The SNP can only blame itself for its budget mess
Higher-than-expected public sector pay deals, social security reform and the SNP’s freeze on council tax have all contributed to putting…
The SNP needs to get to grips with its £22 billion black hole
The Scottish government has published its latest Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (Gers) report, the official statistics outlining how much tax is…
The SNP’s catastrophic defeat is an opportunity for Scotland
Like the wider UK result, the SNP getting a hammering in yesterday’s general election was largely predicted by the polls.…
The SNP needs to come clean about rejoining the EU
John Swinney and his colleagues continuously claim Scotland ‘rejoining’ the EU is possible, and that by voting SNP we can…
The flaw in the SNP’s plan to strengthen Scottish shipbuilding
The Scottish government under John Swinney and his deputy Kate Forbes could be on the verge of missing an opportunity…
Did the SNP miss the boat on saving commercial shipbuilding on the Clyde?
Scotland’s SNP government would like nothing better than to be seen to have saved commercial shipbuilding on the Clyde. It…
Who’s to blame for Scotland’s ferry fiasco?
You wait eight-and-a-half years for someone to lose their job over the SNP’s ferries fiasco, then two sackings come at…
The SNP’s star economist eviscerates the case for independence
He’s only gone and done it again. Mark Blyth, born in Dundee but now professor of international economics at the…
Humza Yousaf fails to make the economic case for independence
Try to start a speech with a joke to warm up your audience. That’s always good advice. And so Scotland’s…
The SNP ferry fiasco has become even more of a disaster
In retrospect, the computerised boat in the movie Titanic looked more believable than the one Nicola Sturgeon stood in front…
Even high oil revenues can’t fix Scotland’s deficit
It’s Scotland’s annual Gers shenanigans this week. If you don’t already know, Gers stands for ‘Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland’.…
The FOI response that exposed the SNP’s EU delusion
Tony Blair famously regretted his government’s introduction of freedom of information laws. ‘You idiot. You naive, foolish, irresponsible nincompoop. There…
The Nato summit is a blow to the SNP’s nuclear plans
The Nato summit in Vilnius has been an eventful one already. Even though no clear timeline for when the country…
Does Kate Forbes support austerity?
Watching Kate Forbes this week struggle to reconcile her social conservatism with her ambition to be First Minister of Scotland…
Nicola Sturgeon’s disastrous economic legacy
When Nicola Sturgeon looks back on her economic legacy, what will she feel most proud of: the big industrial plants…
The SNP’s colonialism myth
There have been strange goings on in Scotland. A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court clarified that the Scottish parliament…
The SNP’s misinformation campaign on Scottish renewables
SNP MP Stephen Flynn was emphatic when he used a certain statistic in Parliament last month: ‘Scotland’s potential in this…
Trussonomics shows that Scottish independence doesn't add up
As the pound fell to a record low on Monday on the back of Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini-budget’, the pings on…
The prospect of an independent Scotland is fading away
Whisper it, but the dream of a separate Scotland could be fading for Scottish nationalists. A new poll shows that…
How long can the SNP ignore Scotland's looming fiscal timebomb?
A new report from Holyrood’s finance and public administration committee is unusually blunt in its assessment. But is the SNP…
Independence would completely derail Scotland’s green revolution
In some ways it was refreshing to see the radical left brought to heel by the realities of government. Having…
Scotland's 2022 constitutional courtroom drama will be pure theatre
This is the time of year when economists and political scientists make their predictions for the upcoming 12 months. Will…
Sturgeonomics would have crashed an independent Scotland
The Omicron variant is upon us, which means the return of the Scottish First Minister’s news conferences. These can be…
Nicola Sturgeon’s desperate new misinformation drive
Less than a quarter of Scots believe Scotland is likely to leave the UK within the next five years, according…
Will Scottish independence really be 'Brexit times ten'?
Scottish civil servants are to start work on a ‘detailed prospectus’ for independence so the Scottish government can hold another…
