Jonathan Stanley
October 18, 2021
Ardeer could cement our place in a more modern Britain
I THINK after almost a decade of watching the independence movement I have safely arrived at the conclusion independence will never happen nor will another…
Today's Thinking
How Western sin taxes drive Taliban funding
IN 1848, a few years after the first Anglo-Afghan wars, Lord Palmerston stood in the Houses of Parliament and said “we have no eternal allies,…
One rule for them, one rule for our children
THE OPENING this week of the Scottish Parliament was an auspicious affair. Politicians mingled with royalty, backs were slapped, and children were ‘high-fived’. This was…
Why British is best
On Friday 18 September Vivian Linacre, a few years into his nineties, slipped away from us in his Perth home after an illness born bravely.…
Think Politics
Sir David Amess – a man who loved his neighbour
I RECEIVED an email from Sir David Amess a few weeks ago. We hadn’t spoken for a while. Holidays and staff sickness meant that we…
It’s time for Brexit Britain to introduce VAT reform
WHILE OUR POLITICIANS have spent the last few weeks partying, dancing and soaking up free beer and wine at their respective Party Conferences, men and…
How the Scottish Government could hurt the tenants it wants to help
MANY READERS will be aware Scotland now finds itself in a housing crisis. While this may seem an obvious, nay repetitive point, it would seem…
If dissenters can be abused now, imagine the abuse were Scotland to secede
I IMAGINE most of the discerning readers of Think Scotland are not daft enough to get involved with Twitter. I came to it early in…
Think Culture
Vivian Linacre – the man with the gilded tongue
VIVIAN LINACRE who has died aged 93 was an optimist’s optimist, an enthusiast’s enthusiast whose glass was always half-full-to-brimming-over with cheerfulness and passion for a…
Looking at Salmond & Sturgeon while suffering Holyrood Syndrome
Break-Up: How Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon Went to War – by David Clegg and Kieran Andrews Biteback Publishing 2021 339 pages Hardback. ISBN 10…
Thoughts from a nationalist sage for our times
Book Review: A Difference of Opinion. My Political Journey – by Jim Sillars Birlinn 2021 320pp Paperback. ISBN 9781780276830 IT IS A STRUGGLE to think of anyone…
This unhappy breed
THE INTERVAL at any theatrical performance is usually marked by the fall of a curtain, which is raised again at the start of the next…
Think Business
Here’s why Ireland’s Corporation Tax hike to 15% is meaningless
BELATEDLY it is now appreciated that the Irish business model of “Foreign Direct Investment” orchestrated through the Irish Development Agency results in major tech and…
Vacuous ‘apple pie’ slogans don’t put food on the table
“I’ve got the guts to make this a high wage economy.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson WELL THAT IS MARVELLOUS. Put up the minimum wage, berate…
The price of lockdowns, not Brexit, is causing the shortages
IS A WINTER OF DISCONTENT really ahead? That’s what the usual suspects and doom-mongers are telling us – with smiles from left-leaning think tanks and…
Why rely on imported energy but erect trade barriers to cheaper food?
GAS PRICES are spiking although the UK is sitting on massive shale gas reserves that could make the UK energy self-sufficient – but we’ve banned…
