POLICY CAPTURE is where decisions over policies are repeatedly directed away from the public interest towards a specific interest. The consequences of policy capture can
IN APRIL 2022, the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Start the Week’ had an edition on ‘The age of the strongman leader’, the title of a
POLITICS has always suffered from systems of patronage, where after winning elections a political party hands out jobs and rewards to supporters. It is well
IN THE FINAL of a series of four articles on the Union and how to save it, Tom Miers proposes some new ‘rules of the game’ to bring
IN the third of a series of four articles on the Union and how to save it, Tom Miers explains how SNP dishonesty on the
IN the second of a series of four articles on the Union and how to save it, Tom Miers argues the political settlement Scotland enjoys gives it more
In the first of a series of four articles on the Union and how to save it, Tom Miers argues we need to understand the
I HAVE BEEN trying to put my finger on precisely what, generically, the Scottish separatist cause is. As I understand it, the original nationalists in
AS THE SCOTTISH ECONOMY battles to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, it is now imperative we finally tackle the underlying structural failures. Scotland has a
EIGHT days into the Russian onslaught into the Ukraine and things look like they’re not quite going to Vladimir Putin’s plan. Of course, nobody apart
LAST WEEK was a very ugly week in Scottish politics. Yes it could be almost any week you might say, but last week was really
THE INDY CASE IS BUST. The recent pensions debacle showed their only united activity is the queue to shoot the “cause” in the foot. It’s
