Today's Thinking
How minimum wage is a magnet for migration
The minimum wage and the law of unintended consequence IN RECENT YEARS, British governments of both political hues – Conservative and Labour – have significantly
Mike Nevin
January 13, 2026
To power with Offord: Reform’s next steps
AS REFORM’S electoral prospects improve, so do those of the SNP. Dissatisfaction with Labour or the Conservatives brings many to Reform, but there are other
Hugo de Burgh
January 9, 2026
While the Circus survives the country doesn’t
Why 2026 demands renewal, not rotation THIS TIME last year I wrote about Scotland’s political circus. A year on, the circus is still in town. Same tent. Same
Annemarie Ward
January 5, 2026
Our establishment accepts there’s a problem, but its solutions are wrong
I WAS SENT a very interesting podcast published by the Scottish think tank Enlighten, discussing Sir Anton Muscatelli’s paper commissioned by the Scottish Labour Party,
Ewen Stewart
December 19, 2025
Think Politics
Venezuela – more questions than answers?
NO-ONE with a pulse can really have been surprised at recent events in Venezuela. The USA telegraphed its intent for months before finally taking action.
Stuart Crawford
January 13, 2026
Why Junior Doctors are angry about pay – look to Labour’s taxes
DESPITE the left wing rhetoric of the government and the BMA, it is left wing economics and derision of the professional class that are the
Jonathan Stanley
December 19, 2025
An agenda for school reform in Scotland
The third in a series from the Wealthy Nation Healthy Nation paper edited by Malcolm Offord This chapter was by Councillor Tim Jones SCOTLAND’S SCHOOLS
Malcolm Offord
December 17, 2025
A plan to revitalise the NHS in Scotland
The second in a series from the Wealthy Nation Healthy Nation paper edited by Malcolm Offord This chapter was by Prof A McNeill. Contributing authors:
Malcolm Offord
December 17, 2025
Think Culture
She saved her country from socialists
The authorised biography of Margaret Thatcher, single-volume edition CHARLES MOORE was appointed by Margaret Thatcher as her authorised biographer. He published three volumes between 2013
Ian Mitchell
October 24, 2025
Displaced people – is there room at the inn, or not?
What to do with displaced people who no country wants – lessons from 1945 IS GOVERNMENT supposed to work for the people or are the
Ian Mitchell
September 30, 2025
The history of Islamic slavery should be better known
Racism and religious status assertion is worthy of investigation THE ULTIMATE in status differentiation is the slave relationship. The slave has no agency, while the
Ian Mitchell
September 8, 2025
Visiting St Kilda is well worth the effort
ALMOST EXACTLY a year ago I wrote in Think Scotland [My intrepid attempt at visiting St Kilda] about my failed attempt to visit the archipelago
Stuart Crawford
September 8, 2025
Think Business
How Scotland can become a wealthier nation
The first of a series from the Wealthy Nation Healthy Nation paper edited by Malcolm Offord This chapter was by Dr Gerard Lyons SINCE THE
Malcolm Offord
December 17, 2025
Private landlords are the solution not the problem
IMAGINE you owned a snazzy two-seater sports car and that, as you were going abroad to work for a while, you decided, rather than leave
David McLennan
December 17, 2025
Required urgently: an economic revolution
TO SAY that Rachel Reeves’ first sixteen months as Chancellor of the Exchequer have not been an unqualified success is something of an understatement. Since
Mike Nevin
November 12, 2025
COP 30 gives focus to salmon farming’s dirty Amazon secret
When Brazil destroys rainforest protections, Scottish fish farms risk fuelling deforestation with every meal THE CRYSTAL-CLEAR waters of Loch Fyne couldn’t be much further from
Brian Monteith
November 3, 2025