Today's Thinking
Starmer’s legacy is a two tier Britain wherever we look
THE DEFINING economic legacy of the Starmer government will not be any single tax rise or employment reform. It will be the acceleration of Britain’s
Ewen Stewart
July 10, 2026
Revealed: severe setbacks to establishment Net Zero narrative
THE ESTABLISHMENT has just suffered two severe setbacks to its climate change Net Zero narrative in the form of official publications which show unequivocally that
Douglas Brodie
July 3, 2026
Don’t expect Burnham to save our Oil & Gas jobs
Andy Burnham is wrong: group think trumps devo divergence and cannot save Port Talbot, Scunthorpe or Aberdeen GROUP THINK is a problem in many settings. It
Brian Monteith
June 30, 2026
If drink becomes Mein Host, governance becomes ecumenical
In political movements where a single constitutional goal becomes dominant, governance can begin to feel secondary to the pursuit of resolution. Policy becomes refracted through
Jonathan Stanley
June 24, 2026
Think Politics
Ann Widdecombe: A singular voice falls silent
THE OLD CERTAINTIES have taken a battering this past week. One of British politics’ most gloriously unrepentant characters has been snatched from us in circumstances
Dominic Wightman
July 13, 2026
The inaugural CHINO awards: Charities In Name Only
DEAR MEMBER OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Subject to SCVO grant approval – a formality, naturally – you are cordially invited, at the taxpayer’s expense, to
Jonathan Stanley
July 10, 2026
Burnam’s bottom up Devo is backside down Sovietism
THERE IS a strange magic at the heart of modern British government. Westminster announces that it is “giving power away”, local politicians celebrate their shiny
Jonathan Stanley
July 3, 2026
The most important thing a Prime Minister can do
“TO A FEW OF US here today this is a solemn and most momentous occasion, and yet in the history of our nation it is
Jonathan Stanley
June 22, 2026
Think Culture
The inaugural CHINO awards: Charities In Name Only
DEAR MEMBER OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Subject to SCVO grant approval – a formality, naturally – you are cordially invited, at the taxpayer’s expense, to
Jonathan Stanley
July 10, 2026
Obituary: Mike Nevin, the gentleman applied economist
An applied economist whose work delivered substantial developments globally MICHAEL NEVIN, who has died aged 70, put his shoulder and keen mind to improving peoples’
Brian Monteith
June 18, 2026
Jiggery-pokery in the London art world in the 1950s
AS BRITAIN SLIDES ever more quickly into bureaucratic authoritarianism, it is important to remind ourselves that what is new is simply the scale of the
Ian Mitchell
June 10, 2026
Unionists should offer greenery, not greenwash – through Garden Crofts
FOR YEARS, much of Scotland’s environmental debate has revolved around targets, regulations and government strategies. Carbon figures are announced, consultations launched, deadlines set. Yet for
Jonathan Stanley
June 9, 2026
Think Business
Six charts explaining Brexit outcomes accurately
Here is a selection of charts designed to challenge some of the shakier claims about the economic impacts of Brexit, including on the pound, investment,
Julian Jessop
July 10, 2026
With party finances – as with everything – the fish rots from the head down
First published on 22 March 2021 WHEN WRITING about the ongoing saga in Bute House it is difficult to know when and where to begin.
Jonathan Stanley
May 26, 2026
Dumping EU regulations on the UK will not boost our growth
The Bank of England Governor ought to understand this. NOT SO LONG AGO, the head of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said of EU financial
Catherine McBride
May 26, 2026
Do the British people REALLY want to rejoin the EU?
HEADLINES from recent opinion polls suggest that a majority of Brits now want to reverse Brexit. But a deeper dive shows that this support is
Julian Jessop
May 20, 2026