WHEN I wrote for ThinkScotland after Sturgeon’s resignation and Yousaf’s accession, I argued the SNP was a basket case with no prospect of a second
WHO HASN’T been spell-bound by the drama unfolding in Scottish politics since Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation? When she resigned, I wrote about tectonic plates shifting,
SOMETIMES It’s impossible to avoid cliché, but today tectonic plates shifted in Scottish politics. Nicola Sturgeon is going. For eight years, she has been, in
WHATEVER ELSE you may say about the First Minister, she is a glutton for punishment. I can’t imagine she looks forward to First Minister’s Questions,
WHATEVER ELSE you may say about the First Minister, she is a glutton for punishment. I can’t imagine she looks forward to First Minister’s Questions,
IN THE 1980s, while living in Berlin, I was invited to a Marlene Dietrich party. I was the only woman there and by far the
A FEW WEEKS AGO the trans rights champion, Green MSP Maggie Chapman didn’t know which sex she was because she hadn’t had a chromosomal test;
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.
ON FRIDAY I delivered All For Unity and Scotland Matters placards to two farmers, who displayed them in their fields facing main roads. Both happen
THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT election on May 6 will be like no other in recent Scottish history. Every local, Scottish and UK election for the last
THE SCOTTISH MEDIA has struggled to give due weight to the unfolding scandals of the Scottish government’s role in harassment investigations and proceedings against Alex Salmond.
I AM ABOUT AS FAR as you could get from being a football fan. I’ve never been to a game nor ever wanted to attend
