Opinions

I was very encouraged to hear plans for a new railway station for Winchburgh are progressing well, until I learnt what that progress entailed. It has been...

The constant refrain when it comes to public health services is they should be “person centred,” meaning patients’ needs come first, not those of services...

It’s the issue everyone is talking about. Every-one, that is, except MSPs when they are sitting in the Holyrood debating chamber. The case of Sandy Peggie, the...

It was one of the ghastliest initiatives ever considered by a public authority, and anyone who truly believed the Scottish Government’s promise not to share...

Renewable energy production is causing no end of controversy across the UK, but particularly in Scotland, with both the SNP in Holyrood and Labour in...

This time last year all political parties were gearing up their preparations for the General Election campaign. Barely a day went by without Labour figures...

As Edinburgh residents take in the prospect of an eight per cent increase in Council Tax, after years of being short-changed by the SNP Scottish Government, I...

While the SNP was crow-ing about how it was increasing public spending, it turned out the news for transport wasn’t quite so good. The link between better...

As a former hockey player and umpire I like to think I know my way round sports centres, but a trip to Meadowbank last week proved enlightening. Gyms and...