Scotland 21°c
WHAT does a “domestic extremist” look like? Someone wearing a…
THIS week’s return to business for the Scottish Parliament was…
MY summer holiday this year began with one last work commitment…
THIS summer’s weather has been extraordinary, not just in…
IT’S been a bad week for the UK Government. I mean bad, even…
AMID the hubbub of a cabinet reshuffle, a minister-in-waiting…
IF the SNP’s Growth Commission was supposed to do anything, it…
COUPLES starting their lives together, whether married or not,…
IN the wake of the Commonwealth Games and with the Commonwealth…
AN enduring memory from my teenage years was hearing for the…
IT used to be said that politicians complaining about the press…
WHEN the fifth session of the Scottish Parliament was officially…
‘IF the world follows the lead of Scotland and makes its claim…
THE polarisation of Scotland’s politics is often frustrating.…
IN the early days of devolution there was excitement about Scotland…
FRANK Sinatra told us that it’s the city that doesn’t sleep,…
IT will be a happier new year than expected for some of the…
DEREK Mackay has one of the most challenging jobs in politics. He…
A BUDGET, from either government, is always a critical point on…
MOVING back to Glasgow from university, some 20-odd years ago, I was…
IN March 2016, in the run-up to the first Holyrood election where…
KERMIT the Frog once famously remarked that “It’s not easy being…
PARTY conference season is upon us. With Theresa May’s farcical…
I PROMISE not to ask readers of the National for any more favours…
OVER the summer I’ve spoken with both supporters and critics of…
SUMMER, such as it is, nears an end; politicians are gearing up…
Scotland faces a jobs challenge. It’s never been more important…
THERE’S a very long list of actions the UK Government is taking…
NEWS stories about politicians’ pay and perks are usually…
By Patrick Harvie
OVER the next few days the ‘Indyref Anniversary’ commentary…
THE UK Government keeps telling us that we’re seeing an…
I’VE been privileged to have a role in Parliament for over a…
But the most recent example was bound to be a little different -…
Long term, it's absurd to imagine that growth can last forever…
It's hard for us, in this relatively safe and secure part of the…
That's the response we often hear to any proposal for investing…
So much so that when Labour use their opposition days at Holyrood…
Two examples of this from the last week are worth highlighting.
Racist and fascist political parties have coalesced, splintered,…
Then there was The Vow, a commitment to new powers that was…
"What are you afraid of, boys?"
FRIDAY saw the deadline for public objections to a proposal which…
TTIP for short, the most controversial part of the deal is the…
As Deputy FM for the last seven years, and as a senior government…
It's an issue I've worked on for several years, most recently…
The parties haven't quite been persuaded to get around the same…
The UK Government recently carried out a consultation on…
