As my son Brodie hands me the last soggy knock up list from Bute Drive in North Muirton we knew we had made an extraordinary…
SCOTTISH TORY MPs ARE NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS…
It’s now over six months since we’ve had Scottish Conservative MPs as a feature of the House of Commons. You’ll remember how they were going…
ME AND JEREMY CORBYN
I remember the good old days when a small group of MPs were the front line in Parliamentary opposition to Blairite Labour. There were the…
LET’S MAKE THE TORIES REGRET CALLING THIS CYNICAL ELECTION
Like the first cuckoo of spring the start to general election season in Scotland is never quite complete without the call of the Tories that…
Dear Prime Minister, about this Tory election fraud business……
Dear Prime Minister At Prime Minister’s Questions on the 22nd of March, I asked you about the Electoral Commissions record fine of £70 000 on…
NOT WORTH THE VELLUM IT’S WRITTEN ON…..
. Let me take you back to last year in the House of Commons, to one of the first pieces of legislation that was discussed…
BLAIRISM – A POLITICAL ABERRATION
I’ll start by getting this out of the way first. I have absolutely no time for Blairism or what it represents in UK politics. I…
THE MOST INEPT PARLIAMENTARY PLOTTERS OF ALL TIME
There is something gruesome, compelling but yet almost beautiful about what is happening in the Labour party just now. Watching this excruciating and contorted battle…
WHEN ANDREA CAME TO THE SCOTTISH AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Members present: Pete Wishart (Chair); Mr David Anderson; Kirsty Blackman; Mr Christopher Chope; Margaret Ferrier; Chris Law and Maggie Throup. Witnesses: Lord Dunlop, Parliamentary…
BIZ Qs 7th July
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP) I also thank the Leader of the House for announcing the business for next week. He is absolutely…