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As the US stuck Iran and Britain hesitated, the limits of international law are laid bare — and Starmer’s legal caution is thrown into sharp...
Guy Stenhouse says moral failures, not policy mistakes, are driving voters’ growing disillusionment with those in power. Just what is wrong with so...
A tax system that punishes pubs, restaurants and small traders is accelerating high street decline. Only meaningful reform will stop the rot, says Guy...
From weakening democracies to soaring global debt, the parallels with the 1930s are unsettling. Without confronting the true scale of the economic...
Election-year cash splash or looming crash? Robison’s budget promises big spending – but can Scotland afford it, asks Guy Stenhouse It's...
As 2025 fades away and 2026 beckons what can we hope for in the year ahead. There are some obvious big things. Democratic countries hold their nerve...
From Waspi women to mansion tax moaners and Scotland’s civil service unions, the race for the zero-sympathy crown is fierce – but one group walks...
Rachel Reeves painted a rosy picture in her budget speech , but behind the rhetoric lie rising debt, higher taxes, stagnant productivity and a raft of...
Scotland’s tangled income tax system delivers pennies to the low-paid while hammering middle earners and driving talent away — all to fund a...
Budgets used to be transformative - now they're met with dread. But Rachel Reeves has a chance to rewrite the rules, simplify the system and deliver a...
As peace talks offer a rare glimmer of hope in the Middle East , Scotland finds itself caught between footballing dreams and political delusions. With...
As Scotland’s parties gather for their annual conferences , the promises fly fast and loose — but beneath the noise, the SNP faces a reality check...
The UK Government says it wants growth but its actions seem to show the opposite, argues Herald columnist Guy Stenhouse . Rachel Reeves has set...
The SNP often says an independent Scotland could be an economic success story like Ireland. Here, columnist Guy Stenhouse argues that the Irish...
We have got so used to the GERS figure, which show Scotland's financial position, being published each year showing a generally bad picture that we...
Even those who believe nationalism is a force for division and impoverishment should be sad to see Kate Forbes stand down as an MSP at the next...
All western Governments are faced with the same dilemma. The demand for public services is rising as is the accompanying tax burden. Neither the...
Were you outraged to learn that the cost of funding the Royal Family has gone up to over £130 million a year? Apparently many people were. They...
Debate regarding how we are governed in Scotland is dominated by the question of whether Scotland should remain part of the British Union or leave and...
The UK is in an economic mess. Scotland, if we were to have full fiscal autonomy - in other words be responsible for raising all our own money...
Just what is the problem that Scots in particular have with the private sector delivering public services? Do Tesco and Aldi do a bad job of...
There are big things going on in the world including wars and the leader of the largest nation of the free world blundering around casing chaos but,...
If you read the papers, the stories which consistently force their way to the front are Ukraine, Donald Trump and transgender issues. Ukraine...
There are certain things which are just truths. Not my truths or your truths or variations of the truth but plain and simple clear-cut truth. Gravity...
Something which is painful to watch is the UK Labour Government getting pounded and losing the support of the electorate when it is actually doing the...
Nicola Sturgeon has at long last said something which I entirely agree with. She said she felt a “sense of relief” as she announced she would not...
The recent trip by President Zelenskyy to the White House was not a success. If you watch the meeting you do wonder if the whole thing was a set up....
Does it feel to you that things are worse than they were 20 years ago? That the country has gone backwards? As each individual decline or difficulty...
The minority SNP Government has managed to get its budget overwhelmingly approved by the Scottish Parliament. Politically this is a triumph. Labour...
The Scottish Government has commenced a consultation on making the speed limit on single carriageway roads 50mph rather than the current 60mph. ...
Donald Trump is about to become President of the United States. Again. He is unfit for high office. More than just unpleasant to women, he is a serial...
Scotland’s islands, some of the most beautiful places in the world, are failing socially and economically. Evidence of the decline is falling and...
I recently returned from a meeting with a company which operates in the hospitality industry. A good quality rural hotel with great food. Like...
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