Polling stations open as Scots elect new Holyrood Parliament Voters have until 10pm on Thursday to cast their ballot. Evening Standard · May 7
Scots go to the polls in Holyrood election Polling stations will open at 7am and close at 10pm. Evening Standard · May 7
Flynn urges Scots to ‘slam shut’ the door on Reform and Farage by backing SNP SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn made the appeal to voters ahead of Thursday’s Holyrood election. Evening Standard · May 5
Thursday’s elections could be ‘Starmageddon’ for PM, Stephen Flynn warns The SNP leader said results of elections in Scotland, England and Wales could go badly for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Evening Standard · May 4
Candidates vying to replace PM like ‘auditions for Labour Celebrity Traitors’ SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn hit out at the ‘squabbling’ and ‘political infighting’ in Sir Keir Starmer’s party. The Independent UK · May 3
UK facing constitutional shock in Scottish and Welsh elections – Stephen Flynn The SNP Westminster leader spoke out before Thursday’s elections to both Holyrood and the Senedd. Evening Standard · May 3
Stephen Flynn calls for emergency financial support as UK faces ‘cliff edge’ The SNP Westminster leader warned that without action from Westminster the UK could be facing ‘economic catastrophe’. Evening Standard · Apr 30
Anas Sarwar blasts SNP ‘stunt’ as PM faces Commons sleaze inquiry vote Mr Sarwar rejected calls from the SNP that he should order Scottish Labour MPs to support an inquiry into Sir Keir Starmer. Evening Standard · Apr 28
Anas Sarwar challenged to order MPs to back inquiry into PM MPs will vote on whether the Privileges Committee should carry out an inquiry into Sir Keir Starmer. Evening Standard · Apr 27
Holyrood election Scotland’s chance to vote ‘no confidence’ in Starmer – Flynn The SNP Westminster leader said Sir Keir Starmer’s position is ‘untenable’. Evening Standard · Apr 25
Starmer should resign for ‘shameful role’ in appointment of Mandelson – Flynn The SNP Westminster leader is calling on Scots to vote SNP at the Holyrood elections to ‘sack Keir Starmer’. The Independent UK · Apr 19
Starmer should ‘do the right thing’ and quit over Mandelson row, says Flynn News emerged on Thursday that the Foreign Office had overruled security experts to allow Peter Mandelson to be appointed US ambassador. Evening Standard · Apr 17
Use Iran ceasefire to offer cost-of-living support, Flynn tells Starmer The SNP’s Westminster leader was speaking hours after a deal was struck between the US and Iran. Evening Standard · Apr 8
Swinney orders SNP complaints process review after council leader’s conviction One of Jordan Linden’s victims has claimed the party failed to deal with complaints about his conduct. Evening Standard · Mar 27
Evening Standard · Mar 27 Lack of energy strategy in Scotland down to UK Government ‘incoherence’ – Flynn The Scottish Government failed to publish an energy strategy before the end of the parliamentary term this week.
Evening Standard · Mar 27 Flynn ‘worried’ about comments from victim of ‘predator’ former council boss Jordan Linden, the ex-leader of North Lanarkshire Council, was convicted of five sex assaults and five other offences on Thursday.
Evening Standard · Mar 27 Energy crisis will define Holyrood election, says Flynn He said voters face a choice of “a permanent cost-of-living crisis under Westminster or lower energy bills with independence’.
Evening Standard · Mar 14 SNP ‘within touching distance’ of winning Holyrood majority in May, Flynn says SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn made the claim as he addressed the party’s campaign conference in Edinburgh.
Evening Standard · Mar 5 Former rugby captain Stuart Hogg stripped of MBE after domestic abuse conviction Hogg had received the MBE in the 2024 New Year Honours list for services to rugby.
The Independent UK · Feb 15 Stephen Flynn says Starmer’s Labour has ‘downed tools’ amid crisis ‘The cost of chaos under the Labour Party is growing and getting worse’, says the SNP Westminster leader
Evening Standard · Feb 11 ‘Clearly not’: Lucy Powell asked if she would have ennobled Lord Doyle The peer, who has had the Labour whip removed, earlier apologised and said he believed Morton’s initial assertions of innocence.
Evening Standard · Feb 11 Starmer urged to appoint a woman as first secretary of state to tackle misogyny It comes as the Prime Minister was accused of ‘stuffing Government with hypocrites and paedophile apologists’.
Evening Standard · Feb 9 SNP Westminster leader Flynn calls for Starmer to ‘do right thing and resign’ The Prime Minister has faced increased pressure in recent days.
Evening Standard · Feb 4 Swinney orders investigation into Scottish Government dealings with Mandelson Peter Mandelson is being probed by police over allegations of misconduct in public office.
Evening Standard · Feb 4 Mandelson should not have been US ambassador, says Sarwar The Scottish Labour leader said the appointment was ‘clearly a mistake’.