Ian Blackford will give whether to launch a return to frontline politics for the SNP ‘careful consideration’. Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford could contest Kate Forbes’s Holyrood seat next ...

The former leader of the SNP at Westminster has revealed he is being encouraged to seek a shock return to frontline politics following Kate Forbes' decision to quit. Ian Blackford said he has had ...

He had been giving ‘serious consideration’ to a run for the Scottish Parliament The SNP’s former Westminster leader Ian Blackford has announced he will not be running for the Scottish Parliament in ...

The Deputy First Minister said there needed to be ‘healthy competition’ Kate Forbes has declined to back former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford to run in her Holyrood seat after she announced her ...