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
SOME VERY ODD THINGS are happening at the moment across the Western World. In fact, it feels like a dam has been breached. Only last
I RECEIVED an email from Sir David Amess a few weeks ago. We hadn’t spoken for a while. Holidays and staff sickness meant that we
WHILE OUR POLITICIANS have spent the last few weeks partying, dancing and soaking up free beer and wine at their respective Party Conferences, men and
MANY READERS will be aware Scotland now finds itself in a housing crisis. While this may seem an obvious, nay repetitive point, it would seem
