JENNY HJUL: The SNP have been left looking irrelevant
In all the political drama of the past 48 hours, in Strasbourg and in London, the sideshow of the SNP’s Westminster rump has not merited much attention.
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JENNY HJUL: Scotland’s state schools should aspire to the selling points of private ones
Michael Gove said he wants state schools to become so good that educating a child privately will become an “eccentric” choice.
Jenny Hjul: Is Labour Party split a prelude to a realignment in British politics – or a flash in the pan?
The breakaway faction of the Labour Party could be the prelude to a realignment in British politics, or it could be a flash in the pan.
JENNY HJUL: Handle Jeremy Corbyn with care
Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t emerge well from the book about him by Tom Bower, but this author’s previous subjects – or should that be targets – have, arguably, fared worse.
JENNY HJUL: Progress Scotland…What will Angus Robertson do if he discovers majority of Scots don’t want independence?
When Angus Robertson lost his Moray seat in the 2017 general election, he joined a queue of big SNP beasts heading out of frontline politics.
JENNY HJUL: May’s talks with Sturgeon an exercise in futility – she must realise the nationalists are a lost cause
Nicola Sturgeon is in London again today, this time not just for the photo opportunities – although she is certain to grab those, too – but to discuss Brexit with the Prime Minister.
JENNY HJUL: The SNP is tearing itself apart
Wherever your sympathies lie in the Nicola Sturgeon versus Alex Salmond saga, with her, with him or with neither, there is no escaping the fact that the scandal engulfing the SNP has rocked their independence cause.
JENNY HJUL: Nicola Sturgeon is firing the starting gun for Indyref2 – whether or not we want one
If anyone was in any doubt about Nicola Sturgeon’s true intentions regarding her Brexit strategy, all was revealed on Monday morning during a deeply troubling radio interview.
JENNY HJUL: The biggest loser of 2018? Jeremy Corbyn
There may be a few days left of 2018, but I think it’s safe to say the big triumph this year is that we’ve got through it without an election.
JENNY HJUL: Another day of indulgence in Westminster
The latest act of self-indulgence by what will go down in history as the most self-indulgent of all parliaments came on Monday evening, when Jeremy Corbyn decided, after much dithering, to call a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister.