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Brian WilsonThe Scotsman |
When I started writing this column a decade ago, the remit was to look at events from a West Highlands and Islands perspective, which has always been...
Flying to Scotland’s islands now costs more than a trip to Tenerife – and prices are set to rise again. With fares topping £600 and a fuel...
Surgery is a forensic business and it would help if the same principle was applied to the politics of health. Instead of sweeping claims and endless...
Professor Jim Gallagher’s report on “Fixing Broken Government” for Our Scottish Future paints a bleak picture of how devolution has turned into...
This week’s story about the NHS Scotland App is not just scandalous in its own right but a parable which illustrates how Scotland is run as a...
ExxonMobil’s decision to shut its Fife plant was driven by global strategy, not government failure. Brian Wilson argues that honesty and cooperation...
Sir Anton Muscatelli’s independent report calls for a radical rethink of Scotland’s economic strategy — shifting power to regions, prioritising...
As misinformation spreads unchecked across social media, the debate around asylum seekers and the use of Cameron Barracks in Inverness reveals how...
The collapse of Petrofac’s holding company has sparked a wave of political blame — but the real story lies in years of global missteps and a...
What has been Scotland’s biggest public finances scandal in the era of devolution? I suppose the top of the head answer would be the “two Ferguson...
As tributes mark 100 years since Margaret Thatcher’s birth, it’s time to look beyond the mythologies — both saintly and sinister — and reckon...
As the sole islander on the board of Scotland's CMAL is ousted, Brian Wilson asks what is going on with the ferries agency For readers who share my...
Herald columnist Brian Wilson argues that ID cards are the European norm which help to combat illegality and can allay legitimate public concerns I...
Former Energy Minister Brian Wilson says the Scottish Government must drop their 'stupid' anti-nuclear stance if they want to usher in a golden age...
When political charlatans took over at Ferguson Marine , that's when everything started to go wrong, writes Herald columnist Brian Wilson . Trade...
After the furore surrounding the treatment of Ian Murray, what is important is that he now finds himself in a position where he can do a lot of good...
The military link up between Glasgow and Norway to build ships in Govan is probably the best piece of industrial news Scotland has had in decades,...
The round figure £5 billion seems to have a recurring place in the Scottish Government’s fiscal landscape. A couple of months ago, the Public...
The froth surrounding a certain publication tended to submerge two matters of substance which emerged last week – the GERS figures that tell us each...
“Too small, too stifling, too divided” – what a great campaigning slogan Nicola Sturgeon has bequeathed to her successors as she prepares to...
Reactions to Kate Forbes’ announcement that she will not stand again for Holyrood have been a little counter-intuitive. Political opponents were...
Donald Trump hates windmills and can’t stop tilting at them. Nobody should have been surprised that he was hardly off the plane before sharing his...
How much more straightforward it would be if Donald Trump had settled for a garden dedicated to his mother’s memory in the place she came from,...
Amidst the world’s troubles, readers of the Times of London awoke this week to the screaming headline: “Billionaires are fleeing the UK; and...
I have been in Ireland this week, which is never a hardship. En route, I read exchanges in the Herald’s letters columns about the relative merits of...
The Herald carried an encouraging headline earlier this week. “CalMac confirms ferry service to resume between Ardrossan and Arran”. Well, up to...
All Prime Ministers have to fight back-bench rebellions and they usually win, at least in the short term. Those who are encouraging Keir Starmer and...
The argument is straightforward. The two child cap is irrational, discriminatory and should go. The £2.5 billion required to get rid of it should be...
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