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Euan Mccolm

Euan Mccolm

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The SNP juggernaut has veered off course

A failed strategy by its champions and policies that ignore Scotland’s mainstream have set back the independence cause

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Financial Times

Euan Mccolm

The SNP’s ‘operation stop Kate Forbes’ has succeeded – for now

If you want to know how deep is the crisis in which the Scottish National Party currently finds itself, let this sink in: the next leader of the party...

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The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

SNP / Humza Yousaf’s biggest mistake

A word of advice for anyone with ambitions to hold high political office: if you think you might ever need the assistance of your opponents, don’t...

29.04.2024 10

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

Humza Yousaf and his ridiculous, feigned outrage

Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf is a politician with two settings. If he’s being asked about a difficult issue – the Police Scotland...

24.04.2024 30

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

Humza Yousaf’s first year has been a disaster

When Nicola Sturgeon stepped down as First Minister of Scotland a year ago, she said she’d reached the conclusion that she could no further advance...

27.03.2024 1

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

The undoing of Professor Jason Leitch

Appearing on Scottish television screens almost daily during the pandemic, Professor Jason Leitch was a calm, reassuring presence during strange...

13.03.2024 30

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

The SNP’s North Sea hypocrisy

The Labour party has run into trouble in Scotland. It is planning to both raise and extend the windfall tax on the oil and gas sector, and industry...

20.02.2024 5

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

Nicola Sturgeon is the SNP’s biggest liability

A year ago today, Nicola Sturgeon announced her resignation as SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland. The consensus was that her departure from...

15.02.2024 3

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

Michael Matheson’s iPad scandal has tarnished the Scottish government

When the Scottish health secretary’s inevitable resignation came, there was no apology, no recognition that he had done anything wrong. Michael...

08.02.2024 10

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

What’s going on with Nicola Sturgeon’s memory?

Nicola Sturgeon’s memory is a fascinating and frustrating thing. At times, the former First Minister of Scotland’s powers of recall are quite...

01.02.2024 20

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

Is the SNP changing its tune on free university places?

The SNP’s much trumpeted policy of free university tuition allows ‘radicals’ to indulge their fantasies of Scotland as a fair and compassionate...

17.01.2024 5

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

Euan McColm: Much more scrutiny of Post Office scandal is needed – its final act is far from over

I don’t think we’ve ever seen anything resembling the astonishing reaction to the television drama about the Post Office scandal. A week after ITV...

11.01.2024 7

Evening Express

Euan Mccolm

Euan McColm: We shouldn’t forget it’s OK to disagree sometimes

The newspaper columnist Jack McLean was a remarkable character. A former art teacher, he became famous for his – let’s say trenchant – views,...

28.12.2023 4

Evening Express

Euan Mccolm

Vague promises and no action on A9 dualling no longer cut it

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to believe the Scottish Government is fully committed to dualling the A9. Sure, under pressure from opponents,...

15.12.2023 3

Evening Express

Euan Mccolm

The SNP’s strange relationship with ‘full transparency’

The SNP makes quite the fuss of its dedication to openness and transparency from political leaders. Voters deserve to know the truth, the whole truth,...

07.12.2023 6

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

Euan McColm: How dire must NHS get before politicians do something to save it?

Three weeks ago, I took a call from the kids’ school. That’s never good news, is it? There was nothing to worry about, the woman on the other end...

30.11.2023 10

Evening Express

Euan Mccolm

Euan McColm: MSPs are doing nothing of substance with posturing Gaza ceasefire vote

It’s not as if MSPs don’t have enough on their plates. Scotland’s NHS continues to fail, families across the country struggle to get by during a...

16.11.2023 3

Evening Express

Euan Mccolm

The ugly truth about the SNP’s white roses

Anyone paying close attention to television coverage of the King’s Speech on Tuesday may have noticed that SNP MPs in attendance looked as if their...

08.11.2023 2

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

Beatles’ Now And Then is a moving coda to the most unifying musical legacy

I very much doubt I was the only person blinking back tears as I listened to the radio on Thursday afternoon. Shortly after 2pm, both BBC Radios 2 and...

02.11.2023 3

Evening Express

Euan Mccolm

What happened to Nicola Sturgeon’s Covid WhatsApps?

A great modern Scottish myth is that the handling of the coronavirus pandemic by government ministers in Edinburgh was vastly superior to that of...

29.10.2023 3

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

Euan McColm: SNP rebuttal unit should start by exploring some of its own party’s promises and claims

The SNP is a peculiarly thin-skinned party. Its politicians rage at the slightest criticism; many of its members interpret disagreement as personal...

19.10.2023 3

Evening Express

Euan Mccolm

Will Yousaf come to regret his council tax freeze?

After the SNP won its first Holyrood election in 2007, foolish council leaders across Scotland rushed to sign up to what then finance secretary John...

18.10.2023 3

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

The SNP’s new independence strategy is worse than the last

SNP members really are the cheapest dates in UK politics — they’ll lap up any old swill dished out by their leaders. After the Yes campaign in the...

16.10.2023 3

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

The desperate plight of Humza Yousaf’s relatives, trapped in Gaza

Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has his flaws as a politician but when it comes to the brutal attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists, his...

12.10.2023 3

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

The SNP’s by-election hypocrisy

The SNP has never been noted for its capacity for self-reflection. Each and every time it suffers defeat, it plays the card marked victimhood. Dark...

06.10.2023 2

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

Politicians peddling conspiracy theories to win votes should take a long, hard look at themselves

It’s a story as old as time: a fresh-faced idealist enters the world of politics full of energy and absolutely committed to making a positive change...

05.10.2023 2

Evening Express

Euan Mccolm

Russell Brand watershed moment won’t fix anything unless men work towards change

I wonder how many watershed moments there are to be. Every time a powerful man is exposed as a sexual predator, we tell ourselves things are going to...

22.09.2023 5

Evening Express

Euan Mccolm

How standing up for JK Rowling destroyed one author’s career

When the Scottish writer Gillian Philip posted a tweet in 2020, she could not have imagined the devastating consequences that would follow. At the...

19.09.2023 6

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

The SNP can’t blame Westminster for Scotland’s horrific drug deaths

There is no problem in Scottish society for which the SNP will not try to apportion at least some of the blame to ‘Westminster’. The brave...

12.09.2023 7

The Spectator

Euan Mccolm

Euan McColm: Continued SNP independence obsession overshadows important issues and hampers Holyrood

Audacity is a necessary quality in a successful politician. The journey to power is fuelled by bluff, bluster and hyperbole. Sure, solid principles...

11.09.2023 2

Evening Express

Euan Mccolm

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