Scotland awaits the fate of the Third Woman
Scottish politics has never been more febrile. If we go a day without an arrest, a resignation, a revelation about…
Humza Yousaf won’t be celebrating for long
Humza Yousaf has a reputation for being a bit of a crowd-pleaser and, true to form, everyone seemed inordinately happy…
The Windsor Framework isn’t the blessing Scottish nationalists think it is
Is the Windsor Framework a get-out-of-jail card for Scottish nationalists? The excitement expressed in SNP circles at Rishi Sunak’s Protocol…
The SNP leadership race has turned into the mother of all culture wars
Bring back Nicola Sturgeon. The race to replace her as SNP leader and first minister has turned into the mother…
Nicola Sturgeon is a hard act to follow
Nicola Sturgeon insisted last month she had ‘plenty in the tank’, but apparently the First Minister was already running on…
Gender wars: the Union’s new battle line
When Rishi Sunak had dinner with Nicola Sturgeon last week, the idea was to show he was interested in a…
Why we should take the Twitter Files seriously
‘Shadowbanning’, ‘visibility filtering’, ‘de-amplification’ – the Twitter Files released since Elon Musk took over have given us a new and sinister language…
Gordon Brown doesn’t understand what Scottish voters want
Only Gordon Brown could come up with a 40-point plan for constitutional renewal. ‘Less is more’ is not a principle…
How a tweet got me sacked
How a silly little bit of satire got me sacked