
Russell Findlay lost nineteen MSPs – and learned nothing
I LIKE RUSSELL FINDLAY, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives. He comes across as amiable and warm, intelligent and with

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

THE CHALLENGE facing anyone seeking reform in Scotland cannot be underestimated. That’s odd; those claiming to be on the side

SINCE DEVOLUTION in 1999, Scotland has been governed by left-leaning political parties (Labour & SNP). The result is that the