Michael Scott
Commissioned into the Scots Guards, Michael Scott commanded a battalion at the battle of Tumbledown Mountain in the Falklands War, a brigade in Northern Ireland and the Army in Scotland before ending his career as the Military Secretary. He then spent nine years dealing with complaints against barristers. He now writes books, his latest, The Lady of Kabul, was published in December 2019. He is also the author of In Love and War, Scapegoats and Royal Betrayal.
Faith at war
It is a hardened atheist who does not ask a few favours of God as he fixes his bayonet
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
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Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art