Scott Weir
December 6, 2021
We’re not even waiting on the science, never mind following it
A COUPLE OF YEARS ago in 2019 I listened to a podcast series called Hysteria. You’ll be able to find it online if you’re interested…
Today's Thinking
Lobbyists just love Holyrood’s Cross Party Groups
AFTER RECENT scandals over MP’s moonlighting as lobbyists at the UK Parliament and receiving considerable amounts of cash for so doing, it has been suggested…
You’re literally shouting at a gay Santa… Stop it!
LIKE ANYONE ELSE young enough to know how streaming works and sufficiently tech savvy to install an ad blocker on my browser, I don’t encounter…
Establishing Shell’s HQ in Britain is business, not personal
SHELL has announced that it will cease to have a joint UK-Dutch head office establishment and that the group parent will be in the UK.…
Think Politics
Union Connectivity Review makes the case for joined-up action
ON 26TH NOVEMBER, the day that Storm Arwen brought a rare red weather warning to the east coast of Scotland and north-east England, we were…
Image without substance: Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP
THE SNP has been in office since 2007, and Nicola Sturgeon has been a prominent figure – deputy first minister and then first minister –…
Protectionism: how the EU palms-off the competition at our expense
A CONSTANT REFRAIN in the EU referendum was how important it was for our farmers to be in the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy and the…
Farmers of the world compete – and prosper!
AS I READ yet another attempt to demonise New Zealand farmers over the tiny meat quota given to them in the recent Free Trade Agreement – equal…
Think Culture
The Leo always rises
THE SUSSEXES are coming! The Sussexes are coming! The Coca-Cola lorry has nothing on this juggernaut of publicity. Always entertaining and worth every penny, how…
Can we drop the council house (sad face) narrative?
NEPOTISM happens in low stake jobs but when celebrities’ offspring get a gig (such as Gordon Ramsay’s girl Tilly on Strictly Come Dancing) it does…
The Good the Bad – and the Non-binary
GOOD AND BAD were easily spotted in my day. Nelly Olsen, arch super-villain from Little House on the Prairie was a bad piece of work. …
Health & Safety mission creep has a lot to answer for in our Covid behaviour
I HAVE STOPPED my polite Saturday protest outings, where I handed out home-baked cakes to passers-by in my hometown and engaged them in discussion about…
Think Business
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…
Eventually soaring Icarus fell back to earth with a thud
IT USED TO BE that governments understood that economic prosperity was hard won and a result of nurturing the private sector, encouraging enterprise and spending…
UK energy independence must not be sacrificed for cheap headlines
FOR THE PAST two weeks, as we approached the COP26 Climate Summit and throughout its duration, the Government’s preaching about commitments to help lower the…
Rishi Sunak’s Budget was a masterclass in delusion
NOW THAT the dust has settled and we can reflect on it calmly and in more detail we can see that Rishi Sunak’s recent Budget…
