Dean M Thomson
July 23, 2021
Sturgeon’s accountability for care home scandal cannot be delayed
Promises of a Scotland-specific public inquiry unfulfilled, a botched job protecting care homes and an allergy to accountability. Truth is, the SNP have failed our…
Today's Thinking
Let’s hope for more billionaires in space – so we might join them one day
I’VE BEEN GOING THROUGH a bit of a stressful time of late, the details of which I won’t bore you with but suffice it to…
More behavioural woke policies will only level food prices up
BORIS has much on his plate. The challenges mount and his time is scarce. From the coronavirus to rebalancing the economy and from acting as the…
If not Scotland, then who to support?
THE EURO 2020 football tournament, played in 2021, has been tremendous, full of good football, goals and drama, and a wonderful tonic for everyone after…
Think Politics
The desperate Cuban people reach for freedom
SHOUTING ‘freedom’, ‘down with communism’ and ‘down with the dictatorship’, thousands of Cubans across their island have, for the first time in many years, taken…
An independent inquiry is vital to learn from care home mistakes
THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS have certainly been a very challenging time for all of us living through and dealing with the various stages of this…
Can the UK Government be trusted with the union anymore?
AND SO we now have it. It is stark and it is bittersweet, but the politically charged adjudication, by the Honourable Mr. Justice Colton (pictured),…
Cervical cancer scandal is likely to be worse than we are being told
WHENEVER there appears to be an emerging scandal in NHS Scotland it will inevitably be fulminant. Such is the secrecy that clouds everything the SNP…
Think Culture
Dating for Oldies? Helpful tips if looking for a bag-off
AFTER BEING MARRIED for some twenty-five years or so it comes as a bit of a shock to find yourself involuntarily single again. Why this…
NHS Voices: #3 “I certainly don’t feel like a hero, I feel like a failure.”
Campaign group Recovery has taken the testimony of NHS workers concerned about the way our NHS is being run during the pandemic. In this series of articles…
The Mummy Diaries – How to be a referee? Ideas, anyone?
AH, THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS. That joyous time of year when we all get to spend time together playing in the garden, eating snacks, going to…
Why I hate Edinburgh Airport
IT IS SAID that travel broadens the mind. Up to a point, perhaps. But in recent years my travels have tended to mean dealing with…
Think Business
Hard economic reality: How might the Bank of England respond to inflation?
IN PART FIVE of this series (link here) I wrote about the growing inflationary risk fuelled primarily by a perfect storm of massive fiscal expansion…
Why keep EU farming standards when they are falling?
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION recently announced that the EU will be allowing farmers to feed farm animals food known as Processed Animal Protein (PAP) made from…
Why Italian non-performing loans remain unfinished Brexit business
THE MASKING of the Italian Non-Performing Loan (NPL) situation via dodgy accounting and false deconsolidation merits far greater profile. Italian banks are more at risk – and…
Why the EU’s bullying is a threat to peace in Europe
IN ITS ENTHUSIASM to wage war on Brexit the EU is, for the first time in its history, decisively and determinedly sacrificing the principle of…
