THE SNP LEADERSHIP campaign is supposedly all about change, but really offers nothing new. All three candidates persist with the fundamentally dishonest prospectus for breaking
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Maghreb 14 March 2023 I HAVE come to Morocco for a few weeks to escape the outbreak
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
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