In her Scotsman column this week, Christine Jardine has a stark message for Labour: get your backsides into gear and do more for Scotland or you are toast at the Holyrood elections in 2026. The last ...

Trump’s 90-day freeze on foreign aid could be the precursor to the collapse of the UN, its corollary agencies, the World Bank, the IMF and the entire post-World War Two international order.

This week sees elections to Seanad Éireann, the Irish Senate, following elections to Dáil Éireann, the more powerful lower house of the Oireachtas or parliament.Unlike other elected upper ...

Recent Comments Craig Levene Sadly Mark, there has been a significant disproportionate dispersal of Asylum seekers into post industrial towns that have suffered years of lack of investment ...

The Liberal Democrats are on the up. We are back as the third-largest party in Britain with a record number of MPs. We have gained councillors at every set of local elections since 2018.

Congratulations to the brilliant Sanne Dijkstra-Downie who has been selected for the target seat of Edinburgh Northern for the Scottish Parliament elections. I have known her for years and she has ...

Wishing all our contributors and readers a safe day, especially those in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Storm Éowyn will undoubtedly leave a mess to be cleared up by local Councils. If you can ...

In recent years, the United Kingdom has seen a troubling increase in Holocaust denialism, fuelled by disinformation, a lack of historical education, and the actions of influential public figures.

Alex Cole-Hamilton announced today that Lib Dem MSPs would support the SNP’s budget next week. This does not in any way mean that we’ve suddenly become fans of the SNP Government but it does ...

Seeing someone called a “snivelling cretin” may reinforce all your worst fears about social media. But when it was Elon Musk saying this of Ed Davey, it counts as a badge of honour.

Sometimes you have to sit down and talk if you want to get things done. By any metric the SNP are failing the people of Scotland. An early election had already been ruled out (Labour are abstaining).

Recent Comments Nonconformistradical "Should each NHS region/council deal with the situation and retain the tax take to contribute to keep the system going in their individual areas?" But does t ...