Nothing really. The state has been suborned. NB: Sturgeon has just announced the new lockdown rules - to run up until a week before polling day. Then she gets to dominate the media cycle with the nex… (View Post)

It's clearly an attempt, at the last minute, to stop him from appearing. And to disallow the committee from taking into account the most explosive elements. To call Scotland a "banana republic&q… (View Post)

What's also interesting about this, is that it is not the only case of this kind. A number of commentators, previously sympathetic to the nationalist case, Iain Macwhirter, Mandy Rhodes, et al, are o… (View Post)

It's fashionable to say that but, really...Edinburgh is an amazing city with a superb setting - the Castle, Salisbury Crags, Arthur's Seat, etc etc. There's really no comparison - and I quite like Gl… (View Post)

I don't think he'll even win the reputation of being "mega-competent" but that's not really the point. On a big defining issue he got it right. And a lot of people warm to him and want him … (View Post)