Of all the sights that the House of Commons has witnessed, last night’s debate on Trident ought to be remembered as amongst the most notorious. […] Read More
Category: Politics
The decline of local government in Scotland is a long and depressing saga. “The cooncil” has long been a byword for corruption, incompetence and political […] Read More
The sense of being part of a movement has long held a compulsive appeal. When the term was first adopted by working class activists in […] Read More
I’m too young to remember the 1980s, though given the result of last week’s election that might not actually matter. What I want to talk […] Read More
Cameron has whipped British nationalists into a frenzy, Miliband has resorted to monument raising, the Independent is penning wartime-style editorials, Brown rallies the faithful, plurality […] Read More
When I found myself, somewhat unexpectedly, in the midst of a referendum campaign for Scottish independence, the above phrase became a kind of mantra. I’d […] Read More
Our world is fragile and precarious. Markets tremble, alliances strain, leaders become impotent and people suffer. Insecurity is both the condition of our age and […] Read More
If Lord Ashcroft’s polling is correct, Labour faces an unprecedented defeat in Scotland at May’s general election. As the party struggles to maintain its heartlands […] Read More
Dear Scotland… When you wake up on Friday, don’t change. A lot will have changed by then, obviously. A line will have been crossed, you’ll […] Read More
I was watching a foreign country and not for the first time. The fawning news coverage, the militarism, the righteous Christianity, the clapping crowds. Here […] Read More