THE SHEER cynicism of our Prime Minister is quite something. The Windsor Framework indeed! More like the Duke of Windsor Framework. Something that should have
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 3 March 2023 IN HIS POETIC FEAST of Gaelic-themed nostalgia, Over
WHY HAS Nicola Sturgeon resigned? In the midst of the SNP leadership election we still do not know the answer. The saying goes ‘all political
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 24 February 2023 I HAVE decided to decline the invitation to
The following article is an addition to a chapter on Nicola Sturgeon by Tom Gallagher in light of recent events. It will appear in his book Europe’s Leadership
Nicola Sturgeon has resigned. This piece on polling, reporting what was obviously very bad news for the SNP, was written yesterday before the announcement, I
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 16 February 2023 I DO NOT want to say too much in public, but now that
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
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 15 February 2023 IAN MITCHELL’S recent book about Nicola Sturgeon (see below) concentrates on what he
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge 11 February 2023 LIKE ALL PEOPLE who live far from light pollution, we on the isle
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