Stephen Flynn: “Hi @ScotExpress. I’m sadly going to miss the Awards because I’m currently in the Western Isles doing my job. Hope…”

The SNP, as far as I'm concerned, is the pressure group for independence.

There is no shortcut. There is no political wheeze that can change the task ahead of us.

The public know that those with a real interest in Scotland’s future take the high road in the opposite direction.

It can’t have been an easy summer for the Secretary of State for Scotland losing his title as the most unpopular politician in Scottish Labour.