THE ECONOMIC TAPESTRY of Scotland is currently a subject of intense debate, with burgeoning concerns over fiscal sustainability, tax policies, and the broader economic implications
LAST SATURDAY I had the pleasure of speaking at the Reform UK conference in Perth. It was actually Reform’s fourth Scottish Conference, but the three
TO THE BEREAVED FAMILIES, a year after the Lucy Letby conviction, time is likely to have made little difference to their grief and discussion of
THERE IS no problem in Scottish society where the SNP will not attempt to apportion at least a measure of blame to ‘Westminster’. But its
WITHIN 6 HOURS of his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star, Donald
WE ALL SUFFER selective amnesia, ‘rose tinted glasses’ if you like. For instance, the past may be a foreign land and I recall it sort
THE UK’S INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL independent education sector is one of the only industries in the UK that is truly a free market. That doesn’t mean
AS WE READ in The Times that Moray Council is considering guidance for supporting so-called ‘transgender’ children that will prevent teachers from using the correct
THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT is a reputationally challenged disaster-zone, struggling beneath myriad policy-outcome failures. There is a good reason John Swinney has emerged as SNP leader
Hamish Gobson’s diary: the view from across the Uisge Monday 1st April 2024 GIVEN THAT Humza Yousaf’s Hate Crime Act
Scots are rejecting the SNP-Green coalition’s ‘wellbeing economy’ as quickly as disavowing the ‘net zero’ policies. But the Scottish Government refuses to listen. It’s time
HOW OFTEN have you been warned not to mention religion or politics when meeting people? It is the explosive combination of these two entities that