The Reformer Scotland | Independent Scottish Political Commentary

Jul 2, 2026

DEAR MEMBER OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Subject to SCVO grant approval – a formality, naturally – you are cordially invited, at the taxpayer’s expense,…

The inaugural Scottish CHINO awards: Charities In Name Only

Jul 1, 2026

Politics

How woke progressivism is destroying men, women and Western civilisation

Amanda Lindsay

IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, I have spoken repeatedly about the profound harms inflicted by gender ideology on women and children. I have highlighted the…

How woke progressivism is destroying men, women and Western civilisation

Jun 30, 2026

Energy

Changing energy policy is the only route for Burnham to succeed – not opening a second office in Manchester

Brian Monteith

ALL HAIL ANDY BURNHAM. Andy Burnham has spoken. From the People’s Museum no less. More Lennon than Leninist, we are all invited to “Come…

Changing energy policy is the only route for Burnham to succeed – not opening a second office in Manchester

Jun 26, 2026

Independence

The danger of drift: Buchan’s warning for Scottish politics

Jonathan Stanley

IN A RARE HARMATTAN-LIKE HEATWAVE THIS WEEK, I ended up in a Wetherspoons pub with a pint of squash, idly browsing a shelf of…

The danger of drift: Buchan’s warning for Scottish politics

Jun 26, 2026

Policy

If I were King of Scotland …

David Stark

THANK YOU for making me King of Scotland. About time too. Anyway, here are my first decrees. I will leave broader areas of policy…

Jun 25, 2026

Economy

Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism offers no respite from state failure

Eben Wilson

AS WHAT APPEARS TO BE the chalice of political death passes to yet another leader, perhaps we need to examine the revitalising potion –…

Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism offers no respite from state failure

Jun 25, 2026

Energy

Scotland’s data centre reckoning part 5: What Scotland can do right now

Michael Knox

THIS SERIES HAS DOCUMENTED four failures: a planning system processing twenty hyperscale applications without cumulative assessment; a cost framework that hides hundreds of pounds…