Richard Walker

WE have now reached the stage where any notion of a united independence movement is pie in the sky.

THE rising tide of bile and hysteria directed at the new hate crime legislation in Scotland tells us more about the standard of political debate in this country than it does about either the legislation itself or the motivation behind it.

MANY of us were left scratching our heads after Rishi Sunak’s frankly baffling speech lionising British values.

SCOTLAND has no sooner taken a confident step

THE pro-Union parties’ disdain for Scotland’s opinions and priorities has become so all-consuming that they are alienating their own MSPs ...

ANOTHER day, another slap in the face from Westminster...

IT’S alarming how quickly comments made to cynically deflect attention from Labour’s hijacking of last week’s Commons debate on Gaza have gained traction – to the extent they have moved the debate to ground which potentially threatens our human rights.

NO amount of grovelling apologies from Lindsay Hoyle will stop anyone who harbours any last vestige of respect for the House of Commons’ brand of politics from hanging their head in shame this week.

AS the General Election approaches, the SNP are so focused on telling Scottish voters that Labour will win at Westminster without their help that there is a danger the reasons to vote for Holyrood’s party of government in the UK ballot will be lost.

WESTMINSTER is looking increasingly like King Canute desperately trying to stem the tide of support for forces which look increasingly likely to tear apart a United Kingdom which has outlived its usefulness.