POLICY CAPTURE is where decisions over policies are repeatedly directed away from the public interest towards a specific interest. The consequences of policy capture can
POLITICS has always suffered from systems of patronage, where after winning elections a political party hands out jobs and rewards to supporters. It is well
Intellectual incoherence and upper class welfarism under the SNP EFFECTIVE government happens when the ruling political party has a clear concept of purpose. That is
AS THE SCOTTISH ECONOMY battles to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, it is now imperative we finally tackle the underlying structural failures. Scotland has a
IF WE COMPARE the Omicron wave with previous waves, examine hospitalisation with Covid data and explore infection spread it is increasingly clear the Scottish Government
THE SNP CAMPAIGNS for office by leveraging a political populism entirely at odds with its identity-politics. How long can this dissonance last? Professors Matthew Goodwin
FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION of Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC and the promise of fresh leadership under new Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC, we have a
YOU COULD practically hear the bored irritation in the first minister’s voice when she answered the STV journalist’s question on 3 June of this year.
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
COLIN BEATTIE, the SNP’s national treasurer has issued a new statement attempting to explain away the concerns surrounding the allegedly missing ‘frozen’ funds for a
WHEN Nicola Sturgeon was pressed by an STV journalist for comment on swirling allegations of a missing £600,000 independence ‘fighting fund’, she said she was
‘THE BIG LIE’ (die große Lüge) is a propaganda technique used for political purposes; defined as “a gross distortion or misrepresentation of the facts, especially
