Keir Starmer and the Scottish independence conundrum
In January, Sir Keir Starmer told Border Television’s Peter MacMahon that, look, of course an SNP victory in next year’s…
Sport, for the English, has always been a defiant assertion of liberty
The history of English sport reflects a defiant people determined to protect their ancient prerogatives, says Alex Massie
Here’s Nicola: can Boris Johnson stop Scottish independence?
How can Boris deal with the looming question of IndyRef2?
Can the new Scottish Tory leader thwart Nicola Sturgeon?
The new Scottish Tory leader – and his familiar sidekick
Is it a 'transphobic lie' to say 'only females get cervical cancer'?
A long, long time ago – by which I mean last month – I was firmly under the impression that…
What the cancelling of JK Rowling is really about
Shall we start with an easy question? As a general rule, would it be appropriate for a 15-year-old boy to…
Why Dominic Cummings must go
Most aspects of this present emergency are complex and resist easy solutions. Only a handful are elementary but one of…
Is a summer without cricket truly summer at all?
Isuppose most of us have a hole or two in our lives right now. This is a time of absence;…
A note to fellow lockdown lethargics
Strange times, these. Dull and unsettling in equal measure. Much of life feels as though it is stuck in some…
Our politicians are only trying to do their best
This is a time for generosity and kindness; a moment for the cutting of slack and the making of allowances.…
The row over Suzanne Moore is a test for the Guardian's liberal credentials
The Guardian is a great newspaper and it remains so even if, puzzlingly, more than a fifth of its workforce…
Why there won’t be a Scottish independence poll this year
There will be no second referendum on Scottish independence this year. This is certain. And it is not because Boris…
Hong Kong faces a growing crisis in 2020
Last week Carrie Lam, the embattled chief executive of Hong Kong’s increasingly beleaguered and unpopular government, deplored the latest round…
Boris’s big strength could soon become a Tory weakness
First, a clarification. I may previously have suggested that Boris Johnson is an unprincipled egomaniac wholly lacking in both moral…
Bob Willis’s contribution to English cricket will never be forgotten
Certain days in the long and sometimes glorious history of English cricket are so brightly coloured they can never fade.…
The pestilence of Brexit and the failure of the political class
The latest confirmation of the sickness evident in British politics these days comes courtesy of political scientists at the universities…
What happened to the Conservative Party?
So now we know. There is no point in denying it and no advantage in wishing away plainly observable reality.…
The magic and mystery of English cricket
Nothing in cricket is quite as visceral, even quite as primeval, as the confrontation between a batsmen of the highest…
The Brexiteers have blown it
If, as Rod Liddle says, Brexit has been killed there is no shortage of suspects. 75 of them, in fact.…
It’s Salmond vs Sturgeon – and whoever wins, the SNP loses
Amid the wreckage of a Brexit process that has disrupted every aspect of British political life, it is easy to…
This is Ukip’s Britain. The rest of us just live in it
The continuing saga of Henry Bolton’s notional leadership of Ukip continues to amaze and amuse and appal in equal measure.…
Hands off our Ruth
At last, there is light in the north. The long Scottish Tory winter has finally ended, giving way to the…
Ruth, Queen of Scots
Twenty years ago, Conservatism all but died in Scotland. Tony Blair’s landslide victory made Scotland, at least in terms of…
Back into battle
On 24 June last year, in the Georgian splendour of her official residence in Edinburgh’s Charlotte Square, Scotland’s First Minister…
Highland sting
There is no party in Britain quite as fake as the Scottish National Party. The SNP, now entrenched in its…
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