UK Election 2001 - Scotland Nationalist parties put on a brave face Nationalist parties in Scotland and Wales have put on their bravest faces, but the mixed performances of the Scottish National party and Plaid Cymru suggested that voters had distinguished clearly between Westminster and devolved matters in the campaign. |  Read Tories fighting back in Scotland A week ago Sir Malcolm Rifkind, the former Conservative foreign secretary, was nervous about his chances of winning the Edinburgh seat he lost in 1997, but is now more buoyant. |  Read SNP vows to fight in London for fiscal freedom Scottish National party MPs in the next Westminster parliament will campaign with "every device available" to promote the cause of fiscal autonomy for Scotland, John Swinney, the SNP leader, has pledged. |  Read Silence surrounds refugees' plight Oddly, there has been little mention of immigration and asylum in Scotland's election campaign, even at the centre of a local cyclone: Sighthill, in the constituency of Commons Speaker Michael Martin. |  Read Conservatives face washout in Scotland The Conservative party faces another washout in Scotland according to an opinion poll which shows their support has slipped three points since the campaign began. |  Read Scottish spending row re-ignites A dozen Scottish academics have re-ignited the campaign row between Labour and the Scottish National party over Scotland's budgetary viability. |  Read Tories target 'democratic deficit' The Scottish Conservative party, which won no seats north of the border in the last election, claims it is necessary, 'to restore the balance of public life in Scotland', that at least some Tory MPs are returned to Westminster on June 7. |  Read SNP looks beyond Westminster The Scottish National party has made defence of public spending levels in Scotland the keystone of its campaign, with a manifesto that clearly looks beyond Westminster to the 2003 Scottish parliament elections. |  Read More Scottish issues Previous Scottish related news |  Read