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John Ferry

John Ferry

The Spectator

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Who’s to blame for Scotland’s ferry fiasco?

You wait eight-and-a-half years for someone to lose their job over the SNP’s ferries fiasco, then two sackings come at once. So which Scottish...

06.04.2024 20

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The SNP’s star economist eviscerates the case for independence

He’s only gone and done it again. Mark Blyth, born in Dundee but now professor of international economics at the prestigious Brown University in the...

25.03.2024 10

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Humza Yousaf fails to make the economic case for independence

Try to start a speech with a joke to warm up your audience. That’s always good advice. And so Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf,...

14.03.2024 8

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The Covid inquiry has damaged Sturgeon’s legacy beyond repair

If you thought senior Conservatives giving evidence to the UK Covid inquiry in London was rough then you should watch the footage now emerging from...

22.01.2024 5

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Reasons to be optimistic as we enter 2024

There is an ongoing savage war and humanitarian catastrophe taking place in Gaza. Fighting between Russia and Ukraine, the largest armed conflict in...

03.01.2024 2

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Tax changes are another reason the SNP needs to go

Much of the speculation in the build-up to the Scottish budget yesterday focused on the possibility of the introduction of yet another new income tax...

20.12.2023 7

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It’s no surprise Scotland has lost trust in SNP governance

Scotland’s health secretary Michael Matheson is still in post. I repeat, Scotland’s health secretary Michael Matheson is still in post. This is...

06.12.2023 3

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Why is the SNP trying to take control of Scotland’s legal system?

There have been extraordinary goings on at Holyrood this week – and I don’t mean more iPad-on-holiday revelations or sleazy claims two SNP...

01.12.2023 3

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The SNP’s independence dream is on life support

The SNP Scottish government has brought out its latest fantasy paper on secession. Never mind the party’s nosediving popularity that could see the...

18.11.2023 10

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John Ferry: US election result could give UK a key internationalist role to play

Amidst the horrors of recent weeks, it has at least been reassuring to know there is a sensible moderate in the White House. US President Joe Biden...

09.11.2023 3

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The SNP conference was full of rampant misinformation

Picture the scene around a year from now. We’ve just had a general election. The SNP has gone from 48 MPs in 2019 to, say, 30. Scotland’s First...

18.10.2023 10

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Has Humza Yousaf misled the Scottish parliament?

‘I will lead by example in adhering to this Code and knowing it is an incredible privilege to serve the people of Scotland. I know that Ministers...

20.09.2023 6

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John Ferry: It’s time to end Scotland’s national identity culture war

Humza Yousaf started this month trying to recapture the spirit of 2014 by leading a Saltire-festooned march for independence in Edinburgh. The...

13.09.2023 3

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