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),…
SCOTTISH FISHING HAS ALWAYS BEEN ‘EXPENDABLE’ FOR THE TORIES
This has not been a good couple of weeks for the Scottish Tories. Totally embarrassed and overexposed on fishing, as well as being isolated in…
WE MUST CONDUCT OUR DEBATE WITH RESPECT
Well that’s been quite a couple of days…. In the last few days I’ve been called a ‘poster boy’ for the ultra unionist group Scotland…
PRAGMATISM MUST UNDERPIN OUR APPROACH TO A 2nd REFERENDUM
There is only one thing that determines my approach to a second independence referendum and that is winning it. Losing again is simply unthinkable and…