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THE DISCOVERY of a high-flying Chinese observation balloon over the USA caused a blush of red faces in Washington a few weeks ago. It was

THE DISCOVERY of a high-flying Chinese observation balloon over the USA caused a blush of red faces in Washington a few weeks ago. It was

GOT TO HAND It to business guru Harry who brought home the bacon on Saturday as he found there are people prepared to pay £17

UK TRADE has taken quite a beating from the anti-Brexit brigade since the release of some 2021 trade figures almost a year ago. Now that

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