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This article appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter. It’s perhaps no surprise that people linked to the Scottish Government, civil...
Three years ago, I had the privilege of being elected to Chair the Board of Citizens Advice Scotland. Yesterday I stood down from that role. In my...
Nothing quite prepares you for the feelings of desolation and hope that engulf you when you first visit Belgium and northern France to look at the...
In the theatre, they dim the lights when a dear one shuffles off this mortal coil. In sport, it’s black armbands and a minute’s silence. I’d...
Did you happen to catch the interview with the Scottish teenager who had applied, without success, for 1,000 jobs? Casey Smith her name was. I heard...
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. The SNP is now in full mask-off mode. For a long time, supporters on the...
Is 75 minutes long enough to create one of the most consequential policy proposals we have seen from any Scottish government for at least a decade?...
What one major airline had to say about fuel costs and airfares this week was surely the kind of thing that makes you sit up and take note . Of...
This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. In case you haven’t noticed, Scotland doesn’t have enough teachers. And it’s...
I admit it, I get hit with that Scottish-particular type of cringe. Try as I might, the internal shudder hopelessly starts to go off whenever I’m...
My dreamy Voi Girl Summer has faded into a dark No Bike November. It had been building for months, but now, riding the bus to the office on a dry...
On Saturday evening, one of Scotland's 15 Michelin-starred restaurants twinkled out as Loch Bay on the Isle of Skye hosted its final dinner...
There's a deadly flaw in the SNP. Far too many supporters see all Westminster governments as the same. Every prime minister is equally bad. All...
As Scotland continues to fail to trouble the PISA education league table high-flyers, one individual has escaped scrutiny for his role in the...
Scotland’s universities are a source of national pride, but they are now making headlines for the wrong reasons. Much of this current debate centres...
Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s race for the U.S. Senate, holding a seat Democrats needed in their bid to retake the majority. But El-Sayed's...
I imagine the comms team behind the UK Government ’s awareness campaign for emergencies, "Be Ready", has spent the past few weeks sitting...
It might be more than a decade since that awful Leave vote and nearly six years since the UK exited the European single market, but Brexit is still...
This article appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter. So many seemingly contradictory things are happening on the journey towards a clean...
Last week’s despatch from the BBC’s royal correspondent on the King’s Caribbean tour read like a Buckingham Palace press release. It followed...
It's not simply the stupidity of the argument which rankles – though the argument is as stupid as it is ill-informed and biased. It’s the...
SNP Government hopes of clean energy boom fade as Chancellor cuts funding for key Scottish project in Budget John Healey has faced accusations that...
Not long to wait now. By teatime on Wednesday, we should know whether US voters have dealt their foolish president a bloody nose in the midterm...
The following article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. While the Prime Minister visited Glasgow last Friday, there was...
I’ve a confession. Some years back, I had a torrid affair with a Lizard Lady. And my wife watched. My lover wasn’t a woman who was simply rather...
Volatility in UK and European car markets, resulting from aggressive marketing and overseas manufacturing expansion tactics by Chinese car companies,...
On the doorsteps of Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham promised “a circuit breaker for Britain, bringing forward the...
It is perhaps quite revealing about the Scottish government’s priorities that the transport minister’s role is often downgraded when it should be...
And so now they’re rioting in Germany, like they’re rioting in France, and we look across and wonder whether it could happen here and the answer...
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