The drugs death capital of Europe, with 1% of the population heroin addicts. Half the prison population on drug-related charges. Sound familiar? This isn’t Scotland…
SETTLED STATUS – WHAT THE TORIES ARE REALLY DOING TO EU NATIONALS
Over Christmas, when very few people were paying attention, the Home Office put out a video and further information on its EU Settlement Scheme. Full…
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…
THE UK SUPERSTATE
One of the greatest political inventions of recent times has been that of the ‘UK single market’. This bizarre political invention has conveniently emerged just…
HOLD THE FRONT PAGE -the changing face of the Scottish press
Like most politicians in Scotland I have a ‘complicated’ relationship with my press colleagues. I’m always grateful for the coverage I receive but remain anxious…
POLITICIANS AND TWITTER.
I got an award last year. ‘Parliamentary tweeter of the year’. OK, I know, its hardly the Nobel peace prize, but hey, I remain quite…
SCOTLAND NEEDS AN IMMIGRATION POLICY WITH BRAINS
There could not be a more glaring example of how UK Westminster immigration policy is failing Scotland than the example of the Brain family. Here…
HEALTH, EDUCATION AND THE POLICE.
Health, education and the police. Expect to hear a lot of misery about this little troika of domestic issues from our unionist friends in the…
ANOTHER IMMIGRATION BILL ANYBODY?
Next week we will debate the second reading of the immigration bill. This will be something like the 6th immigration bill that we have considered…
A HOSTILE ACCOMODATION
Just when you thought that politics couldn’t get any more exciting, the Labour Party comes along and decides on a course of internal combustion. The…