I THINK after almost a decade of watching the independence movement I have safely arrived at the conclusion independence will never happen nor will another
IN 1848, a few years after the first Anglo-Afghan wars, Lord Palmerston stood in the Houses of Parliament and said “we have no eternal allies,
THE OPENING this week of the Scottish Parliament was an auspicious affair. Politicians mingled with royalty, backs were slapped, and children were ‘high-fived’. This was
On Friday 18 September Vivian Linacre, a few years into his nineties, slipped away from us in his Perth home after an illness born bravely.
IN THE TWENTY YEARS since 9/11, instinctive unity has been replaced by officially-imposed uniformity in the United States and across the West. As planes crashed
With apologies to Rumplestiltskin ONCE UPON A TIME in Scotland there was a First Minister who promised the people they would all live happily ever
AFGHANISTAN being ‘the story’ is never good, that much is certain. But this time, it is worse than ever before. There has been a lot
SUPPOSING that the Taliban had never invited Osama bin Laden into Afghanistan or that he had never plotted the destruction of the Twin Towers, these
REJOICE, rejoice. Independence is over. The most recent GERS figures, the Cambo oilfield debacle and mass redundancy at a biscuit factory have hammered yet more
THE WEST’S abrupt and calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan is, for British consumption at least, being compared to the rude awakening to its impotence without US
THE DECISION by the Biden Administration to abandon Afghanistan is obviously foolish. The reputation of the West as trustworthy and competent will be undermined. International
THE CULT of transgenderism has taken a very ugly turn. As a libertarian I consider sexuality, whisky and voting in the same bracket. For adults