I HAPPENED to be travelling along Edinburgh’s City Bypass last Saturday on my way to Glasgow at the same time as the farmer’s protest against
TWO STRIKING – and related – news stories have hit Scottish headlines this week. A Survation poll for Holyrood Sources on the 2026 Holyrood election
IN A political landscape that can often feel stagnant and uninspired, the possibility of disruption can send ripples of enthusiasm through the electorate. The recent
THE LEGACY PARTIES that have long dominated UK and Scottish politics have relied on a tried-and-tested formula: handing out pitchforks to their voters. The SNP
How the SNP and Green MSPs rammed the early release of prisoners bill through parliament. AFTER TWO DAYS’ scrutiny and a mere five working days
WITH THE impeccable timing for which this government is becoming known, on the day that Russia (might have) fired an ICBM into Ukraine and (definitely)
PREVIOUSLY I HAVE described some of the problems faced by the Royal Navy, the Army, and the Royal Air Force. The operative word is “some”
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE operates some of the most sophisticated combat aircraft in the world. The F35 is the current gold standard and the latest
IN THE LATE Cold War the British Army of the Rhine had about 60,000 personnel. That delivered a NATO army group headquarters and the 1st
THE ROYAL NAVY has existed as a permanent force since the time of Henry VIII. Some trace its history back to Alfred the Great. Regardless,
OUTSIDE of the media frenzy of the government’s public spending plans and ministers’ delight in freebies, the Secretary of State for Defence, The Rt Hon
THERE IS a great line in Breaking Bad where streetwise Jesse explains to Walter White that sometimes you don’t need a criminal lawyer, you need