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
THE RIGHT TO freedom of speech has an in-built test that can be used to weed out anyone who doesn’t really value it. If someone
AS THE Scottish Government gears up for its long-awaited inquiry into Covid-related care home deaths, the emergence of the Omicron variant is a reminder of
ON 26TH NOVEMBER, the day that Storm Arwen brought a rare red weather warning to the east coast of Scotland and north-east England, we were
THE SNP has been in office since 2007, and Nicola Sturgeon has been a prominent figure – deputy first minister and then first minister –
A CONSTANT REFRAIN in the EU referendum was how important it was for our farmers to be in the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy and the
AS I READ yet another attempt to demonise New Zealand farmers over the tiny meat quota given to them in the recent Free Trade Agreement – equal
WELL, the COP26 jamboree in Glasgow has certainly opened my mind about the role we have played in creating the climate crisis around us. Does
“…’Cos the sun will heat up and the rain will get worse For the climate it is a-changin’” (With apologies to Robert Zimmerman) THERE ARE
The challenge of maintaining electricity supply in a Scotland outside the United Kingdom SCOTLAND MATTERS, the non-party campaign for Scotland to remain in the United
FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION of Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC and the promise of fresh leadership under new Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC, we have a
