Jury still out on shooting gallery 28th March 2026 Provisional figures indicate that after two years in which numbers fell, Scotland's sickening drug death toll is rising again. Based on police data, there were... Opinions
War means a rethink on North Sea oil 27th March 2026 The longer the Iran War goes on and the more our vulnerability to energy insecurity is exposed, the UK and Scottish Governments’ attitude towards North Sea oil... Opinions
New Property Tax? Reform UK must be Offord their heads 26th March 2026 I don’t know who wrote the Reform Party’s manifesto for this year’s Scottish Parliament elections, but maybe I should give them credit for having a sense of... Opinions
SNP’s First Homes Fund folly 21st March 2026 The Scottish economy is stuck in the doldrums, despite the SNP government in receipt of record funding from Westminster through the Barnett formula, and its... Opinions
Glacial pace of bus pass ban 20th March 2026 Dragged kicking and screaming to agreement, the SNP Government has been forced to accept the will of the majority of MSPs that free bus passes should be... Opinions
Now let’s put our efforts into supporting better palliative care 19th March 2026 It was deeply emotional, it was conducted with rare respect for both sides of what could easily have been a deeply divisive debate. And it was decisive. But I... Opinions
Council taking the wrong path 14th March 2026 Councils place great faith in community consultation and even have a thing called “participatory budgeting” where local people are given public money to spend... Opinions
Stoking grievance is no help 13th March 2026 Much was said and written about the incident in The Calders last week until criminal charges put legal restrictions in place, but the nature of the subsequent... Opinions
Assisted Dying Bill has too many shortfalls to become legislation 12th March 2026 Readers might know from previous columns that having initially been supportive in principle, I’ve been convinced for some time that the Assisted Dying Bill... Opinions
