
The fall of Britain’s political Berlin Wall
ACROSS THIS ELECTION the result could not be clearer. British people do not like Labour and the Tories anymore. They

ACROSS THIS ELECTION the result could not be clearer. British people do not like Labour and the Tories anymore. They

JOHN SWINNEY wants Scots to believe that a £2 bus fare cap is the answer to the country’s transport woes.

THERE IS A PARTICULAR KIND OF POLITICAL GENIUS on display in Scotland right now. Not the kind that wins arguments

A YEAR OR SO AGO, the received wisdom of the established unionist parties was that the arrival of Reform UK

MOST SEASONED OBSERVERS of political campaigning realise an individual poll is only ever a snapshot of a particular moment. Care

EASTER HERALDS campaigning season in Scotland. I always associate daffodils with the strange tension and excitement of elections. This one

WHEN I WAS A STUDENT, I had a Voltaire quote pinned above my desk: “Those who can make you believe

IN MY ARTICLES here I’ve been discussing an essay by the economist Edward Glaeser, who gave his recommendations for Scotland

JOHN SWINNEY’S LATEST EPISODE, the brief flirtation with banning US military flights from Prestwick Airport, followed by a swift retreat
