Stephen Gethins: “In democracy, I’m a great fan of setting the rules out before the election, not after the election.”

The easiest way to do this is for Scotland to be an independent member state of the EU and that’s still my ambition.

The British government would be continuing in an act of colossal self-harm not to reach some kind of agreement with Scotland and the EU.

New nuclear would be incredibly expensive and the levy placed on energy bills to pay for nuclear reactors will cost Scottish electricity bill payers £300 million over the next decade.

On this Ukrainian Independence Day, Scotland reaffirms its solidarity with the people of Ukraine.