Day: 11 May 2026

Russell Findlay lost nineteen MSPs – and learned nothing

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; he’s got a lot of the right ideas and he’s laid more than a few enjoyable punches on John Swinney at First Minister’s Questions. I suspect many on the right in […]

Why demonising Reform voters is backfiring

Why demonising Reform voters is backfiring A Reform UK rosette beside a pint glass and newspaper headlines accusing voters of extremism in a dimly lit pub.

THE RISE OF REFORM UK  has triggered a kind of moral panic inside Britain’s political and media class. Instead of asking why millions of people, including large numbers of former Labour voters, are abandoning the established parties, much of the reaction has been to denounce those voters as dangerous, ignorant, manipulated, or somehow morally defective. […]