Scottish politics
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Scotland should reject assisted suicide
It is dangerous, and arrogant, and premised on irrational fears
The fall and fall of Scottish Labour
Anas Sarwar can only seem to compound the failures of the party in Scotland
Reform is winning over Scotland
A recent local election result was bad news for the political class
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished