“There’s been an assumption that Grant was a Scottish nationalist in some form,” said Mr Smyth, who examined Radio Caledonia scripts, recently released by the BBC, court evidence and ...

Scottish independence is dead ... Nationalism remained mired in 2014 even as the voters moved on. Independence is on its sickbed right now, and is unlikely to get back up any time soon.

Experts warned economic recovery from repeated covid lockdowns was weaker in Scotland than the rest of the UK.