HISTORICAL FACTS: 18 | History Defined

Tories 'put Unionism before the NHS' with attack on Budget tax rises

SCOTLAND’S struggling health services cannot improve without tax increases for higher earners, the Health Secretary has said, as he claimed…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 16, 2022

Nicola Sturgeon says Tories 'lack basic humanity' after tragedy of deaths in Channel

THE Tories have been accused of lacking compassion, imagination, or even “basic humanity” after attempting to ignore international courts and…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 14, 2022

Scottish Government urge Tories to settle dispute with RMT ahead of strike action

SCOTTISH ministers have called on the Tories to act immediately to bring an end to the dispute with RMT members at Network Rail before strike…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 12, 2022

Tories boast they'll let Brits make the CURTAINS - for £1.6bn Spanish-built warships

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that while the lead Spanish firm would make the back end of the vessels, UK staff would be allowed to manufacture the curtains

Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022

Russian-born banker Lubov Chernukhin hands another £52,000 to Tories

Lubov Chernukhin, the UK's biggest female political donor ever, is married to a former Putin ally - and a frequent guest at Tory fundraising dinners where she has bought privileged access to successive Prime Ministers

Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022

Tory donations drop 40% in three months as Labour overtakes Sunak’s party

Sir Keir Starmer’s party sees quarterly donations rise 25% to £4.7m

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

The Tories’ bungled Brexit has cost us billions. It’s time to make that clear

Letters: Neil Kinnock says pointing out the harm done by Brexit is public service information, not ‘remoaning’. Plus letters from John Bailey, Pauline Caldwell and Nicolas Baby

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022

Labour wins Chester by-election (but about that swing...)

The Labour Party has won the City of Chester by-election with 61.2% of the vote to the Conservatives’ 22.4%. That is a big victory and represents the Tories’ lowest share of the vote in the constituency since 1832. For context, this is a seat David Cameron’s party won in 2010.

Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2022

Tories accuse Nicola Sturgeon of ministerial code breach over ferry meeting

The Tories claim the First Minister breached the code by failing to properly record a meeting with Jim McColl, then Ferguson Marine boss

The National (Scotland) · Dec 2, 2022

Boris Johnson confirms he WILL run again at the next general election

The ousted Prime Minister could cause trouble for his Tory successor Rishi Sunak from the backbenches after he hinted he could 'rise again' earlier this week

Daily Mirror · Dec 1, 2022