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Mark Smith: The lessons of 2024 – and there’s some good news for the SNP

2024: Starmer in, Yousaf out. Energy prices down, energy prices up. More fighting in Ukraine, more fighting in Gaza. An assassin fails in his...

yesterday 10

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Mark Smith

We owe Nicola a debt of gratitude - but she must never lead a future indy campaign

Professor Sir John Curtice is the alpha and the omega of psephology; the pole star of political science. Such is his eloquent wisdom around the...

yesterday 5

Herald Scotland

Kevin Mckenna

Rosemary Goring: Tacky? Not at all - we need something to blow away winter gloom

“It’s not dark yet, but it’s gettin’ there”, sings Bob Dylan, in a warning growl. He might be referring to the benighted state of the world,...

yesterday 3

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Rosemary Goring

Step forward Ambassador Mandelson: Prince of Darkness as envoy to a Prince

I saw Peter Mandelson carry out diplomatic duties in the US in 2000. I was British Consul-General in Boston. He was visiting the capital of Irish...

yesterday 2

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Agenda

Roz Foyer: Here's how we can drive down the cost of Christmas for everyone

I count myself as one of those fortunate to be looking forward to Christmas. With a busy job, there’s always an element of the last minute....

yesterday 2

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Roz Foyer

After the festivities, Scotland needs to focus on a truly pro-growth agenda

With Christmas so very nearly upon us, are you settling down for a leisurely read of the paper, in front of a roaring fire, festive drink in hand,...

yesterday 2

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Colin Borland

Universities must help industry shape the emerging global carbon market

AS 2024 – set to be the hottest year on record – draws to a close, one of the standout moments in the global fight against climate change was...

yesterday 1

Herald Scotland

Mercedes Maroto-Valer

Ian McConnell: Antidote to jeering and sneering over Ferguson Marine shipyard 'It is difficult not to see parallels between Ferguson Marine and Prestwick Airport

Clyde shipbuilder Ferguson Marine, under the ownership of the Scottish Government since falling into administration in 2019 and lamentably but not...

yesterday 4

Herald Scotland

Ian Mcconnell

Gregor Gall: Starmer leads a technocratic government - and no-one voted for that

It is the most rapid – some would say vapid – reboot and reset by a newly elected Prime Minister with a huge Commons majority in modern times....

yesterday 5

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Gregor Gall

Labour's lengthy list of broken promises and pledges is utterly baffling IT comes back, in the end, to a problem of under-definition. Some political strategists promote the benefits of creative ambiguity...

IT comes back, in the end, to a problem of under-definition. Some political strategists promote the benefits of creative ambiguity. Avoid defining...

previous day 20

Herald Scotland

Andrew Tickell

George Foulkes: There's no justification for hereditary peers in House of Lords The rich and privileged know only too well how to protect their wealth and privileges.

The rich and privileged know only too well how to protect their wealth and privileges. They are masters at manipulating the media. They know how to...

previous day 9

Herald Scotland

George Foulkes

Alan Simpson: CalMac is not perfect but privatisation won’t make service better ANYONE who has ever had the good fortune to consume a mac and cheese on a CalMac ferry can attest to how good they are, even in a Force 9 mid-Minch.

ANYONE who has ever had the good fortune to consume a mac and cheese on a CalMac ferry can attest to how good they are, even in a Force 9...

previous day 5

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Alan Simpson

'Lazy and complacent' - BBC Christmas Day schedule damned by TV expert From 3pm until 11.05pm, BBC One’s Christmas Day schedule is a near facsimile of the 2023 version, which in turn resembled the 2022 one. Or, if you prefer the R-word, it’s a repeat. Groundhog Christmas, only with everyone looking a year older.

In 2019 a list was compiled of the 20 most watched Christmas Day TV shows ever. You won’t be surprised to learn that only one was from this...

previous day 4

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Barry Didcock

Brian Taylor: Starmer has handed Anas Sarwar a bumper Christmas hamper of problems As the year ends, will it be John Swinney or Anas Sarwar who is wearing the biggest smile?

Stand alongside me this Yuletide period and let us ponder. Which of our Scottish political leaders is gleefully greeting Santa? And which is...

saturday 10

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Brian Taylor

Mark Smith: Scotland’s XL Bullies: Can we talk about what's really going on?

