When Tories show you what they are: Believe Them
Sunday National, 25th October 2020. I may not know a lot about football, but I’ll tell you this for nothing: the Tories could have hoped for a more unsympathetic opponent than young Marcus Rashford. In a week in which Boris Johnson’s administration has picked a fight with (a) itself, (b) most of the cities in … Continue reading When Tories show you what they are: Believe Them
A dirty business, spycraft
Sunday National, 18th October 2020. A dirty business, spycraft. James Bond makes the phrase “licence to kill” sound like a chat up line – but the idea of the state authorising its agents to break the law should send a cold shiver crawling upyour spine. Unless, of course, you have the backbone of the average … Continue reading A dirty business, spycraft
Douglas Ross has ditched ‘no to indyref2’, but his new mantra is just as ineffective
Sunday National, 11th October 2020. It must be difficult to give a party conference speech via Zoom with all the gusto you’d give it on stage. Perhaps it’s the fact you are badly lit from below at a weird angle, the lobes of your skull standing out above you like a Mars Attacks alien. Perhaps … Continue reading Douglas Ross has ditched ‘no to indyref2’, but his new mantra is just as ineffective
