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Linda Holt

Scotland’s Mrs Midas: The cost of looking away

IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO, the Murrells have been the gift that keeps on giving, much as for twelve years party coffers were the gift he couldn’t resist. In…
June 1, 2026
Mrs Midas: Nicola Sturgeon and the Golden Touch of Peter Murrell
Jonathan Stanley

The Prisoner’s Monolemma: Why Scottish nationalism defies logic

The Son of Man by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte
Amanda Lindsay

I dropped a truth grenade in Holyrood – and watched MSPs flee rather than face it

Amanda Lindsay making her maiden speech in the chamber
James Glen

Murrell admits embezzlement: Now Scotland needs a full SNP audit

Peter Murrell

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David Stark on How deconstruction broke Britain
It is easy to focus on detailed policie…
Schrödinger’s Campervan
May 28, 2026
Defence

The USA has lost its way with Iran

Stuart Crawford
AS THE INTERMINABLE STOP-START CEASEFIRES AND NEGOTIATONS between the USA and Iran drag on, it has become increasingly clear to me that Trump’s military…
The USA has lost its way with Iran
May 28, 2026
Energy

The “Just Transition” myth: North Sea workers are being abandoned

Conrad Ritchie
I HAVE SPENT much of my working life in the North Sea oil and gas industry, and although I am no longer involved in…
The “Just Transition” myth: North Sea workers are being abandoned
May 27, 2026
Society

How deconstruction broke Britain

Maxi Gorynski
"THE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK” is a cliché that has done something to very dimly light up about five decades of progressive decline in the…
How deconstruction broke Britain
May 27, 2026
Transport

Scotland’s broken ferry network is the price of state control

David Stark
THE SEALINKS BETWEEN THE SCOTTISH MAINLAND AND ITS ISLANDS are vital, both for exporting goods from the islands and for providing islanders with food,…
Scotland’s broken ferry network is the price of state control
May 26, 2026
Politics

A view from Cowdenbeath: Scotland’s political tipping point is coming

Mark Davies
SO NOW THE DUST HAS SETTLED on the outcome of the 2026 Holyrood elections, here are some reflections from me, the Reform UK candidate…
A view from Cowdenbeath: Scotland’s political tipping point is coming
May 25, 2026
Politics

Politicians vs poverty

Audrey Dempsey
THERE IS A CERTAIN TYPE of person in politics, media and public life who genuinely believes they understand poverty because they have read reports…
Politicians vs poverty
May 25, 2026
Politics

Holyrood’s decadence: how gender politics marginalises truth and class

Linda Holt
LAST WEEK I BROKE the news on this site that the Scottish Parliament had erased gender as a classification category on its website after…
Holyrood’s decadence: how gender politics marginalises truth and class

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