Nigel Farage has already branded 2016 as a year of political revolution. Last week, the UKIP leader beamed, like a small boy on Christmas morning, […] Read More
“So it is worth reminding ourselves of how lucky we are to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous, most progressive era in human […] Read More
Sovereignty and borders — the great political themes of the current crisis, were a defining feature of both the SNP and Tory party conferences. The […] Read More
cross the world governments are having to deal with referendums delivering results that see the instigators fail to return their desired result. In Hungary, the […] Read More
There is nothing special about the experience of attending a political gathering. Regulars will attest that they can often be frustrating and predictable affairs full […] Read More
The political obsessions of a country are often highly revealing. At moments of crisis, such matters become all the more potent. Home truths are all […] Read More
Journalists are people too. When I first encountered the trade at the tender of age of 17, such a remark would probably be followed by […] Read More
I’VE worked in pretty much every capacity you could imagine at the Edinburgh festivals. Over the years I’ve flyered, taken tickets, worked the bars, written […] Read More
When the debate about the Scottish Six first kicked off in 1997 I was still at primary school. Remarkably it’s taken 18 years for us to get […] Read More
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