The past 10 days has been like an episode from The Thick of It that was never screened because it was considered too far-fetched. For Holyrood bubble, navel gazing, rectum auto-accessing, self-serving arrogance, it will take come beating.
The stratospheric levels of support for Labour in England, indicated in polls, are not replicated north of the border, and some even suggest the SNP could yet win the highest number of Scottish seats at the forthcoming General Election.
Some policies are so flawed that their catastrophic shortcomings can be articulated in a single image. General election campaigns are peppered with examples of visual messages so reductively powerful that they isolate, in the minds of voters, the essence of why they shouldn’t vote for a party or candidate.
I knew there was a need for radical social and economic change when I first saw the £10 loaf.
When Michael Portillo lost his seat in 1997, it heralded great celebrations as the New Labour era dawned. Why is there no such sense of excitement now?
Every attempt I make to drive my electric car simply exposes me to new and hidden charges and fines
Along with offshore wind and hydrogen production, particularly in Scotland, there are opportunities in photonics and quantum technology, industrial biotechnology, medical technology, pharmaceuticals, and financial technology.
By Carlos Alba Do you ever long for a time when the world was a simpler and more enjoyable place, when food tasted better, people were more pleasant and tolerant, and summers were longer?
In some small way, George Galloway helped me to decide on my future career. As a student, I campaigned for him in the 1987 general election, when he was elected as an MP for the first time.
For someone who never ventured north of the border if she could possibly avoid it, there’s a bitter irony that Margaret Thatcher continues to command such an influential – and divisive – influence on the way Scotland is run.
