Swinney no more
Jim O’Neill responds to the extraordinary behaviour of John Swinney and the SNP following their defeat in parliament on primary school testing. Now we have it finally. The...
GERS spin doesn’t work
Jim O’Neill says the SNP spin over this week’s GERS figures can’t mask the blunt reality they show. No, I’m not talking about a football team from Sunny...
Happy birthday, NHS
Jim O’Neill assesses the health of the NHS in Scotland as we celebrate its 70th birthday. It is now 70 years since Nye Bevan had to “stuff doctors’...
“Sorry, we can’t find an ambulance”
Jim O’Neill returns from Oz to find the same faces overseeing the same failures in Scottish public services, and thinks New Zealand may have a better example to offer...
Politics down under – not for the faint-hearted
Jim O’Neill sends a missive from the southern hemisphere, highlighting sharp differences in how politics is conducted firth of Scotland. Spending a month in Australia, and being a...
Aw fur coat…
Jim O’Neill says the SNP government needs to stop looking to others for a solution to poverty in Scotland, and start using the powers it has to help. ...
Brexit – More disruptive than the Beast from the East
Jim O’Neill says Labour’s internal divisions mirror the divisions in the country over Brexit, and backs calls for a second referendum on the Brexit deal. Let me be...