Ireland should venerate Chaim Herzog
The Irish are in many ways the ideal neighbours. They’re quiet, industrious, peaceful, send their best talents to London, and…
Yes, John Swinney is a head of government
This week Catherine Connolly, the newly elected President of Ireland, welcomed John Swinney, First Minister of Scotland, to the Áras…
Make Gordon McKee a minister
With his viral video explaining debt-to-GDP ratio through the medium of biscuits, Gordon McKee is putting the ‘nom’ into economics.…
The global cottage industry gaming America’s culture wars
It is the 9/11 of the blue ticks, the Hindenburg of the grifters, the dotcom bubble of the slop-peddlers. The…
Northern Ireland’s Christian RE crackdown should trouble us all
Schools in Northern Ireland which teach pupils that Christianity is true are breaking the law. That is the ruling of…
Helen Webberley is terrifying
Ben Leo’s interview with Helen Webberley is a chilling dramatisation of what happens when ideology meets reality – and ideology…
The return of migration centrism
None of Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms is as radical as the terms in which she is talking about this issue.…
Scotland does not need an LGBTQIA+ festival
Around this time of year TV schedules groan under a blizzard of feel-good festive movies, all of which share essentially…
How a right-wing putsch felled the infallible BBC
By now you’ll know all about the crisis at the BBC, especially if you watch or read or listen to…
Zohran Mamdani will not be a radical mayor
Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York City has prompted triumphalism in his supporters and despondency among his detractors.…
Police Scotland has lost its way
One of the most fascinating cases of institutional self-harm in modern Britain is policing. Not just the oft-criticised Met (though…
Why doesn’t Kate Forbes want the SNP to talk about currency?
What’s the Gaelic for ‘Streisand effect’? I would guess buaidh Streisand but someone should ask Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP…
The hate-filled campaign against professor Ben-Gad
If I didn’t tell you professor Michael Ben-Gad was an Israeli, you could probably figure it out from his response…
Anti-Jewish sentiment has poisoned our police
Amid the grim fluorescence of a police interview suite, a glimpse of where we are and where we are heading.…
Middle East experts got Trump all wrong
Whenever Donald Trump proposes a policy that runs counter to the progressive consensus, there are three stages of response: it’ll…
Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Prize for his Hamas-Israel deal
In confirming the Israel-Hamas peace deal on Truth Social last night, Donald Trump referenced the seventh Beatitude from the Gospel…
Scotland doesn’t need independence. It needs rid of the SNP
The SNP government in Edinburgh has published another white paper on the constitution, ‘A Fresh Start with Independence’. It’s a…
Immigration isn’t working
The Manchester synagogue attack requires us to ask three questions: where are we, how did we get there, and where…
Do Palestinians want Hamas gone?
Discussion of Donald Trump’s peace proposal for Gaza revolves around one question: who is for it and who is against…
They don’t make MPs like Ming Campbell any more
Tributes are pouring in for Menzies Campbell, former leader of the Liberal Democrats, and generally considered a decent chap for…
Keir Starmer’s Palestine doesn’t exist
King Cnut is misremembered as a deluded fool who tried to subdue the sea. In fact, he was a wise…
The problem with ABC’s Matt Gutman
Matt Gutman has the hairstyle of Anderson Cooper and the literary style of Danielle Steel. In a special report on…
Six questions the National must answer
Scottish daily the National is known for its inimitable approach to journalism. The mainstream media bombards SNP ministers with impertinent…
Britain needs a First Amendment
Well, if they’re arresting comedians, at least Nish Kumar is safe. Graham Linehan, not so much. The British like to…
The West can only see Palestinians as victims
Belgium will become the latest western country to recognise a Palestinian state. Its foreign minister Maxime Prevot cited ‘the violence…
