IN JULY, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, in Edinburgh, closed clearing to Scottish students. This is the logical conclusion of the SNP’s “no
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
AS WHAT APPEARS TO BE the chalice of political death passes to yet another leader, perhaps we need to examine
ALL EYES HAVE SHIFTED from the recent elections to the latest battle in Labour’s long-running war for the heart and
ONE OF THE THORNIEST PROBLEMS in public policy – and one that has been discussed already on this site –
GERS FIGURES CONFIRM a stark reality. Scotland raises £87.3bn in tax, yet spends £117.5bn. That leaves a £30bn deficit –
IT IS EASY to talk about the economy as though it were academic – a spreadsheet of statistics, charts and
FOR MANY PEOPLE faced with an unpleasant reality the instinct is to reach out for something that brings comfort and