadership contest.
He describes the authoritarian and grossly under-reported way in which our future MPs, and ministers, are being chosen.
The end of the iron discipline which made any criticism of the leadership unthinkable has exposed the deep divisions within the party and kicked off its vicious civil war.
Can a new leader persuade Nationalist activists to keep waiting, and waiting? Or will they be bounced into a kamikaze bid for separation?
For whatever reason, he may be morphing into the politician I hoped he would become – the moderate man whose patience is exhausted.
Labour’s other problem is that on every issue bar independence, there isn’t room to put a cigarette paper between their approach and the SNP’s