The Reformer Scotland

Apr 23, 2026

Scotland’s education failure: how it abandoned the skills–history dialectic

WHEN I FIRST ANALYSED parental perceptions of the value of apprenticeship learning in 2022, 46 per cent of Scots championed apprenticeships as providing children…

Apr 22, 2026

The Lochaber warning: Why UK industry can’t afford net zero

Patrick Benham-Crosswell

THE SPAT THAT HAS CLOSED the Straits of Hormuz has highlighted the UK's vulnerability to imported oil and (particularly) gas. This is despite the…

The Lochaber warning: Why UK industry can’t afford net zero

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 16, 2026

Why the Tories face electoral collapse — and how Swinney outplayed Sarwar

Brian Monteith

MOST SEASONED OBSERVERS of political campaigning realise an individual poll is only ever a snapshot of a particular moment. Care must be taken not…

Why the Tories face electoral collapse — and how Swinney outplayed Sarwar

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,…

The case for market-led planning reform in Scotland

We don’t need no educashion: A proposal for radical reform

Nothing off limits: Now they want your pension

How do you fix the NHS? Part 1: The social care crisis

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