SO NOW THE DUST HAS SETTLED on the outcome of the 2026 Holyrood elections, here are some reflections from me,
SHOULD WE BE GOGGLE-EYED in confusion and concern as we observe the implosion of Labour’s fortunes in Scotland, Wales and
I LIKE RUSSELL FINDLAY, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives. He comes across as amiable and warm, intelligent and with
THE RISE OF REFORM UK has triggered a kind of moral panic inside Britain’s political and media class. Instead of
WELSH POLITICS is different to the rest of the UK in a way those who seldom venture outside the Westminster
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
EASTER HERALDS campaigning season in Scotland. I always associate daffodils with the strange tension and excitement of elections. This one
OVER THE PAST DECADE OR SO, as a Brexit Party, then Reform activist, I’ve knocked on a fair few front