Holyrood articles
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Did devolution deliver to the max? 25 years after first Holyrood election, the experts have their say
THE first elections to the Scottish Parliament were held exactly a quarter of a century ago today, on May 6, 1999. The 25 years that have followed have seen Holyrood become part and parcel of publi
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Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf to lose Holyrood seats amid Glasgow wipeout for SNP
Angus Robertson, Neil Gray and Mairi McAllan would also be relying on the regional list to hold on to their job if analysis of new polling is correct
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John Swinney will need to call on SNP goodwill and opposition respect over Holyrood policy plans
All eyes are on John Swinney as he settles into his new role as First Minister and sets out his plans. Mr Swinney has repeatedly said that, after leaving government along with Nicola Sturgeon last year, he was not expecting to find himself in the top job. But after Humza Yousaf's resignation he quickly emerged as the obvious choice. He hasn't had much time to recover from the whirlwind which swept him from the backbenches to Bute House in just nine days. But he has had to get down to...