Alex Salmond

Compared to Putin, even Tom Tugendhat prefers Johnson

Whispers about Russian gold breach Westminster’s united front

Will unionists or nationalists succeed in beating the Scottish system?

Will Salmond’s Alba Party split or maximise the pro-independence vote in May?

The Unionists’ hope of ousting Sturgeon has failed. Now what?

Nicola Sturgeon offers a PR masterclass in how to bury bad news

David Davis’s “whistleblower” has dropped a bomb. How long can Sturgeon run for cover?

Nicola Sturgeon’s defence is impregnable because it concedes so little usable information

The Alex Salmond inquiry has been hobbled by legal intervention – so why can the media publish what politicians cannot discuss?

Nicola Sturgeon can sacrifice others in order to protect herself