
A letter to the First Minister on antisemitism
Your statement on the Jerusalem conflict Dear First Minister, IT IS WITH GREAT CONCERN and sadness that I write to you today following your recent

Your statement on the Jerusalem conflict Dear First Minister, IT IS WITH GREAT CONCERN and sadness that I write to you today following your recent

THE RECENT Scottish Parliamentary Elections signalled another slump in the fortunes of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Just when many of us were thinking it couldn’t

COVID-19 MEASURES have been the most important political issue over the past year, so it’s striking that little has so far been said about what

IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, we will not be seeing another referendum in Scotland. The UK government don’t want one, the SNP don’t want one

WHILE YESTERDAY’S VOTES should offer the first real glimpse of public opinion since the Covid nightmare began last March the politicians’ commitments will still not

IT’S OBVIOUS there’ll be no ProUK single party gaining a working majority in May. Even though the SNP will probably see its vote share, in

EVEN BEFORE the Coronavirus fear response closed down businesses, schools and hospitals and sent waiting lists through the roof – including for life-saving surgery –

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

I ACCEPTED an invitation to stand for the Freedom Alliance a mere seven weeks ago. The wholesale dismissal of any sense or expertise weighing in

READING a recent headline ‘1,600 trees a DAY axed to pave the way for turbines’ took my mind back to a 2019 general election hustings

IT HAS, as always, especially for numbers nerds like me, been intriguing to watch how the various polls have played out in relation to #Scexit

THE SNP’S NEW MANIFESTO is adorned with freebies. Free bus travel for under 22s, free dental care, free bicycles and laptops for children, free music