We have been here before. A woman is attacked by a dog. She is treated at the scene but the medics cannot save her. Her friends and family talk...

saturday 3

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Mark Smith

Will there be compassion for our children next Christmas?

Momentum is building toward the consignment to history of a policy that is reminiscent of the Britain we saw in a Christmas Carol, not the...

saturday 6

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Erica Young

Neil Mackay: Sarwar should take over Yes movement, he’s doing the SNP’s job for them The Yes movement has been in need of fresh blood for quite some time, so maybe the independence campaign should put Anas Sarwar in charge.

This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. The Yes movement has been in need of fresh blood for quite some time,...

20.12.2024 10

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Neil Mackay

As Glasgow declines, Manchester roars ahead. It doesn't have to be this way

Do you know Cammy Day? Of course you do, because of his resignation as leader of Edinburgh’s council amid allegations of inappropriate messages...

20.12.2024 20

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Andy Maciver

Ian McConnell: The right person in the right place at the right time amid fears Brexit-loving government of Boris Johnson, for all its ideological wooing of Mr Trump, did not translate this pandering into any major gains

Lord Peter Mandelson becoming UK ambassador to the US would put a heavyweight political veteran with deep trade experience on the front line of...

20.12.2024 1

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Ian Mcconnell

Why punish domestic violence survivors with abusers’ debt?

When sorrows come, according to William Shakespeare, they arrive not as “single spies but in battalions.” Old king Claudius in Hamlet wasn’t...

20.12.2024 4

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Sallyann Kelly

Mark McGeogheagan: Political violence is spreading, and Britain is not immune

The world is becoming more unstable and dangerous, and politics is increasingly conducted not through peaceful means but through violence. One only...

20.12.2024 3

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Mark Mcgeoghegan

Ian McConnell: This 'disaster' surely makes grim reading for an open-minded Brexiter It must surely make miserable reading for any Leavers with open minds

If Sir Keir Starmer or anyone in his Cabinet have not yet read the London School of Economics and Political Science’s paper on the effect of Brexit...

20.12.2024 50

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Ian Mcconnell

Sorry, Georgia, it's time to run a mile from attention-seeking BrewDog boss

There is a feeling of repulsion I get when confronted with images of anything slimy or oozing. It’s akin to a prickly sensation deep in my...

19.12.2024 10

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Marissa Macwhirter

Rebecca McQuillan: Musk bankrolling Farage is the last thing our democracy needs Do you recoil at the thought of the world’s richest man and US resident Elon Musk potentially donating nearly £80m to Reform UK to try and win the next election for Nigel Farage?

Do you recoil at the thought of the world’s richest man and US resident Elon Musk potentially donating nearly £80m to Reform UK to try and win...

19.12.2024 40

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Rebecca Mcquillan

Brian Wilson: The Salmond case must continue or the baddies will have won

There are very good reasons for the action raised in the Court of Session by Alex Salmond to continue and I hope reports that some public-spirited...

19.12.2024 20

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Brian Wilson

Neil Mackay: Humiliate them. Ruin them. Stamp on feral Old Firm ultras, hard

I know it’s like asking some folk to moonwalk on a unicycle while doing handstands at an ice rink, but let’s try, just for a moment, to imagine...

19.12.2024 10

Herald Scotland

Neil Mackay

Living well with dementia: why staying connected matters

The experience of living with dementia is shared by approximately 90,000 people in Scotland. However, as a progressive condition, there is often a...

19.12.2024 5

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Agenda

War film glory is over and concerning – we still shouldn’t prejudge A24’s Warfare The Iraq War was a disaster but why should we judge a film for its crimes?

In the Errol Morris documentary American Dharma, Morris sits down with Donald Trump strategist Steve Bannon to discuss politics and films in an...

19.12.2024 6

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Derek Mcarthur

It's 2024: Surely young people have the right to their own beliefs? Some people, it seems, are entirely unaware that we’re living in 2024, and they made that very clear earlier this week.

This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. The year, dear readers, is 2024. It has now been five years since Covid emerged,...

19.12.2024 2

Herald Scotland

James Mcenaney

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