Dying younger
Martin Hutchison believes the root of the recent decline in Scottish and UK life expectancy is our poor diet, and that official government guidelines may deserve some of the...
Has Brexit blown indyref2 out of the water?
The country is learning hard lessons about direct democracy from the Brexit process. Robert Hoskins argues that those lessons should fundamentally alter Scotland’s attitude to any proposed second independence...
A people’s vote
On the eve of the People’s Vote March Ronnie McGowan explains why his participation is in part the repayment of a debt of gratitude to his parents, and to...
It’s time for devolved immigration
John Erskine, Vice Chair of Inverness and Nairn CLP, says that Scotland – and our rural economy in particular – needs to be able to pursue a different immigration...
Federalism In One Union
Aidan Skinner Campbell sets out a blueprint for a form of federalism which could provide the structures and opportunity to enable Scotland and the UK to re-engage with the...
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...
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...