Of all the lazy and ridiculous comparisons made in politics the one that goes, ‘The SNP is just the same as UKIP’ ranks as one…
WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION!
The next UK election is shaping up to be one of the more interesting and intriguing contests of the past decades, with no-one really having…
DELIVER US FROM EVEL
It didn’t take them long, did it? In fact, it took the Prime Minister one hour and forty seven minutes following the announcement of the…
DEAR PRIME MINISTER, ABOUT THIS DEBATE AND THIS ‘EVEL’ BUSINESS
Dear David Can I, first of all thank you, your Government and the Speaker for the full day’s debate that will now take place on…
A ONE SCOTLAND
In 2011 the SNP won the most remarkable landslide victory. We won from Caithness to Cumnock. We won in every city in Scotland and we…
DEAR MR SPEAKER, CONCERNING THAT GORDON BROWN ‘DEBATE’
Dear Mr Speaker, I am writing to you, the Leader of the House, the Shadow Leader of the House and the Chair of the Backbench…
THE NEXT STEPS
Leadership contests are good for political parties. They allow for a debate about direction and are a fulcrum for new ideas and policy formulation. It…
MOVING ON
The last few days have been just about the most traumatic, exhilarating and emotionally draining I have ever known in my political life. Yet, I…
LET’S CHANGE OUR NATION FOR THE BETTER
Something remarkable is happening in this wonderful nation of ours. You can almost touch it, you can almost feel it in the air. This is…
LET’S CLAIM THE MAIN PRIZE
On the 18th September Scotland will go to the polls to decide what is probably the most important and significant decision in our nation’s history.…