Opinions

Before the General Election, the Labour Party made great store about how their plans “were fully costed, fully funded” and that working people would not pay any...

I’m not sure the residents of Colinton and Fairmilehead are thrilled to be receiving yet more council election leaflets less than two months after the last by...

We all know that in recent years the effect of fighting unwinnable wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has produced hundreds, if not thousands, of veterans on whom the...

Christmas, as most of us know, is meant to be the season of good will to all, of giving and receiving presents and of thinking about others less fortunate than...

I’ll be far from alone in enjoying the best that Edinburgh’s hospitality sector has to offer this festive season, and it’s good for lots of reasons to get out...

Maybe the SNP is still in a huff about the collapse of its national care service plan, but I was far from alone in being staggered that there was no reference...

The SNP budget is a stark illustration of the problems besetting Scotland and the Scottish economy, a programme of public spending bereft of genuine ambition...

It’s not often, if ever, I feel moved to start a column by praising the leader of the SNP, but as the anniversary of the tragic Baberton Mains gas explosion...

People tend not to contact their MSPs when things are going well, so meetings can be difficult and the inevitable battles with officialdom dispiriting...