Scottish Independence
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
Is Scottish independence really dead?
Labour’s “more devolution” policy will only strengthen the cause in the long term
A collapsing tent
The SNP is heading for disaster
Sympathy for the devil
Understanding Putin is the key to countering his wicked agenda
Is Sturgeon’s exit good or bad for the UK?
Unionists shouldn’t celebrate prematurely
The party that refuses to govern
Sturgeon’s resignation is indicative of the SNP’s failures
Scots on the rocks
A bad day for the SNP
How to nix the nats
Governments should stop indulging the SNP
Having what it takes to secede
Only a tiny minority of independence movements have been both peaceful and successful
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Art of the deal
A simple sale, with money changing hands, was out of the question
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
The shame of the Oxford Union
A debate on Israel and Palestine was a disgrace
Fair pay is a fiction
Public sector workers are chasing a fantasy
Food for thoughtlessness
The march of the public health puritans continues
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
Parable of the talent
Was there ever a more dispiriting line-up of Scrooges than those offered to festive audiences in 2024?
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
