Referendum – Yes or No
Alastair Osborne says referendums should never be used to sneak through a change that splits the country in two, but only to validate a genuine and lasting shift in...
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...
Groundhog Day for the Scottish budget
Duncan Hothersall reviews yesterday’s Scottish budget and sees an SNP failing to use its powers, but still fooling enough of the people enough of the time. Derek Mackay...
Brexit: Corbyn to the rescue?
Richard Rawles analyses Labour’s various positions on Brexit, and ponders what could happen if the UK leadership – as it surely should – actually follows the wishes of the...
An industrial strategy for Scotland
John Ruddy considers what an industrial strategy for Scotland – which so many say is necessary but so few have ever defined – might actually look like. A...
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...
Time for councils that are fit for purpose
John Ruddy says it’s time to look again, not just at how local councils are funded but how they are structured, and to create a new system fit for...