“Women of the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes and violence; a future that’s sustainable, peaceful, with equal rights and
AS A RULE, if you find yourself walking down a road and see a sign indicating that Hell is only a few miles away then
SOME DAYS Scotland is aiming for a ‘Zero Covid’ strategy. Some days it’s aiming to ‘eliminate’ the virus SARS-CoV-2. And some days, it seems we
SOMETHING STRUCK ME a few weeks back when I watched the UK Prime Minister set out plans for children to go back to school, and
YESTERDAY must have come as an eye-opener to many Scots, not just those unhappy with our SNP Government, but also to many SNP supporters and
ON 25 FEBRUARY Stephen Boyle, Scotland’s Auditor General, released his latest report on the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. He noted that the Scottish Government
IT ONLY TAKES a few scratches for the SNP’s progressive sheen to begin wearing away. Beneath it, an ugly truth – the nationalist party is
MANY PEOPLE get upset when a company established in Scotland or the UK is sold to a foreign investor, even if there is no loss
MUCH OF the Republic of Ireland’s support for the EU in recent Brexit negotiations was smothered in barely disguised Anglophobia. A feature of this was
FLAGS have long been emotive emblems. From 1789 and throughout the nineteenth century, the warring sides in France were recognisable by their respective flags, the
HISTORIANS are sure to pore over this ‘unprecedented’ period for centuries to come. It is my belief that in the fullness of time, they will
THE SNP HAS FAILED to tackle poverty in Scotland, which has become appreciably worse under the Salmond-Sturgeon administrations. While poverty rates had been steadily declining
