Scottish greens articles
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Scottish leader scraps coalition deal with Greens
The leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party on Thursday ended a coalition deal with the Greens, leaving him facing fresh pressure as the head of a minority government in Edinburgh. The announcement by First Minister Humza Yousaf came a week after the devolved government abandoned an ambitious climate pledge,
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Why won’t the Scottish Greens accept the Cass report?
There are many words to describe Patrick Harvie but ‘clinician’ certainly isn’t one of them. Yet his trademark arrogance was…What to read next: Could this be the Scottish Greens’ tuition fees moment? | Scottish government spent £400,000 on promoting new hate crime law | Scotland’s surprising new free speech champion | Watch: Sturgeon reacts after husband charged in police probe
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Turmoil inside SNP and Greens leaves shape and leadership of Scottish Government uncertain
The news that Peter Murrell, former SNP chief executive and husband of Nicola Sturgeon, had been charged with embezzlement as a result of the long-running police probe into party finances, sent shockwaves through the Nationalist ranks. And it came on the same day as Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan announced that, after boasting for years about Scotland having the most ambitious climate targets in the world, the government was now scrapping its target of achieving a 75 per cent reduction in...