THERE IS A PERCEPTION in Britain that Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP have handled the Coronavirus pandemic well. Support for Scottish independence has, apparently, been
HOW a country acts, how its government behaves, is as much a cultural decision as it is a legal one. Laws can be changed or
ThinkScotland article from Wednesday 2, December, 2020 An open letter signed by nearly 500 health professionals and scientists has been sent to the Boris Johnson, Nicola Sturgeon and Mark Drakeford. The letter, entitled “First do no harm” – the medical principle that a cure must never be worse than the disease itself – argues that […]
CREDIT where credit is due. The predicted announcement by Boris Johnson that the UK will launch its largest investment in defence since the Cold War,
WHAT IS WRONG with Scotland? For many ThinkScotland readers, the short answer will be nationalism and/or the SNP. But even if the SNP weren’t running
EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL is at it again, planning the big picture future whilst the city slowly stops turning. Wednesday this week brought a report to
Linda Holt article from Wednesday 16, September, 2020 WE ARE NOW officially living under the Rule of Six. The police are charged to enforce it. In Scotland, more than six people (not counting children under 12) from a maximum of two households are banned from meeting outside of work, school and certain other specified settings. […]
A DEAR FRIEND of mine died recently, a very active man who was in so many committees and had so many hobbies that under normal
Tom Gallagher article from Tuesday 19, May, 2020 LAST WEEK the libertarian politician Douglas Carswell came near to admitting that decentralisation measures introduced in Britain over the last twenty years had gone badly awry. He tweeted: “Let’s be honest, it’s not been a great moment for us localists, this crisis. Police commissioners have been invisible. The […]
Linda Holt article from Tuesday 5, May, 2020 FEW PEOPLE have reason to linger in care homes. Fewer still have the energy or will to think about them in the round after dealing with the guilt-ridden and traumatic experience of visiting a relative who no longer recognises you. The exorbitant cost of staying in a […]
Linda Holt article from Friday 24, April, 2020 OFFICIALLY, CONSTITUTIONAL HOSTILITIES have been suspended. There is an eerie silence from leading politicians akin to the World War One Christmas truce. The customary manoeuvres about Westminster Tories and indy-obsessed Nats are nowhere to be seen. The First Minister says she has “never been less interested in just reducing something […]
LATE ON SATURDAY night the Sun published pictures of Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Catherine Calderwood out for a walk with her family and dog on Earlsferry