Blood thicker than water in US-Scottish relations
When you publicly condemn Donald Trump’s views as “deeply abhorrent” and tell him “you’re fired” and then your phone goes, you could be forgiven for worrying when you hear the words: “The…
December 14, 2016
When you publicly condemn Donald Trump’s views as “deeply abhorrent” and tell him “you’re fired” and then your phone goes, you could be forgiven for worrying when you hear the words: “The…
November 30, 2016
By Geoff Kitney As China seeks to exploit an unprecedented series of political shocks to the major western nations, trade policy has emerged as the key battleground on which the balance of…
November 23, 2016
It has been 20 years since the wholesale adoption of genetically modified crops by American and Canadian agriculture. However, the promises of higher yields and less pesticide use were not enough to…
November 16, 2016
As political parties around the world try to work out why opinion pollsters are struggling to get accurate readings of what is on voters’ minds, governments are beginning to tap into pioneering…
November 9, 2016
The result was due in the early hours of Wednesday morning in the UK. It took longer to become definitive. At 7:40am Hillary Clinton conceded defeat and Donald Trump exceeded expectations, except…
November 9, 2016
Donald Trump’s victory in the US election has confirmed that the Brexit vote was not just some historical oddity but the first manifestation of what we now know is a shift in…