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Simon Johnson

Scottish Political Editor
  • ‘Weak’ Humza Yousaf’s first year beset by scandal, opposition say on anniversary

    Scottish Tory minister Douglas Ross said the SNP leader had ignored Scotland’s priorities, at the cost of ‘fixation with breaking up the UK’

    Simon Johnson 27 Mar 2024, 12:01am
    First Minister Humza Yousaf visits DN Studios in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • SNP’s disgraced Michael Matheson refuses to quit as MSP over iPad scandal

    He returned to Holyrood for first time on Tuesday since quitting as health secretary over charging the taxpayer for an £11,000 roaming bill

    Simon Johnson 26 Mar 2024, 4:57pm
    Michael Matheson (centre) attends the Scottish Parliament for the SNP weekly group meeting  in Edinburgh on Tuesday
  • Former SNP adviser ‘demolishes’ economic case for independence

    Professor Mark Blyth rejects comparison with Nordic countries and says Scotland risks becoming a ‘mini Argentina’

    Simon Johnson 25 Mar 2024, 8:35pm
    Prof Mark Blyth is a renowned economist and was attending an event organised by a pro-independence group called Scotonomics
  • Independent Scotland would ‘enshrine free university tuition in constitution’

    SNP should be fixing the mess they have made of country’s education system now, say Tories

    Simon Johnson 25 Mar 2024, 6:03pm
    Edinburgh University is home to many students from outside the UK
  • Alister Jack offers to help hand Scots the power to sack MSPs

    Scottish Secretary says he will help Humza Yousaf bring ‘recall mechanism’ north of the border after outrage over Michael Matheson affair

    Daniel Sanderson 21 Mar 2024, 9:41pm
    Humza Yousaf and Michael Matheson
  • Scottish Parliament bans rainbow lanyards over bias fears

    Holyrood tells staff ‘personalised’ items that show support for ‘social movements’ could risk accusations of not being ‘impartial’

    Simon Johnson 21 Mar 2024, 6:23pm
    Scottish Parliament staff have been told they must wear a parliament-issued purple lanyard and remove all badges
  • SNP admits JK Rowling could be targeted by trans activists under new law

    Harry Potter author could face ‘multiple complaints’ from campaigners in wake of new Scottish hate crime legislation

    Simon Johnson 21 Mar 2024, 3:17pm
    Legislation that comes into force in Scotland on April 1 could lead to police investigating JK Rowling if activists lodge a formal complaint about her gender critical statements
  • Is Labour going to cause the collapse of the SNP in the general election?

    Sir Keir Starmer’s hopes of victory at the general election receive a boost as independence takes a back seat for Scottish voters

    Simon Johnson 21 Mar 2024, 11:32am
    First Minister Humza Yousaf speaking at the SNP National Campaign Council meeting in Perth Concert
  • Sturgeon’s government ‘dismissed’ nurses’ concerns over airborne transmission of Covid

    Nurses were not listened to by Scottish administration during pandemic, inquiry is told

    Simon Johnson 20 Mar 2024, 6:26pm
    Nicola Sturgeon visits a vaccination centre during the pandemic, in Barrhead, Scotland
  • Orkney island shop accidentally buys more Easter eggs than population

    Store owner receives messages from across the world from people wanting to buy the leftover eggs as his ‘idiocy’ goes viral

    Simon Johnson 20 Mar 2024, 4:29pm
    Dan Dafydd, owner of Sinclair General Stores, with some of the excess chocolate eggs
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  • SNP’s target for cutting greenhouse gases so out of reach it is not credible, watchdog finds

    Humza Yousaf accused of ‘empty rhetoric’ on climate change

    Simon Johnson 20 Mar 2024, 6:00am
    First Minister Humza Yousaf has been told  by the Climate Change Committee that Scotland is not hitting its targets
  • JK Rowling vows to defy ‘ludicrous’ new hate crime laws

    Harry Potter author insists she will continue to argue online that trans women are not women after Scotland tightens curbs

    Simon Johnson 18 Mar 2024, 3:50pm
    JK Rowling
  • Humza Yousaf ‘insulting’ voters with call for Tory-free Scotland

    Scottish Conservative leader urges supporters to make First Minister ‘suffer at the ballot box’ for ‘divisive language’

    Simon Johnson 18 Mar 2024, 3:08pm
    The Scottish Tories accused Humza Yousaf of showing 'open contempt' for hundreds of thousands of voters
  • Michael Matheson should not resign as an MSP, Humza Yousaf says

    The First Minister argued his SNP colleague has already been punished by losing his Cabinet job and paying back the money he claimed

    Simon Johnson 17 Mar 2024, 8:58pm
    Michael Matheson should not resign as an MSP, Humza Yousaf has insisted
  • SNP demand police return campervan at centre of finances investigation

    Senior figures argue the vehicle could be sold to raise funds for the cash-strapped party or used as a battle bus

    Simon Johnson 17 Mar 2024, 5:26pm
    Stephen Flynn
  • Veteran SNP MP disowns Humza Yousaf’s ‘Tory-free Scotland’ pledge

    Pete Wishart said he would not use his leader’s controversial language

    Simon Johnson 17 Mar 2024, 3:05pm
    Pete Wishart has held the Perth and North Perthshire constituency since 2001
  • Nicola Sturgeon complained Sir Chris Whitty would not back her Covid ‘elimination’ strategy

    Secret messages show former first minister told adviser that she was blocked in trying to get the UK to adopt the controversial policy

    Simon Johnson 13 Mar 2024, 5:58pm
    Nicola Sturgeon, pictured in 2022
  • SNP manifesto 2024: What will Humza Yousaf’s election promises be?

    As Scottish First Minister prepares for his first general election as party leader, here are some policies that may be offered to voters

    Simon Johnson 12 Mar 2024, 6:55pm
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  • Scotland’s clinical director quits to seek ‘new challenges’

    Jason Leitch was criticised after deleting Covid Whatsapp messages en masse

    Simon Johnson 12 Mar 2024, 6:46pm
    Prof Leitch departing a Covid Inquiry hearing in Edinburgh in January
  • Sturgeon making children wear masks was political, Sir Patrick Vallance wrote in Covid diary

    Chief scientific adviser said Scotland’s PPE policy for schools was not based on medical advice but rather to go ‘their own way’

    Simon Johnson 12 Mar 2024, 4:08pm
    Nicola Sturgeon on her decision to force secondary school students to wear masks
  • Hunt inflames Scottish Tory row by calling North Sea oil and gas Budget ‘loser’

    Extending windfall tax in Budget was fair due to prices staying high, says Chancellor

    Simon Johnson 7 Mar 2024, 6:37pm
    Douglas Ross, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, has vowed to vote against legislation introducing the extension
  • BBC Scotland journalist Nick Sheridan dies aged 32 after collapsing on run

    Colleagues and politicians pay tribute to presenter and author who could ‘light up lives of everyone around him’

    Simon Johnson 7 Mar 2024, 5:14pm
    Nick Sheridan presented shows including the flagship Reporting Scotland news programme
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