TWENTY-FIVE years ago, at the height of Blair, Bill Clinton and “The Third Way”, many felt that the future direction and progress of the world was safe and secure ...
THE 10-year anniversary of Scotland’s indyref has come and gone relatively unmarked ...
THE SNP meet next weekend in Edinburgh in a state of transition which marks the end of one political era – that of SNP dominance – and the beginning of a new era...
UNDERSTANDING the present and shaping the future depends on understanding the past. Sometimes difficult through the noise, smog and smirr, but during disruption and change. it is more necessary than ever.
WE all know the script. The Scottish men’s national team qualify for a major tournament. We raise our hopes. Once more they go out in the first round to deflation and dismay. All of this feels very familiar. We have been disappointed and hurt so often.
THE UK election on July 4 has huge consequences that could draw the curtains on 14 Tory years – and see the election of a Labour government under Keir Starmer.
THE past few days have seen Scottish politics shaken to the core. Humza Yousaf terminated the SNP-Green Bute House Agreement bringing the prospect of a vote of no confidence.
ONE of the strange things about The Beatles phenomenon is that the further we are from the 1960s, the more fascinating, unique and important they become.
IT has been just another unedifying week in British politics. Filled with chaos, confusion, charge and countercharge.
THIS is a big year for Scottish and UK politics, with a General Election likely in October or November. It looks certain that the Tories will lose and Labour win, while the long election campaign will ask big questions about the state of democracy and society.
