May 24, 2021
Nostalgia and unconvincing economic arguments will not be enough to stop Scotland gravitating back to Europe, writes Murray Ritchie. Could an independent Scotland fill the United Kingdom’s vacated place in the European…
April 9, 2021
The effects on the United Kingdom are a slow burn but gradually the full extent of its economic damage is becoming alarmingly clear and is now rekindling political debate, writes Murray Ritchie….
November 13, 2020
Could England, Scotland, and Wales become independent states in some form of confederal United Kingdom? The odds are getting shorter, writes Murray Ritchie In the time of Covid with its attendant social…
July 29, 2020
The doomsters are having a field day in the troubled United Kingdom. They foresee a conjunction of seismic events, if not now, then shortly. Murray Ritchie poses the question: Are they right?…
June 14, 2020
Murray Ritchie poses the question: would Boris Johnson dare to walk away from the EU with no deal? Is all the talk of impending catastrophe just that? Talk? Brexit deal negotiations between…
March 4, 2020
Competing forms of nationalism are about to change the economic and political world order. And the decisive moment is coming soon when “good” nationalism and its “bad” counterpoint clash. No matter which…
January 23, 2020
Murray Ritchie suggests not. Here he lists the reasons why Brussels is now free to take sides in Britain’s domestic politics – and how Scotland’s European aspirations could benefit. When it comes…
December 9, 2019
Britain’s current agony will not be ended by the general election, whatever the outcome, far less by Brexit if it ever happens. In all probability the worst will be just beginning and…
September 23, 2019
Britain is being humiliated internationally because of Brexit – and there might be worse to come. There is now a clear possibility that Britain as we know it will cease to exist….
June 6, 2019
Supporters of Scottish independence are increasingly optimistic as Indyref2 approaches. The reasons are not difficult to find, writes Murray Ritchie. Just as Brexit is paralysing British politics, so the prospect of a…