Category: Politics

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

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

Brian Monteith May 1, 2026 No Comments

HOW DUMB must a politician be to advocate, in all seriousness, a tax for the “super-rich” while simultaneously admitting to

Pauline Eggermont April 27, 2026 4 Comments

IT’S NOT LONG NOW before we face those two ballot papers and put our crosses in the right box. But

Brian Monteith April 24, 2026 No Comments

A YEAR OR SO AGO, the received wisdom of the established unionist parties was that the arrival of Reform UK

Graeme Arnott April 17, 2026 2 Comments

THERE IS A SPECIFIC, QUIET HORROR in realizing that the record of a journey has been wiped clean. I was

Brian Monteith April 16, 2026 No Comments

MOST SEASONED OBSERVERS of political campaigning realise an individual poll is only ever a snapshot of a particular moment. Care

Malcolm Offord April 9, 2026 No Comments

THE SCOTLAND ACT 1998 gave extensive powers to Holyrood to allow it to control most of the levers required to