John Swinney set to become next SNP leader and First Minister John Swinney looks set to become the next leader of the SNP when nominations close at noon on Monday. The Perthshire North MSP is expected to run unopposed in the race to replace Humza Yousaf. 05/5/2024 - 8:29 pm | View Link
Poll: SNP to lose 28 MPs as Labour takes lead The remainder of the chamber would be 38 for the SNP, 24 Conservatives, 10 Greens, nine Lib Dems and eight Reform parliamentarians. 05/5/2024 - 1:54 am | View Link
Support for independence remains strong as poll sees Labour take lead over SNP SUPPORT for independence remains stable despite Labour leading the SNP in a new poll. According to a poll for The Sunday Times by Norstat (formerly known as Panelbase), the SNP will retain 15 of its ... 05/4/2024 - 4:35 pm | View Link
Swinney looks set to be first minister as Forbes backs him Mr Swinney, the former deputy first minister and party leader, announced his intention to succeed Humza Yousaf and offered Ms Forbes a "significant" role in his government. Ms Forbes later confirmed ... 05/2/2024 - 2:30 am | View Link
Explainer: Scotland's leader Yousaf has resigned. What's next for SNP? Opinion polls show a fairly static picture in appetite for independence, with the YouGov poll finding 53% of voters would reject independence and 47% would support it. WHAT HAPPENS NOW? 04/29/2024 - 11:04 am | View Link
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who has come under fire in recent days for her admission to killing her misbehaving 14-month-old dog Cricket, has suggested that President Joe Biden’s dog Commander should meet the same fate.
In an interview on Sunday on Face the Nation, Noem, who is reportedly a contender to be former President Donald Trump’s running mate in 2024, was asked about a passage in her forthcoming memoir in which she wrote that one of her first priorities if she were at the White House would be to make sure that Commander, Biden’s bite-prone German shepherd, was nowhere on the grounds—and that Commander should “say hello to Cricket.”
“Are you doing this to try to look tough?” moderator Margaret Brennan asked Noem.
“Joe Biden’s dog has attacked 24 Secret Service people,” Noem explained.
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