“ the movement towards self-government is much, much bigger than one man.”
The Bigger Picture
The Value of Nothing
The UK Government erroneously presumes that what is high-paid is high-skill and what is low-paid is low-skill. Boris Johnson, a highly paid chancer with no discernible talent whatsoever, proves the opposite.
A View from the Bridge
“The closure of the Forth bridge due to Storm Ciara shouldn’t really be a story at all”
Immortal Memory
“This is essentially a story about the universal, global appeal and relevance of a poet in a world that boasts at least forty statues of him.”
Thoughts from a long journey south
“This is about self-respect.”
“The antithetical mind”
“That was the phrase employed by Byron to describe the genius of Robert Burns in viewing things from the opposite perspective, of looking through the glass from the other side”
‘The Way To Win’
“There’s a thing called empathetic fallacy, which means that we take our own logical thinking and assume that everybody thinks like us.”
“For A’ That”
“Yesterday, following on from last weeks extraordinary General Election, Holyrood voted in favour of requesting a section 30 order.”
Three billboards outside Stranraer
“This is unlike any election that has ever been. It’s not so much an election as two referendums rolled into one.”
The STV Leaders’ Debate
“Scotland has been pursuing a different political course. That is now in starker relief than ever.”
