Scottish Parliament
Winning by inches or losing by miles?
The Scottish Conservatives self-congratulation is delusional. They have not stopped the SNP.
Will Scotland’s election next May go ahead as planned?
The Scottish government is working up Covid contingencies to postpone the poll or make it postal vote only
The astonishing success of the ‘Votes at 16’ campaign
Votes for sixteen year olds is coming
Democracy contra the majority
What does democracy mean if it is not related to the popular will?
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
Why do we mourn the unborn?
Our attitudes towards children in the womb are hopelessly confused
The first rule of Plot Club is…
The Tories are absolutely, definitely, certainly not scheming to replace Rishi Sunak
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
The building that inspired Orwell
Was there an appetite at the time for monumental buildings, equivalent to those in Moscow?
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
