THE RISE OF REFORM UK is often discussed as though it were an isolated British phenomenon: a reaction to Brexit,
SHOULD WE BE GOGGLE-EYED in confusion and concern as we observe the implosion of Labour’s fortunes in Scotland, Wales and
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH, after first campaigning in Scottish elections since 1976 – some fifty years ago – and having
AS I SIT HERE reflecting on the recent election campaign, I am proud of the determination and dignity with which
AS PREDICTED, the nationalist vote fell considerably in last week’s Holyrood election. The combined vote of the SNP and Greens
I LIKE RUSSELL FINDLAY, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives. He comes across as amiable and warm, intelligent and with
THE UK MEDIA seem incredulous that the SNP, on the face of it at least, performed so strongly in yesterday’s
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