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Guy StenhouseHerald Scotland |
You can hardly avoid noticing that the education sector generally and Government policy in particular has become fixated with Science, Technology,...
The Scottish Government has developed a calamitous skill in producing daft legislation. That the Hate Crime Act would bring out every grievance crank,...
The Scottish Government has recently launched two new consultation papers as part of its Islands Connectivity Plan. These are called Strategic...
There seems to be an inexorable rise in legislation and regulation which does more harm than good. This is not just a Scottish phenomenon. Take for...
Is there anybody who believes that councils in Scotland don't need more money? You only have to be a person in need of social care or who used to...
How often do you throw things at the television or scrunch up your newspaper in a rage? For most people, I suspect it's when a referee makes an...
The UK Covid Inquiry sitting in Edinburgh has been revealing. The view that the Scottish Government did a better, more honest and transparent job than...
How you feel, the decisions you make; often these are more affected not by where you are now but by where you think you will be in the future. The...
What a difference a lie makes. We appear to have a new type of lie. A lie to the media is certainly not a crime but it now seems to be – for those...
A few months ago the excellent family-run ironmonger in a village near where I live announced it was seeking a buyer. More recently it has announced...
You are forgiven if you have stopped noticing that the Scottish Government has kept ploughing on with its series of papers on just how absolutely...
Climate change is real and if we care about our grandchildren's future we need to do something about it. I accept this, you probably accept it, a...
Climate change is real and if we care about our grandchildren's future we need to do something about it. I accept this, you probably accept it, a...
Scots are probably one of the most sophisticated electorates in the world when it comes to tactical voting. Tactical voting takes place in every...
Boris Johnson was found unanimously to have misled the UK Parliament by a committee on which the majority of members were MPs in his own party. ...
We now know the two ferries being built at the Ferguson yard will cost at least £400 million, four times what they were supposed to cost. The added...
Sometimes a quick answer is the right one. Politicians hate to get boxed in and, as a result, often avoid giving straight and immediate answers to...