WE can’t stick to the same failed policies that brought us here. An independent Scotland must have an economy that works for both the people and the planet.
IT would be hard to overstate how utterly disastrous the first month of Liz Truss’s tenure in Downing Street has been. It’s made all the more stunning by the fact that all politics was shut down for two weeks, so really, this is only a fortnight’s worth of chaos
THIS week’s Tory debate from Perth made for a punishing two hours for anyone tuning in. It encompassed everything that is wrong with both candidates and underlined why neither is remotely fit to be the next prime minister. Whoever wins, Scotland will lose.
"IT’S one minute to midnight on that doomsday clock and we need to act now.” That’s what Boris Johnson said only nine months ago at the COP26 opening ceremony. Unfortunately, as we’ve come to expect from this Prime Minister, his words were completely worthless.
TODAY marks 100 days since the start of Russia’s brutal and immoral invasion of Ukraine. That is a hundred days of air strikes, a hundred days of shelling and a hundred days of war crimes against innocent people.
THE idea that the UK has acted as a beacon of liberty and provided a safe and welcoming home for people fleeing war and conflicts is one of the central and self-aggrandising myths peddled by successive UK governments and much of the British establishment.
THE invasion of Ukraine has created the greatest crisis on our continent since the end of the Second World War. It is a crisis caused by one man, Vladimir Putin.
THERE is no end in sight to the chaos in Downing Street, but here in Scotland we are getting on with the job of rebuilding from the pandemic and securing a fairer, greener recovery.
WITH Omicron infections spreading, it will be a difficult Christmas for many, and a hard ending to an unstable year. In 2022, we must ensure that the society we rebuild is fairer and greener than what came before.
MY experience of the “blue zone” at COP26 has been a mix of good, bad and outright greenwashing. In the time I was there I saw some truly inspirational stuff, particularly from those indigenous delegates able to access the venue. On the other hand, the most ridiculous sight I came across was the claim on the Australian government’s booth that the arms trade is a “green industry”.
