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Andrew TickellHerald Scotland |
IT comes back, in the end, to a problem of under-definition. Some political strategists promote the benefits of creative ambiguity. Avoid defining...
POLITICIANS in governing parties often seem to enjoy the diplomatic parts of their jobs. For prime ministers, a foreign junket is a good excuse to...
LAST week, the journalist Lewis Goodall prompted a modest puff of controversy by arguing that some MPs are being dishonest about why they oppose...
LAST week, The Herald shone a spotlight on access to justice in Scotland. Scots lawyers are – ironically – often terrible advocates for their own...
‘DON’T be a snob!” Remarkably, this was the formal advice given by the University of Edinburgh to its students this week, after conceding...
THE Scottish Tories are feeling chipper this week after winning four local government by-elections caused by a slate of councillors being elected to...
Are we heading for an early Holyrood election? On Wednesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will present her long-deferred Budget statement to the House of...
I SOMETIMES wonder if the best way to bury a controversial story in Britain is to launch a full public inquiry into what happened. I know this sounds...
‘MARK my words. It’ll be Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands next.” This was the predictably doolally reaction from some self-styled British...
ONE sentence in the recent Scottish Fiscal Commission’s report on the state of Scotland’s finances has been singled out for repetition. You might...
THERE’S a famous exchange towards the end of the play A Man For All Seasons. The setting is Tutor England, circa 1530. Sir Thomas More is on trial...
I THINK the Jesuits used to call it mental reservation. The rest of us know it as crossing your fingers. It has other good names too. Casuistry....
CRITICS and fans probably agree – the proposal was emblematic, in its way, of the late Nicola Sturgeon and brief Humza Yousaf premierships. In...
I MET a Tory-minded friend last week who suggested there’s only one important question in Scottish politics right now: What’s the price of doing...
IT is difficult to imagine a would-be politician in the UK saying “vote for me, I used to be a PE teacher”, and harder still to imagine a crowd...
YOU probably know the fable of the scorpion and the frog. Stuck on the riverbank, unable to swim, the scorpion asks the frog if he will carry it over...
YOU might think vice-chancellors would be more preoccupied with the government of the day’s education policies, but in recent years, it’s been the...
WHEN you hear the phrase “freedom of movement,” you could be forgiven for thinking we’re talking about the European Union. But the idea has much...
CAN five years imprisonment for peaceful protests ever be proportionate? Convicted of a conspiracy to cause public nuisance under section 78 of the...
I have never lost a friend before. A granny, a colleague – but never a friend. Two weeks ago, as returning officers were counting up the votes and...
MR IVEY was a professional high-stakes gambler. In 2012, he raked in 7.7 million over two days from Genting Casinos. His game of choice was Punto...
KEIR Starmer doesn’t have a favourite book. He doesn’t have a favourite poem. He hasn’t thought about whether he’s an extroverted or...
DOES biography matter in politics? Should it? Last week in the General Election campaign, the press invited all our potential leaders to share...
MORTON v HM Advocate is one of those cases that every law student in Scotland has studied for almost a century. For 87 years, the case has structured...
IF you’ve never read Machiavelli, you might think the Italian statesman’s advice to his Prince was “behave like a pantomime villain all the...
RADIO often goes in one ear and out the other, but an exchange on BBC Scotland a few years ago has stayed with me. A Scottish cultural figure –...
FLANN O’Brien – or Myles na gCopaleen, or Brian O’Nolan, depending on your literary medium of choice – is one of my favourite writers. One of...
I CAN’T remember who it was who first coined the idea that Scotland is made up of a loose confederation of “city-states” – but the notion...
IN 2013 – six years before Alan Bates won his big civil case – Scottish prosecutors missed a golden opportunity to act decisively on concerns that...
IN March 1979, there was a serious discussion about driving the dying Labour MP for Batley and Morley some 200 miles from Yorkshire to the House...
SAVVY political analysts often refer to “the Overton Window” these days. Like many ideas that first sprung up in the United States, this...
THE Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill was lodged in Holyrood last week. Sponsored by LibDem MSP Liam McArthur, the bill builds...
SCOTS law still has its fair share of odd features – but for international lawyers, nothing is stranger than the fact we have three verdicts in...
JOURNALISTS have a moral obligation to protect their confidential sources, but do politicians? In ordinary times, a government minister being...
‘MINISTER. I have the commencement order for the Hate Crime Act, ready for your signature.” “Very good. What day is it due to come into...
‘MINISTER. I have the commencement order for the Hate Crime Act, ready for your signature.” “Very good. What day is it due to come into...
WILFUL forgetfulness is one of the defining vices of British politics. Resigning can be a great way of laundering your political reputation. Last...
YOU can’t convince two-thirds of the population that they are “extremists.” But remarkably, the British political class is going to try. ...
THE strapline is “where globalism goes to die.” The Conservative Political Action Conference styles itself as “the largest and most influential...
THIS term, there’s every likelihood the Scottish Parliament will pass legislation making it a criminal offence to steal people’s pets. If you...
I’LL admit it: I’m a connoisseur of the madder corners of the Conservative and Unionist Party. I always have been. I first picked up the taste...
ARE the costs of becoming involved in public life too high? Last week, Edinburgh University public health professor Devi Sridhar told the UK Covid-19...
I’M like a dog with a bone with this story – I know. But it wants forensic attention. On Tuesday last week, the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC...
A WEEK on, the Post Office scandal has now entered a defensive phrase of mutual recrimination and blame. In an election year, political parties are...
THE effect has been extraordinary. Last week, ITV broadcast Mr Bates vs The Post Office. The four-part drama series, written by Gwyneth Hughes and...
THE effect has been extraordinary. Last week, ITV broadcast Mr Bates vs The Post Office. The four-part drama series, written by Gwyneth Hughes and...
SHAKESPEARE said “a sad tale’s best for winter”, especially “one of sprites and goblins”. In the Tickell household – like well-boiled...
THE headline over last week’s big legal development was straightforward: in the Court of Session on Friday, Lady Haldane found in favour of the UK...
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