Is Boris brave enough to confront the truth about the NHS?
If a government does not wish to break a manifesto promise it should punt fewer such ‘promises’ into its manifesto.…
The 'mandate wars' won't be resolved anytime soon
So what does it all mean? The first thing to bear in mind is that more than one thing may…
Scottish nationalism is no better than any other kind
Even the Americans are noticing Nicola Sturgeon now and if you are – like many nationalists – the kind of…
Does anyone doubt Boris's leaked 'bodies' comment?
Of course Boris Johnson raged, King Lear-like, that he was prepared to ‘let the bodies pile high in their thousands’…
Alex Salmond is a gift to the Unionist cause
If Alex Salmond and his new Alba party did not exist, pro-Union parties would find it necessary to invent them.…
Salmond's comeback is a pitiful sight
When Alex Salmond lost his seat at the 2017 general election, he finished his concession speech with a quotation from…
Sturgeon's future now hangs in the balance
At First Minister’s Questions this afternoon Nicola Sturgeon accused Ruth Davidson of peddling baseless conspiracy theories, dredged up from ‘the bottom…
The Salmond case has left the House of Sturgeon teetering
Sturgeon is fighting for her political future
There is something rotten in Scottish politics
It is now two years since Nicola Sturgeon accepted the need for a parliamentary inquiry into how, and why, her…
The Sturgeon paradox: the worse she does, the more popular she becomes
Despite her record, nothing can stop Nicola Sturgeon
Macron isn’t Islamophobic
Sometimes a story does not receive the attention you think it should. Sometimes the news is too familiar or too…
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…
