A sea change in the UK is on the political horizon
Murray Ritchie poses the question: Is the age of Tory England and SNP Scotland finally slipping away? In Scotland the Scottish National Party suspected they were in for a drubbing in the…
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Only a mug makes predictions in Scottish politics
Labour exults in Nicola Sturgeon’s departure, likewise the Tories. Labour has moved into second place according to the polls, but is still a distant second, Murray Ritchie writes. It was all very…
Rishi Sunak’s Tory nightmare
The United Kingdom is doing its best to show itself coming apart at the seams. Are things really so bad? They could well be, writes Murray Ritchie. Consider: inflation, the frightening cost…
Why is no-one talking about the high cost of Brexit?
Leaving the single market and customs union is believed to have reduced UK trade in goods to the EU by £14 billion a month, writes Murray Ritchie. While the United Kingdom slithers…
Political will is in short supply
Brexit is causing a curious stasis in UK politics in the four constituent nations. It is as though no-one really knows what to do next, writes Murray Ritchie. 2022 looks like being…
King coal is coming to an end – eventually
The Glasgow COP26 outcome was the best we could have expected – those wanting more and branding it a failure were never going to be satisfied, writes Murray Ritchie. So the enemy…
Will the world’s green salvation begin in Scotland?
COP26 is being billed as the most crucial summit in the history of the world. After all it is only attempting to save said world from extinction, writes Murray Ritchie. It’s tempting…
Will AUKUS help the SNP to a nuclear win?
Scotland’s independence-seeking government has reacted with muted curiosity to the unveiling of the AUKUS deal, writes Murray Ritchie. Ever since the 1960s when the US nuclear presence arrived on the Clyde the…
The greening of Scottish independence
The Green Party’s latest foray into government has just taken place in Scotland, boosting the drive for Scottish independence. No longer can the Greens be seen in Britain as just an eccentric…
Can Scotland win the war against addiction?
Not if drugs policy remains the domain of the UK government in London where a hard-line Conservative Home Secretary is reluctant to devolve the power, writes Murray Ritchie. Scotland has the highest…