George Foulkes: There's no justification for hereditary peers in House of Lords The rich and privileged know only too well how to protect their wealth and privileges.

The rich and privileged know only too well how to protect their wealth and privileges. They are masters at manipulating the media. They know how to...

yesterday 5

George Foulkes

Alan Simpson: CalMac is not perfect but privatisation won’t make service better ANYONE who has ever had the good fortune to consume a mac and cheese on a CalMac ferry can attest to how good they are, even in a Force 9 mid-Minch.

ANYONE who has ever had the good fortune to consume a mac and cheese on a CalMac ferry can attest to how good they are, even in a Force 9...

yesterday 2

Alan Simpson

'Lazy and complacent' - BBC Christmas Day schedule damned by TV expert From 3pm until 11.05pm, BBC One’s Christmas Day schedule is a near facsimile of the 2023 version, which in turn resembled the 2022 one. Or, if you prefer the R-word, it’s a repeat. Groundhog Christmas, only with everyone looking a year older.

In 2019 a list was compiled of the 20 most watched Christmas Day TV shows ever. You won’t be surprised to learn that only one was from this...

yesterday 2

Barry Didcock

Labour's lengthy list of broken promises and pledges is utterly baffling IT comes back, in the end, to a problem of under-definition. Some political strategists promote the benefits of creative ambiguity...

IT comes back, in the end, to a problem of under-definition. Some political strategists promote the benefits of creative ambiguity. Avoid defining...

yesterday 10

Andrew Tickell

Brian Taylor: Starmer has handed Anas Sarwar a bumper Christmas hamper of problems As the year ends, will it be John Swinney or Anas Sarwar who is wearing the biggest smile?

Stand alongside me this Yuletide period and let us ponder. Which of our Scottish political leaders is gleefully greeting Santa? And which is...

previous day 10

Brian Taylor

Mark Smith: Scotland’s XL Bullies: Can we talk about what's really going on?

We have been here before. A woman is attacked by a dog. She is treated at the scene but the medics cannot save her. Her friends and family talk...

previous day 2

Mark Smith

Will there be compassion for our children next Christmas?

Momentum is building toward the consignment to history of a policy that is reminiscent of the Britain we saw in a Christmas Carol, not the...

previous day 3

Erica Young

Neil Mackay: Sarwar should take over Yes movement, he’s doing the SNP’s job for them The Yes movement has been in need of fresh blood for quite some time, so maybe the independence campaign should put Anas Sarwar in charge.

This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. The Yes movement has been in need of fresh blood for quite some time,...

friday 10

Neil Mackay

As Glasgow declines, Manchester roars ahead. It doesn't have to be this way

Do you know Cammy Day? Of course you do, because of his resignation as leader of Edinburgh’s council amid allegations of inappropriate messages...

friday 20

Andy Maciver

Ian McConnell: The right person in the right place at the right time amid fears Brexit-loving government of Boris Johnson, for all its ideological wooing of Mr Trump, did not translate this pandering into any major gains

Lord Peter Mandelson becoming UK ambassador to the US would put a heavyweight political veteran with deep trade experience on the front line of...

friday 1

Ian Mcconnell

Why punish domestic violence survivors with abusers’ debt?

When sorrows come, according to William Shakespeare, they arrive not as “single spies but in battalions.” Old king Claudius in Hamlet wasn’t...

friday 2

Sallyann Kelly

Mark McGeogheagan: Political violence is spreading, and Britain is not immune

The world is becoming more unstable and dangerous, and politics is increasingly conducted not through peaceful means but through violence. One only...

friday 1

Mark Mcgeoghegan

Ian McConnell: This 'disaster' surely makes grim reading for an open-minded Brexiter It must surely make miserable reading for any Leavers with open minds

If Sir Keir Starmer or anyone in his Cabinet have not yet read the London School of Economics and Political Science’s paper on the effect of Brexit...

friday 40

Ian Mcconnell

Sorry, Georgia, it's time to run a mile from attention-seeking BrewDog boss

There is a feeling of repulsion I get when confronted with images of anything slimy or oozing. It’s akin to a prickly sensation deep in my...

19.12.2024 10

Marissa Macwhirter

Rebecca McQuillan: Musk bankrolling Farage is the last thing our democracy needs Do you recoil at the thought of the world’s richest man and US resident Elon Musk potentially donating nearly £80m to Reform UK to try and win the next election for Nigel Farage?

Do you recoil at the thought of the world’s richest man and US resident Elon Musk potentially donating nearly £80m to Reform UK to try and win...

19.12.2024 30

Rebecca Mcquillan

Brian Wilson: The Salmond case must continue or the baddies will have won

There are very good reasons for the action raised in the Court of Session by Alex Salmond to continue and I hope reports that some public-spirited...

19.12.2024 20

Brian Wilson

Neil Mackay: Humiliate them. Ruin them. Stamp on feral Old Firm ultras, hard

I know it’s like asking some folk to moonwalk on a unicycle while doing handstands at an ice rink, but let’s try, just for a moment, to imagine...

