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Stephen Boyd heads the influential think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland. As the election looms, writer-at-large Neil Mackay...
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. You'd be hard pushed to claim this Scottish election has been anything...
I saw an advert for the grandly-named ‘prediction market platform’ Kalshi recently which summed up where we are as a civilisation in 2026. ...
The King may have been dispatched to heal the UK-US relationship, but as the Falklands shows, Donald Trump will use anything to wound Britain if he...
Unionists have reacted with outrage to John Swinney saying he’ll cooperate with Sinn Fein to boost Scottish independence. Why is anyone surprised,...
I had the pleasure of spending time again with Professor Mary Beard last week, enjoying one of those slow, intelligent conversations which seem so...
Our Writer at Large Neil Mackay explains how after a life chasing extreme experiences and emotions, he has learned that it is the simplest things that...
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. We have already entered a new era of ‘Guns or Butter’. Scotland’s own...
The words politicians use matters. Today, they’re incapable of speaking without employing the cliched, impenetrable and divisive jargon of the...
Labour’s Health Secretary says there will be no independence referendum regardless of what the Scottish people say. Wes Streeting is doing the work...
The US comedy franchise is just the latest staging post in American cultural and political domination of Britain. We need to get off our knees right...
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. It's a long-standing staple in first year university philosophy class:...
Boys and young men are being radicalised en masse by a pandemic of brutal online misogyny. Raising a son in such a world has never been harder, our...
The Greens want to make social media platforms subject to laws of defamation and libel just like publishers, newspapers and broadcasters. About time,...
The Chief Constable of Police Scotland did the country a service when she pointed the finger of blame clearly at Rangers and Celtic over disorder,...
Timothée Chalamet has attacked ballet and opera. How can anyone in the arts behave like this, Neil Mackay asks. He’s a symbol of the collapse of...
The Iran attack has no clear motive or end game, and atrocities are happening. Our Writer at Large asks: how can anyone who says they are a British...
This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. For those who like their news weird, unpleasant and with a twist of...
With the broadcaster under attack on all sides and accusations flying of falling standards, our Writer at Large Neil Mackay looks at what’s gone...
Alan Carr has paid £3.5million for a baronial pile in the borders. Neil Mackay says it smacks of the Gilded Age when the rich played and the poor...
The UK Government says it will not hold talks with the SNP on the issue of what triggers another referendum. Our Writer at Large believes that plays...
Our Writer at Large, Neil Mackay, looks at the astonishing success of the Green Party in Manchester and what it means for both UK and Scottish...
The chef has lost her BBC gig and is now working as a classroom assistant. Why are people laughing at her choice instead of praising her, asks Neil...
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has been on the receiving end of a brutal and insulting briefing from within his own power base. Here our Writer at...
The Lord Advocate is accused of giving the First Minister advance information on the case involving the SNP’s former chief executive. Our Writer at...
Last weekend, Neil Mackay reported on calls by the head of the Police Federation for greater access to firearms for officers. The response has been...
Glasgow is set to get another chain of Irish bars. As an Irishman, our Writer at Large is not impressed with yet more "cartoonisation" of...
Westminster is imploding, yet there is near radio silence from nationalists when it comes indy, our Writer at Large, Neil Mackay, argues. This article...
With outrage in the air, the Epstein scandal offers us the chance to rebalance the rotten relationship between the people and power, Neil Mackay...
The Mandelson scandal has revealed a democracy so broken and a politics so toxic that it isn’t worth saving, argues our Writer at Large What could...
The truth isn’t being told about political pressure used to speed up the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital's opening. That hurts victim’s...
Reform’s Scottish leader has offended Deacon Blue by claiming to love their left wing anthem Dignity. Neil Mackay looks at the politics behind this...
The killing of US citizens by ICE agents puts a spotlight on Reform plans to copy Trump’s mass deportation policy. Our Writer at Large, Neil Mackay...
After a week in which the American president trashed Nato and humiliated the UK, our Writer at Large argues that you can’t both support Trump and...
Neil Mackay reflects on his own painful experience of how easily families fall apart, and why sometimes blood is not thicker than water and leaving is...
Rich donors have corroded our democracy by turning it into their plaything and undermining the interests of the people. It is time for that to end,...
The digital world isn’t just reshaping how we tell stories, it’s changing the very nature of the stories we tell - and not in a good way, our...
When it comes to editorial standards and accuracy, the BBC keeps failing over Scotland. Yet the problem is barely discussed in the Scottish media, our...
There’s a new fashion among young folk. It’s calling the older generation ‘unc’, short for uncle. Neil Mackay , who has fought ageing with all...
Following the creation of deepfake sexualised images of children and women, remaining on Elon Musk’s X platform guarantees reputational damage,...
Many of MAGA’s arguments for annexing Greenland could be used against Scotland. Our Writer at Large says that although the scenario sounds absurd,...
There are dark analogies to be drawn from ancient history when it comes to world events today, Neil Mackay warns There's much talk currently that...
Each generation always had it better than the one before - until now. With the world in turmoil, our Writer at Large says it is agonising to see...
Quentin Tarantino has attacked the actor Paul Dano for his role in There Will Be Blood. Folk may not like what he said but he has every right to say...
MI6 issues warnings, great thinkers call for action, and Australia lands the first blow on social media giants. Our Writer at Large says 2026 must be...
The BBC may be bad, but we need to defend it as the alternative would be far, far worse, argues Neil Mackay By any measure, the BBC, particularly...
Extremists like Tommy Robinson are trying to pervert Christianity for their own political ends, disgracing the good that Jesus represented, argues Our...
Opinion polls show that the rise of Reform has driven support for independence into the majority position in Scotland. It’s a case of blowback, our...
Do events in America outweigh the desire of fans to watch Scotland play? Writer at Large Neil Mackay says he won’t go to the USA as long as Donald...
Our Writer at Large was floored by the mutated strain of the flu that is now shutting wards and surging across Scotland. He paints a vivid portrait...
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