The Reformer Scotland

Apr 21, 2026

Nothing off limits: Now they want your pension

LABOUR’S INNOCUOUS-SOUNDING PENSION SCHEMES BILL is very far from benign. It potentially heralds one of the greatest attacks on private wealth ever considered by…

Apr 21, 2026

Kraken: How the UK could unleash a North Sea energy powerhouse

Jonathan Stanley

AS THE GRANGEMOUTH REFINERY edges toward closure, the UK faces a pivotal moment in energy, industry, and geopolitics. For decades, Grangemouth stood as a…

Kraken: How the UK could unleash a North Sea energy powerhouse

Apr 17, 2026

Kafka’s Castle and the closed doors of Holyrood

Graeme Arnott

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

Kafka’s Castle and the closed doors of Holyrood

Apr 15, 2026

Reviving Scotland’s dying town centres

David Stark

IN THE 1970s AND 80s, I designed a lot of shopping centres. It was the high point of town centre development, a consumer boom…

Apr 14, 2026

Holyrood should give NHS Scotland its independence

Jonathan Stanley

GOVERNANCE OF NHS SCOTLAND has long been centralised, with the Scottish Government exercising considerable influence over Health Boards. Currently, the Chair and all non-executive…

Holyrood should give NHS Scotland its independence

Apr 13, 2026

How the new politics might save the union

Tom Miers

EASTER HERALDS campaigning season in Scotland. I always associate daffodils with the strange tension and excitement of elections. This one feels a bit different,…

How the new politics might save the union

Apr 10, 2026

Let Scotland flourish: Reform’s New Deal

Malcolm Offord

SCOTLAND has been broken by the SNP, but our wonderful country can be fixed. In 1933-39, President Franklin D. Roosevelt promoted bold legislation to…