19.12.2024 10

Neil Mackay

Living well with dementia: why staying connected matters

The experience of living with dementia is shared by approximately 90,000 people in Scotland. However, as a progressive condition, there is often a...

19.12.2024 3

Agenda

War film glory is over and concerning – we still shouldn’t prejudge A24’s Warfare The Iraq War was a disaster but why should we judge a film for its crimes?

In the Errol Morris documentary American Dharma, Morris sits down with Donald Trump strategist Steve Bannon to discuss politics and films in an...

19.12.2024 4

Derek Mcarthur

It's 2024: Surely young people have the right to their own beliefs? Some people, it seems, are entirely unaware that we’re living in 2024, and they made that very clear earlier this week.

This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. The year, dear readers, is 2024. It has now been five years since Covid emerged,...

19.12.2024 1

James Mcenaney

Ian McConnell: What kind of person would want Ferguson Marine to fail? Who would not want the shipbuilding capacity we have at this yard to continue for decades to come?

Given all the political mudslinging that has gone on over Ferguson Marine, the thoughts of a Scottish engineering industry leader on the Port...

18.12.2024 10

Ian Mcconnell

Alison Rowat: Change coming at BBC Scotland, but is that the best they can do?

A little piece of Scottish journalistic history takes place this Thursday on the BBC Scotland channel. At 10pm, The Nine will sail off into the...

18.12.2024 4

Alison Rowat

Carlos Alba: The prince and the spy is more panto plot than national threat

Have you heard the Christmas fairy tale about the prince and the spy? An odious royal, who happens to be the King’s brother, gets in league with...

18.12.2024 2

Carlos Alba

The mental wealth approach that could put Scotland on the global wellbeing map

Ask most people to tell you about the impact of research, and they’ll probably mention breakthroughs in medical treatments or cutting-edge advances...

18.12.2024 4

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George Foulkes: There's no justification for hereditary peers in House of Lords The rich and privileged know only too well how to protect their wealth and privileges.

George Foulkes

Alan Simpson: CalMac is not perfect but privatisation won’t make service better ANYONE who has ever had the good fortune to consume a mac and cheese on a CalMac ferry can attest to how good they are, even in a Force 9 mid-Minch.

Alan Simpson

Barry Didcock

Labour's lengthy list of broken promises and pledges is utterly baffling IT comes back, in the end, to a problem of under-definition. Some political strategists promote the benefits of creative ambiguity...

Andrew Tickell

Brian Taylor: Starmer has handed Anas Sarwar a bumper Christmas hamper of problems As the year ends, will it be John Swinney or Anas Sarwar who is wearing the biggest smile?

Brian Taylor

Mark Smith: Scotland’s XL Bullies: Can we talk about what's really going on?

Mark Smith

Will there be compassion for our children next Christmas?

Erica Young

Neil Mackay: Sarwar should take over Yes movement, he’s doing the SNP’s job for them The Yes movement has been in need of fresh blood for quite some time, so maybe the independence campaign should put Anas Sarwar in charge.

Neil Mackay

As Glasgow declines, Manchester roars ahead. It doesn't have to be this way

Andy Maciver

Ian McConnell: The right person in the right place at the right time amid fears Brexit-loving government of Boris Johnson, for all its ideological wooing of Mr Trump, did not translate this pandering into any major gains

Ian Mcconnell

Why punish domestic violence survivors with abusers’ debt?

Sallyann Kelly

Mark McGeogheagan: Political violence is spreading, and Britain is not immune

Mark Mcgeoghegan

Ian McConnell: This 'disaster' surely makes grim reading for an open-minded Brexiter It must surely make miserable reading for any Leavers with open minds

Ian Mcconnell

Sorry, Georgia, it's time to run a mile from attention-seeking BrewDog boss

Marissa Macwhirter

Rebecca McQuillan: Musk bankrolling Farage is the last thing our democracy needs Do you recoil at the thought of the world’s richest man and US resident Elon Musk potentially donating nearly £80m to Reform UK to try and win the next election for Nigel Farage?

Rebecca Mcquillan

Brian Wilson: The Salmond case must continue or the baddies will have won

Brian Wilson

Neil Mackay: Humiliate them. Ruin them. Stamp on feral Old Firm ultras, hard

Neil Mackay

Living well with dementia: why staying connected matters

Agenda

War film glory is over and concerning – we still shouldn’t prejudge A24’s Warfare The Iraq War was a disaster but why should we judge a film for its crimes?

Derek Mcarthur

It's 2024: Surely young people have the right to their own beliefs? Some people, it seems, are entirely unaware that we’re living in 2024, and they made that very clear earlier this week.

James Mcenaney

Ian McConnell: What kind of person would want Ferguson Marine to fail? Who would not want the shipbuilding capacity we have at this yard to continue for decades to come?

Ian Mcconnell

Alison Rowat: Change coming at BBC Scotland, but is that the best they can do?

Alison Rowat

Carlos Alba: The prince and the spy is more panto plot than national threat

Carlos Alba

The mental wealth approach that could put Scotland on the global wellbeing map

Karim Mahmoud