Category: Politics

Analysis and commentary on Scottish and UK politics, including Holyrood, Westminster and party developments.

Brian Monteith May 15, 2026 No Comments

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH, after first campaigning in Scottish elections since 1976 – some fifty years ago – and having

Conrad Ritchie May 15, 2026 No Comments

AS I SIT HERE reflecting on the recent election campaign, I am proud of the determination and dignity with which

Tom Miers May 13, 2026 1 Comment

AS PREDICTED, the nationalist vote fell considerably in last week’s Holyrood election. The combined vote of the SNP and Greens

Linda Holt May 11, 2026 No Comments

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

James Glen May 11, 2026 No Comments

THE RISE OF REFORM UK has triggered a kind of moral panic inside Britain’s political and media class. Instead of

Patrick Benham-Crosswell May 10, 2026 No Comments

WELSH POLITICS is different to the rest of the UK in a way those who seldom venture outside the Westminster

Jonathan Stanley May 9, 2026 No Comments

ACROSS THIS ELECTION the result could not be clearer. British people do not like Labour and the Tories anymore. They

Ewen Stewart May 9, 2026 No Comments

THE UK MEDIA seem incredulous that the SNP, on the face of it at least, performed so strongly in yesterday’s

David Stark May 6, 2026 No Comments

THIS YEAR is the nine hundredth anniversary of Rutherglen’s foundation as a royal burgh. Given my family links with the

James Glen May 4, 2026 No Comments

THERE IS A PARTICULAR KIND OF POLITICAL GENIUS on display in Scotland right now. Not the kind that wins arguments