It is the statistical narrative that delineates a wasteland, a dystopian landscape from which hope has departed and where decline is accelerating year on year. It is the factual account of the tragic state of Scotland, exposed by a toll in drugs-related deaths far above any other European country.
Swinney looks set to split with Sturgeon’s identity politics
Nicola Sturgeon’s former deputy may be ideologically closer to Kate Forbes than he has let on in the past.