Union
Money won’t keep the Union together
Despite its name, Gers Day is not an annual celebration of the Ibrox side that makes up one half of…
To save the Union, ignore Gordon Brown
As he blasts his way through the remaining support beams of the UK constitution, Gordon Brown is doing more to…
Boris could make devolution reform his legacy – if he has the ambition
Today marks two years since Boris Johnson accepted Her Majesty’s invitation to serve as her fourteenth Prime Minister. His tenure…
Prince William won’t save the Union
Can the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge save the Union? Officials at Buckingham Palace are reported to be drawing up…
The problem with ‘Devo-max’
A common failing of pro-Union politicians down the years has been the stubborn belief that there exists somewhere a tidy…
What’s next for the Union?
The Union faces two simultaneous challenges in Northern Ireland and Scotland that both look set to worsen in the coming…
The economic case for the Union isn’t enough
There is a certain kind of critic of independence who hears the news that public funding for Scotland is 30…
The shifting sands of Scotland
Every politician likes to say that they don’t pay attention to opinion polls. In my experience, this is almost universally…
Scotland the brave
In 1707 Scotland surrendered what it had of its independence by the Treaty of Union with England. That independence had…
I’ll never feel the same about the Scots
I doubt I’m alone among English readers of this magazine in having felt uncomfortable with our last issue. ‘Please stay…
How to save a country
Next week, the most important vote in recent British history will be held. Indeed, it may well turn out to…
Nearly there, Darling
The success of the campaign to save the Union can be heard in the increasingly hysterical tone of independence supporters
Diary
A week away in Crete: I’ve come for the archaeology and culture — little patches of Minos, ancient Greece, Byzantium and…
The British clan
The Scots and the English have far more in common than the SNP likes to admit
If no one makes the case for the Union, how can we win?
Next year will decide the fate of the United Kingdom. The Scottish independence referendum on the 18th of September could…
Union man
Can George Galloway keep Scotland in Britain?
