Jamie Blackett
Gaming Holyrood
Will unionists or nationalists succeed in beating the Scottish system?
How many unionist parties does it take to fix the SNP?
With Reform UK and Alliance for Unity, five pro-union parties are lining-up to fight the SNP – and each other.
Friendly fire
Can Unionists better game Scotland’s two vote electoral system than the Nats?
Most Read
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did classical music become so disturbingly polite?
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms