Today is 1,630 days since the UK narrowly voted for Brexit â and Scotland along with Northern Ireland voted Remain. ‘Taking Back Control’ was meant to be simple, smooth and…
Gordon Brown is a defining figure in the history of modern Scotland: a presence for many of us through our adult lives. He has always seemed to be there: first,…
Nicola Sturgeon loves books â and book festivals. At last count, she has appeared at five Edinburgh Festival events this year. One which made ripples was her conversation with actor…
Glasgow Rangers FC have returned to the top of the football game in Scotland. At the same time, twice in the space of two months a section of their fanbase…
Freedom is a word and ideal that is constantly bandied about, invoked and promised. It is so powerful that it can topple brutal dictatorships, change the mood of a nation…
Liz Truss was elected Tory leader on Monday albeit by a much narrower margin (20,927) than most predicted. She flew north to Balmoral on Tuesday to meet the Queen â…
The past 18 months have witnessed tumultuous, unprecedented times for everyone on this planet. A global pandemic has ripped through our lives turning them upside-down and in the process killing…
Standards of UK Government and public life are not as they should be in terms of serving the public. Honesty, decency, basic competence and accountability are all in a dire…
The big moments that define countries are few and far between. In the UK, they are often not even General Elections, although this can occasionally happen. Nor are they often…
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….