Swinney takes the bull by the horns
John Swinney announced his Programme for Government yesterday in Holyrood on...
Tories put SNP's gas at a peep
While the Makerfield by-election result will be the one grabbing most of the...
Swinney’s Continuity Cabinet
Yesterday John Swinney was sworn in as First Minister at the Court of Session...
SNP wins historic fifth term as Starmer's future hangs in balance
Analysis from True North's Head of Policy Development and Research, Dr Eilidh...
Analysis: The Scottish Budget 2026
This was very much a pre-election budget, characterised by canny political...
Budget blunders will soon give way to political pantomime
Managing bad news is a core, if under-rated, political art, but the run-up to...
Success (or failure?) on an industrial scale
True North’s Senior Advisors Eilidh Whiteford and Allister Thomas share their...
True North at Westminster
True North's advisors, Dr Eilidh Whiteford and Andrew Liddle, share what they...