DESPITE the left wing rhetoric of the government and the BMA, it is left wing economics and derision of the professional class that are the
The euphoria of fear: On the loss of psyche in modern medicine ANOTHER NIGHT, another shift. The corridor lights hum like old neon, and I
Happy Hour in A&E makes everyone miserable ANOTHER SHIFT finished, the night is young, and I for one am glad happy hour is over. Late
THERE IS A SPACE where worlds collide and create the most unexpected of challenges. Sociology like chemistry is a study of interactions and reactions at
THIS WEEK’S report on drug related deaths in Scotland gives food for thought on one of the largest public health disasters since devolution started. Like
BRITAIN is changing. In an era of mass migration, the failure to deport illegal migrants is undermining a key feature of what was once called
LAST WEEK was a very ugly week in Scottish politics. Yes it could be almost any week you might say, but last week was really
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
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
THEY SAY in investing circles you should never catch a falling knife. The dissociation between facts and policy has increased these last few months hence
I THINK after almost a decade of watching the independence movement I have safely arrived at the conclusion independence will never happen nor will another
IT’S HARD TO THINK three years have gone by since I wrote about transgender teaching in primary schools. I was attacked, mocked and dismissed as