As we prepare for the Christmas recess all the talk is of an early General Election. A vote of no confidence is apparently to be…
MAJORITIES AND A MEANINGFUL VOTE
It was Norman Lamont who said of the equally disastrous John Major Government ‘we give the impression of being in office but not in power’.…
WHY WE SHOULD BE WARY OF THIS PEOPLE’S VOTE
As Brexit approaches its inevitable disastrous endgame the calls for a People’s Vote grows more strident. Reinforced by 700,000 people marching through the streets of…
SCOTTISH TORY MPs AND THE ABUSE OF MINISTERIAL ACCESS
Those familiar with the activities of Scottish Conservative Members of Parliament will know that they like to be photographed with their more senior and better…
A PEOPLE’s VOTE AND SCOTLAND
I really loathe their Brexit. I really do. Never before has the main objective of any Government been to intentionally impoverish the people they serve…
The Tories and Perth Royal Infirmary
In the last few weeks I have had to reassure a number of my constituents who have been under the impression that accident and emergency…
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER BAND LIKE RUNRIG
It’s going to be a tough old night for everybody associated with Runrig as the band pull the curtain down on 45 years this weekend.…
RURAL SCOTLAND AND INDEPENDENCE.
It wasn’t all that long ago. They were the ‘SNP heartlands’ and we seemed unassailable. When I was first elected in 2001 the SNP at…
THE OPTIMUM CONDITIONS FOR INDYREF SUCCESS
It now looks like a second referendum is set to dominate our Depute Leadership contest and I believe that is a good thing. We are…
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP): I wish I could say it is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Peterborough (Mr Jackson),…