6 days ago 5 min With Ed Davey, the Lib Dems are playing it safe Rob Bazaral With the election of Ed Davey as party leader for the Liberal Democrats, the floundering party is taking a gamble by playing ...
Sep 13 10 min GERS tells a story: of Westminster mismanagement Adam Losekoot It will come as no surprise to hear that Derek Mackay’s legacy isn’t quite what he intended it to be, one of the lesser know...
Sep 12 5 min What the death of Mercy Baguma reveals about Scottish exceptionalism Vaishnavi Ramu My father came to England in 1981, before moving to Scotland ten years later. When I asked him whether he preferred Scotla...
Aug 31 4 min Sheppard is right: the Lords don't represent Scotland Octavia Dunlop David Lloyd George questioned in 1909 why ‘’500 men…chosen accidentally from among the unemployed” should “overrride… the ...
Aug 21 6 min 'Dirty' camping shouldn't be allowed to undermine Right to Roam Emily Donnelly Scottish news headlines and social media periodically fill with alarm that rural Scotland - the Highlands and Islands spec...
Aug 15 3 min Does the SNP's new Hate Crime Bill pose a threat to free speech? Auriol Reddaway “Free speech in itself is never an unfettered right.” This was Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf’s reaction to criticisms th...
Aug 14 8 min John Swinney does not deserve this media hounding Adam Losekoot It’s been an interesting week for John Swinney to say the least. The backlash over the SQA results was fierce and despite t...
Aug 12 3 min The SNP's handling of coronavirus has set them up for a win in 2021 Eve Rogers It seemed at the beginning of 2020 that the year would be a turning point for Scotland: looming Holyrood elections, Alex Salmo...
Aug 2 5 min PM's visit to Orkney: unionism turns to farce Adam Losekoot Boris Johnson’s recent visit to Orkney, Moray and RAF Lossiemouth was perhaps the greatest analogy for his government’s app...
Jul 27 4 min Land reform: Scotland's silent revolution Vaishnavi Ramu One myth that many Scots, such as myself, like to believe is that there is no law against trespassing in our country. Whil...
