Peter Preston: Instead of making it easy for the Nats, pro-union parties could deliver a Scottish referendum now ... It's another pantomime of grisly governance. A referendum on independence for Scotland is both inevitable and a bit of a giggle. But when the history of...
As public sector workers ballot for strike action, concern is growing that Britain is facing a repeat of the Winter of Discontent. But were the dark days of 1978-1979 really so bad? Political commentator Iain Macwhirter recalls...
By Paul Hutcheon Scottish Political Editor A SCOTTISH Tory MEP at the centre of an expenses probe has been cleared by the European parliamentary authorities. John Purvis, under investigation for ploughing thousands of pounds of...
Nationalists and Unionists now neck and neck By Paul Hutcheon, Scottish Political Editor SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENCE HAS dropped slightly in the first opinion poll conducted since the SNP government's first parliamentary session...
His shambolic sartorial style might preclude Boris Johnson from ever making Tatler magazine’s famous best-dressed list. But the affable London mayor’s new-found status as the country’s most powerful elected Tory politician has...