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Andy Burnham's wheels are already coming off

Would the real Andy Burnham please stand up?

Brian Monteith July 24, 2026 No Comments

THE TYRES are looking rather soft, the wheels are unbalanced and some nuts are already coming loose. Soon the Andy

Scotland’s education crisis: Time for a serious, national conversation

Penny Lewis April 10, 2026 No Comments

WRITING A MANIFESTO on Scottish education is not easy. Anecdotally, I hear reports of children vaping and playing on their

How Reform will reform Holyrood

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

Scotland’s media pile-on: What it’s really about

Ewen Stewart March 31, 2026 4 Comments

REFORM’S EMERGENCE has unsettled something in Scottish public life. It has done so largely because it challenges a long-standing and

Reform’s plan to empower councils

Malcolm Offord March 30, 2026 No Comments

REFORM UK wishes to implement real devolution within Scotland by pushing decision making down to local authorities, in stark contrast

Edinburgh skyline merges into London City skyline

Devolution reboot part 5: The case for a fiscal reset

Tom Miers March 24, 2026 No Comments

IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS I’ve written articles about how the powers devolved to the Scottish Parliament could be used

Why Scotland needs Reform

Malcolm Offord March 23, 2026 No Comments

FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Scotland has endured high spending and declining outcomes under successive governments in Holyrood. Despite record government expenditure,

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Devolution reboot part 4: Fixing Scotland’s towns

Tom Miers March 17, 2026 No Comments

AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY Scotland seemed full of possibilities. The new Parliament was, for many, an opportunity to

Illustration of a Scottish Highland Warrior looking over misty Glens

How free is Scotland? From little platoons to big government

Ewen Stewart March 9, 2026 6 Comments

FREEDOM means many different things to different people. To some, freedom is a sort of Mel Gibson-style Braveheart freedom: putting

Devolution reboot part 2: Putting pupils first

Tom Miers March 5, 2026 2 Comments

IT IS SOMETIMES SAID that the Scottish Parliament lacks powers to boost economic growth. That’s nonsense. This series of six

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