Alan Grant
September 24, 2021
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.…
Today's Thinking
This is not what the country voted for
THERE ARE of course many different reasons why the British people voted against the siren advice of almost the entire Establishment to leave the EU…
How America’s political elite turned on its own people
IN THE TWENTY YEARS since 9/11, instinctive unity has been replaced by officially-imposed uniformity in the United States and across the West. As planes crashed…
Higher taxes and central planning are a toxic recipe
THE GOVERNMENT is digging a hole. Yes, another one. The rising cost of care of the elderly is not a new issue. It has been…
Think Politics
Scotland’s ban on Conversion Therapy must not fall short
THAT SCOTLAND WILL eventually ban so-called ‘conversion therapy’ seems to be academic at this point. As Holyrood’s Equalities, Human Rights, and Civil Justice Committee continues…
Fifty shades of grey – all pain but nothing sexy
Last Friday Vivian Linacre, a few years into his nineties, slipped away from us in his Perth home after an illness born bravely. Vivian was…
The AUKUS agreement should be that start of Global Britain bearing fruit
WHILE IT IS NATURAL for many to focus on the Cabinet reshuffle as the main news of the week, the recent announcement of a multilateral…
Why we must protect protests at Holyrood
I DISLIKE protests. Not necessarily the causes for which they are held or anything like that; I just dislike crowds, noise, enthusiasm, and slapdash artwork…
Think Culture
How the West is turning against itself – from the top down
ACROSS the Western World, organisations increasingly seem to be turning against their own constituents. With the fall of Kabul on August 15th 2021, US citizens…
Cruising with or without Covid
ONE OF THE EARLY news items about Covid in 2020 was the nightmare tale of passengers on a number of large cruise ships who were…
How to fix Scotland’s drinking culture… vertically or horizontally
SCOTLAND’S DRINKING CULTURE is broken and someone has to do something about it. I don’t mean we drink too much or behave appallingly when we’re…
How Scottish politics ruined Gaelic
I DON’T SPEAK a word of Gaelic. That, in and of itself, may, to some readers, disqualify me automatically from having a valid opinion on…
Think Business
Why Ex-forces personnel have the skills for creating great businesses
AT THE RECENT Scottish Ex-Forces in Business Awards, I was delighted and honoured to be named their ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ for 2021. To be…
Is ‘save the planet’ fake news made-up to damage trade deals?
I WAS SURPRISED at the weekend to read that Australia was pressuring the UK to exclude ‘binding commitments’ to the Paris Climate Change Agreement from…
Extinction is more likely from rebellion than capitalism
THE PRESSURE GROUP Extinction Rebellion has garnered considerable publicity in recent weeks with its demands for policy changes to mitigate Global Warming. Their demands are…
There’s no avoiding the truth – our fishermen were filleted by Boris
WHEN I first read the Prime Minister’s new Brexit deal back in 2019 one thing, perhaps more than any other, jumped out at me. It…
