Alexander Stewart

It is safe to say that 2024 has been a year which has forced political parties to look themselves in the mirror and reflect on their future.

THE Scottish Parliament has returned from recess this week, but it certainly hasn't been the quietest of summers for Scottish Conservative MSPs.

IT MAY be over a month since July's election, but politicians across Scotland are still waiting for the dust to settle after the seismic shift that we saw in Scotland's political narrative.

Before last week’s general election, many people were anticipating a changed political picture across Scotland, however in the end, we didn’t just see change – we saw a complete seismic shift.

DESPITE the surprise announcement of next month's general election, it seems the SNP Government can't make it more than a few days without another headline emerging about their record in government.

It was only last month that I wrote in these pages about the first anniversary of Humza Yousaf’s time as First Minister. It seems that in politics, a month can be a very long time indeed.

Last month marked the first anniversary of Humza Yousaf becoming Scotland’s First Minister, but it's hardly something the Scottish public would want to celebrate, says Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alexander Stewart.

In recent years, local services in communities across Scotland have been placed at risk like never before. Unfortunately, this is just as true in Clackmannanshire as it has been anywhere else.

As the Scottish Parliament returns this week, the controversy surrounding the SNP’s latest Scottish budget continues to gather pace.

After nearly 17 years of SNP Government, Scotland’s NHS is in dire straits. Health secretary after health secretary has come and gone – including both of Scotland’s most recent First Ministers – and each has left our NHS is a worse state than they found it.