First Minister Nicola Sturgeon “appalled” by Catalan trial verdict, as SNP conference gives overwhelming support to emergency resolution of solidarity

SNP Autumn conference opens with division as delegates turn down a debate on alternative routes to independence

The mass movement for sovereignty in Ecuador speaks to key problems facing democracy in the modern world

TWENTY years after protestors in London and Seattle took to the streets in opposition to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and World Trade Organisation (WTO) these institutions are once again attempting to overthrow democratic rule.

Concerns grow in Scotland and the EU over plans by Shell to abandon some North Sea oil infrastructure rather than dismantling it

SNP MP Alison Thewliss condemns Chancellor Sajid Javid’s pledge on the minimum wage as “nothing more than smoke and mirrors”

“It is possible that more cases will come to light,” Truss said after admitting two further export licences were granted for shipments that could be used in the Yemen war

Corbyn: “We will redesign the system to serve public health - not private wealth”

Following reports of students waiting weeks for mental health services, NUS Scotland has called upon the Scottish Government to fulfil its promise of 80 new professional counsellors

The Republic of Ireland’s Referendums Commission has been useful and trusted in distributing “objective” information to voters, Dr Theresa Reidy told Holyrood’s finance and constitution committee

Threats to ban political expression on Ireland are out of kilter with the new realities of Brexit Britain, David Jamieson finds

CLASHES between police and loyalist groups in Govan (Friday 30 August) were the result of attempts to block a pre-planned and sanctioned march for a united Ireland by Republican groups.