The Reformer Scotland

May 11, 2026

Russell Findlay lost nineteen MSPs – and learned nothing

I LIKE RUSSELL FINDLAY, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives. He comes across as amiable and warm, intelligent and with a sense of humour;…

May 10, 2026

Why Reform fell short in Wales

Patrick Benham-Crosswell

WELSH POLITICS is different to the rest of the UK in a way those who seldom venture outside the Westminster bubble, or even the…

May 9, 2026

The fall of Britain’s political Berlin Wall

Jonathan Stanley

ACROSS THIS ELECTION the result could not be clearer. British people do not like Labour and the Tories anymore. They have voted for anyone…

The fall of Britain’s political Berlin Wall

May 9, 2026

The SNP may have won, but the old order is dying

Ewen Stewart

THE UK MEDIA seem incredulous that the SNP, on the face of it at least, performed so strongly in yesterday’s Scottish election. How can…

The SNP may have won, but the old order is dying

May 7, 2026

More nuclear nonsense: We need more frigates, not missile defence

Patrick Benham-Crosswell

THE POTEMKIN VILLAGE of our armed forces is collapsing. The latest manifestation is the decommissioning of HMS Iron Duke, reported by the reliable and…

More nuclear nonsense: We need more frigates, not missile defence

May 6, 2026

Is left-wing politics inherently racist?

David Stark

THIS YEAR is the nine hundredth anniversary of Rutherglen’s foundation as a royal burgh. Given my family links with the town, I am participating…

Is left-wing politics inherently racist?

May 6, 2026

SPICE takes the heat out of merging health and social care

Jonathan Stanley

FOR YEARS SCOTLAND HAS PURSUED the merger of health and social care as a structural reform. The aim has been simple: people – particularly…

SPICE takes the heat out of merging health and social care

May 5, 2026

SNP’s £2 bus fare bribe can’t hide nineteen years of failure

Elsie Hunter

JOHN SWINNEY wants Scots to believe that a £2 bus fare cap is the answer to the country’s transport woes. It is the latest…

What did we learn from the Holyrood elections?

Lessons from the campaign trail in Banffshire and Buchan Coast

The Holyrood election system is being cheated: The second vote must be reformed.

Why demonising Reform voters is backfiring

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