Stuart Crawford
January 19, 2022
Have Chinese Whispers played the First Minster?
IT’S NOT OFTEN that MI5 announces that there’s a spy in our midst, but that’s exactly what they have done with the disclosure that an…
Today's Thinking
To arrest decline first understand and analyse the failure – then act on it
THERE ARE TWO organisations in Scotland that were once all powerful but today are on the brink of collapse. Both were pillars of the Scottish…
If Boris does not resign will Tory MSPs pull away, given logic suggests they should?
AS I WRITE, 27 out of 31 Scottish MSPs have followed their leader Douglas Ross in calling for the Prime Minister to resign over partygate.…
It’s time to stand up and defend Western civilisation
THE CONTRAST with a wonderful traditional Christmas with one’s family and the self-inflicted political maelstrom that is happening around us could not be sharper. It’s…
Think Politics
The UK’s Covid response should never have been delegated to Holyrood
THERE IS some confusion about Holyrood’s role in the pandemic. We have all been placed on a common war footing. Everyone (well, nearly everyone) does…
Should Boris call a Taxi for the Ubers?
BAXTER’S makes a fine Scotch Broth. It’s a shame Ruth Davidson, one of its latest recruits to its board, has landed her tribe in the…
Free speech includes the right to be mean about war heroes
THE RIGHT TO freedom of speech has an in-built test that can be used to weed out anyone who doesn’t really value it. If someone…
As Omicron arrives can Care Homes trust Jeane Freeman’s successor?
AS THE Scottish Government gears up for its long-awaited inquiry into Covid-related care home deaths, the emergence of the Omicron variant is a reminder of…
Think Culture
My favourite read of 2021 – Perón’s journey to become populist tribune
Juan Perón, The life of the people’s Colonel – by Jill Hedges Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021, 280 pp Paperback, ISBN 978-0-7556-0272-8 LET ME stick my neck out…
My favourite read of 2021 took me backwards in time
Time’s arrow – by Martin Amis Vintage Publishing 2003, 144 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780099455356 THERE IS A PASSAGE in Amis’ Money involving a horse race which, from…
My favourite read of 2021 – the Jim Sillars memoir
A Difference of Opinion: My Political Journey – by Jim Sillars Birlinn, 2021, 303 pages Paperback ISBN 9781780276830 THOSE OF US clutching our Christmas present…
My favourite read of 2021 – The Bird in the Bamboo Cage
The Bird in the Bamboo Cage – by Hazel Gaynor HarperCollins 2021 400 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780008393670 BACK IN OCTOBER, on my way to Switzerland, l found…
Think Business
More EU debt leads to more EU taxes – another bullet dodged
NEW EU TAXES are vital to cover the cost of its ‘invisible’ Coronavirus Recovery Fund debts – but at what cost to member states? Facts4EU.Org…
Huge but invisible liabilities of the Eurozone require action by regulators
I RECENTLY had a blog published by Politeia about the lack of transparency in the accounting for the debts of EU/Eurozone member states. The member states’ contingent liability…
How a state Britcoin could threaten your personal freedom
WHEN THE TREASURY, the Bank of England and the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, all float an idea it is wise to pay attention. The idea I’m…
If Sturgeon and Ross can work together – then why not help businesses too?
NICOLA STURGEON may have had an unfortunate fall while she and Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross visited the Bluevale Community Club in Glasgow recently but…
