Tag: Holyrood

Kafka’s Castle and the closed doors of Holyrood

Graeme Arnott April 17, 2026 No Comments

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

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

NHS Joint Care: Rebuilding musculoskeletal services around the patient

Jonathan Stanley April 7, 2026 No Comments

SCOTLAND CONTROLS its own health system. Holyrood determines how services are structured, how clinicians are trained, and how governance operates.

View along the Tay Road Bridge toward Dundee at sunset, with traffic crossing over the River Tay

Offord’s audacity of hope that scares the wits out of the Tories

Brian Monteith April 3, 2026 1 Comment

ONE OF THE REASONS I was attracted to Malcolm Offord becoming leader of Reform UK Scotland, was that he not

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,

“A swelling movement”: Reform’s Bishopton breakthrough and the media disconnect

Linda Holt March 23, 2026 No Comments

REFORM’S Scotland conference at Bishopton last Thursday marked another watershed for the party. The party introduced its 73 candidates and

The Holyrood building overshadowed by a grey dark overcast sky

Scotland gets no comfort from higher taxes

Brian Monteith February 27, 2026 No Comments

FOR MANY PEOPLE faced with an unpleasant reality the instinct is to reach out for something that brings comfort and

Graham Simpson in Holyrood debating chamber

Holyrood’s self-protection racket

Graham Simpson February 26, 2026 No Comments

IMAGINE A WORKPLACE where you can decide never to come in or, if you have hybrid working, never to log