Today’s Thinking

Alan Sked

A Loyal Scotland fights for Britain, 1707-1918

Mythology in the history of Anglo-Scots Relations – part four

Jonathan Stanley

Freedom is being leeched, our Winter of Malcontent is coming

WALKING ALONG THE CLIFFTOPS of Pembrokeshire this month has been a wonderful break from the incompetence across these islands. A few days ago the autumn equinox passed by. The nights are now longer than the ...

Alan Sked

Scotland 1707-1914: The Union adjusts and consolidates

Mythology in the history of Anglo-Scots Relations – part three

Jane Lax

Shetland to the Isles of Scilly – there’s more that binds us than divides us

I WROTE AN ARTICLE on ThinkScotland back in August on why I believed Scotland should stay as part of the United Kingdom around my main argument of the economic stability that pooling and sharing our resources ...

Alan Sked

From Auld Alliance to creating the Union

Mythology in the history of Anglo-Scots Relations – part two

Alan Sked

Mythology in the history of Anglo-Scots relations

THERE CAN BE little doubt that the relationship with England has been the key factor in the birth, development and for some the decline of the Scottish nation. England is Scotland’s larger, richer and more ...

Carole Ford

Focussing on headlines combined with incompetence is a recipe for failure

THE RECENT SQA results debacle and the off/on return to school during the current pandemic have shone a searing light on the systemic and recurring problems in Scottish education. As pupils and teachers are tossed from ...

Torquil Dick-Erikson

Deal or no deal, the European Arrest Warrant threatens our human rights

HOW MANY in the Scottish or UK governments, at any level, are aware that the European Court of Human Rights declared that up to 5 years in prison awaiting, not just trial, but a prisoner's first appearance in a public ...

Linda Holt

Sturgeon’s juggernaut of fear lumbers on in Scotland

THE FIRST MINISTER may be waving behind the wheel, but she is no longer in control of the vehicle. Tuesday’s announcement that face coverings will become mandatory in schools from August 31 ...

Ewen Stewart

Defund the BBC? Here’s how it’s done

LORD HALL DEPARTS the stage of the BBC this week unapologetic and seemingly unaware that at home his organisation’s reputation for fairness and impartiality is increasingly in tatters as British viewers vote with their ...

Linda Holt

Nicola Sturgeon: the fear-mongerer's fear-mongerer?

A FORTNIGHT AGO, I returned from a week’s visit to Amsterdam. I am not given to conspiracy theories, but when Nicola Sturgeon advised people not to book a holiday abroad this year, I couldn't help but think it ...

Tom Gallagher

Douglas Ross provokes fear and loathing among disunited separatists

THE SCOTLAND that wanted to be good at making things, producing well-educated young people with bright prospects, where politics rarely clouded ties between friends and neighbours, and an obsession with banners, slogans and flags was ...