The aftermath of the murder of David Amess has rightly seen a huge public reaction to the politics of hatred and violence, and a yearning for things to be different….
The latest Old Firm derby was on Sunday at Ibrox, and Celtic beat Rangers to all but secure this year’s senior league title. It had the usual mayhem, incidents, controversy,…
The UK has been a different place over the past two weeks â and will never be the same again. In a world of constant change, it is unsurprising that…
Over the past two months, I’ve spent much time packing and unpacking piles of books: putting them into boxes, labelling them, taking them out of boxes, and putting them up…
When the Tories won a historic fourth term in December 2019, the party and many pundits hailed it as proof of a new kind of Toryism. Galvinised by Brexit, ‘Red…
The UK once had a reputation for responsible government and politicians, including the Tory Party and how it acted in office. But this now seems a faraway world that is…
The UK is undergoing one of its periodic spasms of concern about Tory sleaze and corruption. Two complacencies underpin much of this coverage. The first is about Boris Johnson’s unique…
Local democracy is not in a good way in Scotland: the atrophying of local government; the relentless centralisation of the Scottish and UK Governments and the fact that all mainstream…
Today is an auspicious and historic anniversary in the cultural history of the UK. Sixty years ago â 5 October 1962 â saw the release of the first single by…
Society Scots are more likely to gamble than people in the rest of the UK. In 2016, 66% of Scots spent money on gambling compared with 56% in England and…