Analysis and commentary on Scottish and UK politics, including Holyrood, Westminster and party developments.
I WANTED TO WRITE this particular column because, quite honestly, I was rather irritated with the opinion headlines suggesting Reform
SPORT IS SUPPOSED TO BE the last honest place left. You lace up, you toil, you take your mark, and
IT HAS BEEN quite the summer for me, but I am back and ready to do battle over Scotland’s future.
YES, IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN! The party conference season kicks off this week with the Reform UK conference starting on
THE PRIME MINISTER has to be very carefully scrutinised and challenged on every vague euphemism that trips from his lips,
GEORGE ORWELL UNDERSTOOD that institutions often develop a life of their own. In Keep the Aspidistra Flying, the humble houseplant
I LISTENED INTENTLY to Rupert Lowe’s rant at Nigel Farage about how to unite the right. The message was: “Do as
WELL DONE, RICHARD TICE. Earlier this week he announced Reform UK is calling for a full and thorough Parliamentary Inquiry into
TODAY I ANNOUNCED that Reform UK is calling for a full and thorough Parliamentary Inquiry into the Child Maintenance Service,
IN HIS FIRST SPEECH Andy Burnham undertook to make politics “more collaborative, more about problem solving than point scoring.” This,