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Dani Garavelli

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Dani Garavelli is a freelance journalist and columnist for the Herald

December 2025

  • Protesters outside the former Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk in August 2025

    double quotation markNigel Farage was once run out of Edinburgh. Now Scottish voters are embracing his rabble-rousing

    Dani Garavelli
    The Reform leader is exploiting growing resentment towards migrants and hosting a sold-out event - something unimaginable just a few years ago, says freelance columnist Dani Garavelli

May 2024

  • SNP leader John Swinney in Burntisland, Scotland, 25 May 2024.

    double quotation markThe SNP’s woes are a boost for Starmer. But he’s not promising the change Scotland wants

    Dani Garavelli
  • John Swinney makes his first speech as SNP leader, Edinburgh, Scotland, 6 May 2024.

    double quotation markMaking John Swinney leader may be the SNP’s smartest move in years

    Dani Garavelli

April 2024

  • Scotland's first minister Humza Yousaf in the lobby of the Scottish parliament on 29 February 2024.

    double quotation markThe SNP ditching its Green allies has backfired on Humza Yousaf – and set back the cause of independence

    Dani Garavelli
    The first minister’s latest misstep will worsen his party’s split along culture war lines, says Dani Garavelli, a freelance journalist and Herald columnist

February 2024

  • Covid-19 pandemic inquiry<br>Screen grab from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry live stream of former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearing at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre which is exploring core UK decision-making and political governance. Issue date: Wednesday January 31, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story INQUIRY Coronavirus . Photo credit should read: UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    double quotation markOf course Nicola Sturgeon cried at the Covid inquiry – her fatal flaws have been exposed

    Dani Garavelli
    From shocking levels of secrecy to control-freakery, her handling of the pandemic speaks to serious problems with her leadership, says journalist Dani Garavelli

September 2023

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    double quotation markScotland is now free to defy the Tories’ drugs policy. This could transform the whole UK

    Dani Garavelli
    The greenlighting of a drug consumption room in Glasgow is a big win for the SNP in its power struggle with Westminster, says journalist Dani Garavelli

April 2023

  • Humza Yousaf is sworn in as Scotland's first minister in Edinburgh on 28 March.

    double quotation markHumza Yousaf has become Sturgeon’s fall guy – he needs to cut himself loose

    Dani Garavelli
    The new first minister has to be ruthless if the SNP is to win back trust, says Dani Garavelli, a freelance journalist and columnist for the Herald

March 2023

  • BRITAIN-SCOTLAND-POLITICS-SNP<br>Newly appointed leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Humza Yousaf (C) reacts following the SNP Leadership election result announcement at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on March 27, 2023. - Humza Yousaf, the first Muslim leader of a major UK political party, faces an uphill battle to revive Scotland's drive for independence following the long tenure of his close ally Nicola Sturgeon. The new Scottish National Party (SNP) leader, 37, says his own experience as an ethnic minority means he will fight to protect the rights of all minorities -- including gay and transgender people. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

    double quotation markThe SNP was already clouded by failure – under Humza Yousaf it could lose power altogether

    Dani Garavelli
    This bitterly fought contest has only widened divisions, and the opposition parties are already circling, says Herald columnist Dani Garavelli

February 2023

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    double quotation markWhat did Nicola Sturgeon change in Scotland for women in politics? Everything

    Dani Garavelli
    The first minister’s record wasn’t perfect, but her resignation speech made me rueful for what might have been, says journalist Dani Garavelli

June 2022

  • Nicola Sturgeon at the launch of new paper on Scottish independence, 14 June 2022.

    double quotation markIt’s no wonder a new Scottish IndyRef is in the works: the status quo is unsustainable

    Dani Garavelli
    The landscape has changed dramatically since the first vote in 2014 — but it has done so in a way that favours both sides, says journalist Dani Garavelli

May 2022

  • McDermid Ladies ditched the Raith kit and the old lion has been replaced by Ravenscraig Castle.

    From the ashes: defiant McDermid Ladies stand firm in the spotlight

    What Raith Rovers lost from their community when they signed David Goodwillie, McDermid Ladies gained by breaking away and taking a stand

August 2021

  • First minister Nicola Sturgeon flanked by Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater of the Greens at Bute House last week.

    double quotation markJust how ‘green’ is Nicola Sturgeon’s deal with the Scottish Greens?

    Dani Garavelli
    Those who catastrophise about the fate of smaller parties within coalitions may be betraying their southern perspective, says the journalist Dani Garavelli

June 2021

  • People on the beach at Southend

    Politics Weekly UK
    Johnson’s latest lockdown dilemma: Politics Weekly podcast

    Jessica Elgot and others discuss Covid restrictions, Keir Starmer’s moment in the spotlight, the new Scottish parliament and the findings of an inquiry into Islamophobia in the Tory party
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May 2021

  • Labour’s Pam Duncan-Glancy, the first permanent wheelchair user to be elected to the Scottish parliament.

    double quotation markScotland will benefit from its newly diverse parliament

    Dani Garavelli
    Holyrood feels rejuvenated with MSPs that more accurately reflect the country’s multiculturalism, says freelance journalist Dani Garavelli

March 2021

  • Nicola Sturgeon at first minister’s questions earlier this month.

    double quotation markNicola Sturgeon has survived the Salmond crisis, but it casts a shadow over Holyrood

    Dani Garavelli
    Opposition parties’ strategy of making the election a referendum on the first minister’s leadership has failed, says Dani Garavelli, a Scotland on Sunday columnist

December 2020

  • Pandemic debut players left to right: Connor Smith training at Hearts, Josh Doig for Hibs and Kyle Munro for Hamilton.

    Guardian Sport Network
    The young footballers starting their careers in empty stadiums

    Young players have struggled with motivation, isolation and loneliness this year. Like everyone, they are having to dig deep

October 2020

  • Nicola Sturgeon with Alex Salmond

    double quotation markThe Salmond inquiry matters, but its purpose is not to topple Nicola Sturgeon

    Dani Garavelli
    The first minister is accused of colluding with her predecessor and conspiring against him. The two are mutually exclusive, says journalist Dani Garavelli

September 2020

  • A sign at the Scottish Drugs Conference, Glasgow, February 2020

    double quotation markDrug deaths in Scotland are an epidemic – yet Westminster is blocking reform

    Dani Garavelli
    Scottish proposals to deal with the worst fatality rate in Europe have been dismissed, says journalist Dani Garavelli

March 2019

  • New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern

    double quotation markUS Republicans must follow Ardern’s lead and stand up to the gun lobby

    Dani Garavelli
    In stark contrast to the US, New Zealand is showing how a country invested in the safety of its citizens ought to respond, writes the Scotland on Sunday columnist Dani Garavelli

January 2019

  • Court Of Session Hears Alex Salmond's Case For A Judicial Review<br>EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 08: Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond delivers a statement outside the Court of Session January 08, 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scotland's former first minister is pursuing a judicial review of the process the Scottish government used to investigate two complaints of sexual harassment made against him last January. He denies the charges and claims the government investigation was "unfair and unjust." (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

    double quotation markThe botched Alex Salmond harassment inquiry could stop women speaking out

    Dani Garavelli
    Erosion of trust in the complaints system is the opposite of what the Scottish government set out to achieve, says the Scotland on Sunday columnist Dani Garavelli
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