The Scottish Standard was a weekly Scottish newspaper, supportive of Scottish independence. It was launched on March 9 2005; seven issues were published in all.

The intention of the paper was to provide a middle-market tabloid for the section of the Scottish public that support independence. Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party, wrote a column for the paper, as did other Scottish political figures supportive of independence, including Colin Fox of the Scottish Socialist Party.

It was published in Paisley (Scotland). It was edited by Alex MacLeod and financed by the Belfast-based Flagship Media Group.

The paper had a modest circulation of between 6000 and 12,000 copies, which was too low to sustain the journalist, sales and admin staff who at launch totally approximately thirty eight. The main problem appeared to be a lack of promotion of the title. Indeed the only noticeable promotion was a ten second advert on Scottish and Grampian TV the night before the paper launched. Very few people were therefore aware of the paper, other than by word of mouth. There would definitely appear to be a market for such a publication if it was promoted adequately.

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