Politics and power

Revealed: The secret owners of elite Scots golf club

Top political donors, a Labour lord and Scottish football hero Ally McCoist have been among secret owners of a tax

Global ‘anti-woke’ petition campaigns on Glasgow statues and Stornoway’s Tesco closed on Sundays

A global, right-wing petition site, set up by an anti-LGBT Spanish lawyer, is campaigning in Scotland to “protect”

Are conspiracy groups trying to hijack farmers’ protests?

After major protests across the UK at the end of last year, anger from farmers at tax changes shows no

Claim list shows MPs who voted against deporting foreign rapists is False

There has been renewed controversy over the UK Government’s handling of grooming gangs in recent weeks. X owner Elon

How Scotland became a ‘culture war’ lightning rod

The so-called ‘culture war’ has impacted politics across the globe. Populist outsider candidates and traditional political parties are, more

NHS contraceptive pills funding Orban ‘propaganda’ as Hungary restricts abortion

Profits from contraceptive pills used by the NHS are funding an organisation with close ties to Hungary’s hard right

How an Orban backed populist think tank is stoking Scotland’s culture war

Viktor Orbán lost in the most recent elections. But how has he helped fund the academics and think tanks influencing Scotland's populist right?

Revealed: landowner backing for anti-national park campaign

Private landowners related to the former Conservative Scottish Secretary, Alister Jack, have been accused of covertly backing a campaign to

Baillie Gifford investment sparks AI weapons debate

A Scottish firm has given financial backing to an AI weapons start-up founded by a US tech billionaire who

Revealed: Labour donor’s hedge fund invests in private healthcare

A top Labour donor who has given the party millions under Keir Starmer’s leadership runs a hedge fund with

FFS explains: How well is Scotland doing on reducing climate emissions?

Scotland’s approach to tackling climate change has come under criticism in recent years. A key target to reduce greenhouse

Claim Scottish abortion law bans praying silently in your own home is False