Day: 1 June 2026

Scotland’s Mrs Midas: The cost of looking away

Scotland’s Mrs Midas: The cost of looking away Mrs Midas: Nicola Sturgeon and the Golden Touch of Peter Murrell

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 these über-grim times, where there is no political or economic respite on the horizon, the list of items pilfered by Peter Murrell has provided the […]

The Prisoner’s Monolemma: Why Scottish nationalism defies logic

The Prisoner’s Monolemma: Why Scottish nationalism defies logic The Son of Man by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte

IN DEBATES ABOUT SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE and full fiscal autonomy, many unionists make a category error. They assume they are arguing within a normal democratic framework where voters behave primarily as economic actors: weighing tax rates, deficits, productivity, public services, and competence. From that assumption comes the comforting belief that if the Scottish National Party were […]