
What did we learn from the Holyrood elections?
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH, after first campaigning in Scottish elections since 1976 – some fifty years ago – and having

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH, after first campaigning in Scottish elections since 1976 – some fifty years ago – and having

THE POTEMKIN VILLAGE of our armed forces is collapsing. The latest manifestation is the decommissioning of HMS Iron Duke, reported

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

IT’S NOT LONG NOW before we face those two ballot papers and put our crosses in the right box. But

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

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

THE UNITED KINGDOM is the biggest loser in the Israeli/American attack on Iran, entirely due to our Prime Minister, Sir

THE TROUBLE with Labour is one of trust. Sir Keir Starmer has shown us that Labour cannot be trusted. So

LIFE isn’t fair, but how we sound matters. Hollywood knows it. It’s not enough to look good, you have to