All together now?
Jim O’Neill considers the purpose and basis of the constant pro-independence marches around the country, and ponders the impact of changes in Westminster. I remember the days of the...
The death of Labour has been much exaggerated
Jim O’Neill is back, and takes on Peterborough, Labour’s policymaking process, and the McGarry case. The, to many, surprising victory of Labour in the Peterborough by-election has shown that...
The SNP are not always to blame
Jim O’Neill says the SNP cannot be blamed for the failure of civil servants to correctly implement procedures in the Salmond case, but they, and the First Minister, do...
Let’s NOT talk about Brexit
In Jim O’Neill’s last missive before Christmas he reminds us that aside from Brexit there is a list of serious political problems to be solved, and ministers in both...
May in Fantasy Brexitland
Jim O’Neill gives his assessment of where the Brexit mess leaves Theresa May, Nicola Sturgeon and the fortunes of the Labour Party. The danger of writing a Brexit...
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...