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Brian WilsonThe Scotsman |
Any party which is serious about winning next year’s Scottish elections should be thinking hard about big ideas. Alternatively, it will come down to...
Valdivia sounds a charming place, an old colonial city in the Los Rios region of southern Chile. It just seems an unlikely one in which to build the...
There is something a little sad about the non-relationship between Donald John Trump and Lewis. Despite his genetic proximity to the place, he has...
Be grateful for small mercies. We have been spared this year’s edition of the Scottish Budget faux drama in which a bit player emerges from a...
Labour MPs and particularly Ministers should be given some important work to deliver over their festive breaks. I don’t just mean honourable...
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...
Throughout the ferries debacle which has consumed so many millions of pounds, not to mention column inches, there appeared to be one small light at...
The Scottish Budget statement is a tired ritual and there wasn’t a lot to keep us awake yesterday. “More of the same” would be the most optimistic...
The figures are startling. While unemployment stands at almost 1.5 million, the number classified as “economically inactive” has soared to 9.4...
The SNP’s list of Holyrood candidates has potential as a warm-up act for the Glasgow Comedy Festival at which Nicola Sturgeon is already billed as...
Whatever else has happened since the General Election, there is one manifesto commitment being pursued with relentless vigour. The drive towards...
It would be pleasing to report that National Geographic’s designation of the Outer Hebrides as a “Best in the World” destination for 2025 was...
Quangos are the hidden hands of government in Scotland; agencies which nobody voted for but hold far more power than is healthy, much of it leeched...
The Crown Estate has always been a curious beast with extraordinary powers which I have been tracking on and off for over 40 years. At that time it...
So what did you do on the day of the referendum, daddy? Well, actually, I spent it rather pleasantly in Salzburg, listening for the sound of music...
There is a thin line between political courage and masochism. The former involves having the honesty to tell it like it is, even if it is not what...
It is always reassuring to be attacked by the Daily Telegraph, which rarely disappoints as a parody of itself. “Labour plans to make Britain even...
I occasionally look at the Scottish Government Appointments web-page, to see which trusties of the quango circuit have been leveraged into another...