My unsolicited advice to Kemi Badenoch
If there are two things new leaders of political parties dread, it’s unsolicited advice and Scotland. The advice because, even…
Is Russell Findlay the Kemi Badenoch of Scotland?
When Russell Findlay stood to be Scottish Conservative leader, he talked the familiar language of ‘change’. I predicted that this…
What Fight Club got right
There are three great makers of popular man-art working in Hollywood today – Michael Mann, Christopher Nolan and David Fincher…
Murray Foote’s departure is yet another blow to the SNP
The SNP just can’t catch a break. The party is still reeling from a catastrophic general election result, a backlash…
The SNP will regret expelling John Mason
You might have missed the news that the SNP has expelled one of its MSPs, announced as it was following…
Salmond’s critics can’t ignore his lasting legacy
When he lost his Gordon seat in the 2017 general election, Alex Salmond told his count and those watching –…
The SNP is in a donations row of its own
The thing about being holier than thou is that you actually have to be holier. Stephen Flynn, the SNP’s leader…
What the West could learn from Israel
A brief update from Agence France Presse underscores the shift in power in the Middle East. The report, citing a…
Britain should just join the United States
Ruth Cadbury is hard at work campaigning for Kamala Harris ahead of November’s presidential election. It’s what you might expect…
Iran launches a missile attack on Israel
Iranian missiles are slicing through the evening sky over Tel Aviv as Tehran responds to the killing of Hezbollah leader…
This is Israel’s greatest victory since the Six-Day War
There is a satirical Israeli song from the Second Lebanon War, ‘Yalla Ya Nasrallah’, with the chorus: ‘Come on, oh…
Israel goes for Hezbollah’s leadership
Israel has carried out a daring air strike against Hezbollah’s headquarters. The Islamist terror group’s underground command centre, located below…
You reap what you sow, Sir Keir
The public response to Sir Keir Starmer and his ministers accepting gifts from Labour donors and others has been what…
Why is Labour so puritanical?
Can you be a progressive without being po-faced? I wonder sometimes, especially when I read that public health minister Andrew…
Is Scottish Labour really back?
Labour’s first conference from government in 14 years might not be taking place against an ideal backdrop, with the Prime…
No, Rich Lowry didn’t say the N-word
Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of National Review, is being cancelled for calling Haitian immigrants the N-word. One problem: he didn’t. Lowry…
Now we know how Keir Starmer will fall
After coasting his way to No. 10, Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership has got off to a pretty cursed start. Some…
The real significance of the winter fuel row
The question of whether to scrap winter fuel payments to all but the poorest retirees is a very British debate,…
The Greens are turning on the SNP
The SNP hasn’t wanted for its woes lately but now there is fresh trouble on the way. Lorna Slater, co-leader…
This could be the first right-wing Scottish Tory leader in years
The Scottish Conservative leadership election is now Russell Findlay’s to lose. The West Scotland MSP has secured three big endorsements:…
Why are people so shocked that Starmer isn’t perfect?
The 1997 Christmas special of The Mrs Merton Show probably doesn’t feature in many people’s formative political memories, but it…
The Scottish Conservatives leadership race is surprisingly interesting
Something interesting is happening in the Scottish Conservative leadership election, and while I appreciate you might be sceptical about the…
Will Russell Findlay be a ‘fighter’?
Russell Findlay has launched his bid to be the next Scottish Tory leader as the party descends into a civil…
Are Scottish nationalists having delusions of grandeur?
The Scottish nationalists are aggrieved. What’s new, I hear you ask. Well, a diplomatic row, one which has prompted some…
The oldest hatred is thriving in Britain
Britain’s antisemitism problem continues to grow. A report from the Community Security Trust (CST), a charity that monitors racist attacks…