I liked Tim Rideout’s way of addressing the Scottish currency question when he spoke at the Alba conference recently. There is no currency question, he
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Will he run?
There is much talk of Johnson arriving back in the UK this morning to begin his campaign to be prime minister again by next Friday.
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The swan song
For those not on Twitter this is worth sharing. It is brilliant: Stunning and devastating opening from Newsnight tonight.Harsh, yes. Media students (and current broadcast
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Will the next Tory PM be the last ever?
I had just written my first post of the day (after over-sleeping) when I read a thread from Russ Jones, who has just written a
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A party that has for four decades promoted the idea that self interest is paramount is now being destroyed by it
I said yesterday morning that I was not making forecasts for the day. And in the end Truss accepted the inevitable and resigned. As Truss
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Scotland needs an opposition
Having written my article on my concerns about the SNP’s plan for using sterling after independence this morning I returned to Twitter to see what
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Sterlingisation might not work for the SNP: that is why it needs another plan
I had an article in The National newspaper in Scotland yesterday that was more significant, I think, than usual. I firstly used the column to
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The Tory Chaos: another perspective
I seem to be making quite a lot of podcast episodes right now. This one is with the Irish podcast, The Echo Chamber, who I
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The danger from a failed Tory party is from what comes next on the right wing of UK politics
I think we have a government in place this morning. By which I mean the last time I checked, that seemed to be the case.
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