Douglas Ross playing both sides is just an old and tired charade
Sunday National , 8th November 2020. There is a time in the affairs of all Scottish Tory leaders when they decide they’d better “distance themselves from London”. For new boy Douglas Ross, this is a tad more challenging – what with him being a loyal member of Boris Johnson’s majority in the Commons – but sooner or … Continue reading Douglas Ross playing both sides is just an old and tired charade
Historical wrongs of miners’ strike addressed by Scott report
Sunday National, 1st November 2020. Wherever she is, the Iron Lady must be birling. This week, John Scott QC – one of Her Majesty’s Counsel, learned in law – recommended that hundreds of men caught up in the miners’ strikes of the 1980s should be officially pardoned. The Scottish Government has accepted those recommendations, and … Continue reading Historical wrongs of miners’ strike addressed by Scott report
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
