Scotland
Scotland can’t afford to remain part of the Union
Staying in the Union is now riskier than independence
Boris was right: Scottish devolution has been a disaster
Boris Johnson says devolution has been a ‘disaster’. This has the rare quality for a Boris statement of being true…
Drinking to the glories of Burns and follies of Boris
At least in London, midwinter spring has not been entirely vanquished, and the trees are still a couple of strong…
Will my kids report me for hate speech?
When Humza Yousaf, the SNP’s cabinet secretary for justice, announced that his new Hate Crime Bill would remove the ‘dwelling…
Letters: How Nicola Sturgeon outdoes Boris
Ask the English Sir: Toby Young rightly criticises the juvenile posturing of the devolved governments of the Union over Covid-19…
Letters: why Scots want independence
State of the Union Sir: Writing in a week that an opinion poll shows 58 per cent support for independence…
Why are the devolved nations so ungrateful?
One of the things I hadn’t anticipated about the pandemic is that it would turn me into an English nationalist.…
Older and grumpier: A Song for the Dark Times, by Ian Rankin, reviewed
By my reckoning, this is the 24th outing for John Rebus, Scotland’s best known retired police officer. One of the…
Only a ‘good’ Brexit can stop Scottish independence
Only a ‘good’ Brexit can stop Scottish independence
Divided nation: will Covid rules tear the country apart?
The Covid divide is triggering political tensions
Letters: Why does No.10 seem so oblivious to the threat of Scottish independence?
Referendum risk Sir: James Forsyth’s excellent analysis (‘To save the Union, negotiate independence’, 5 September) has one flaw: it is…
To save the Union, negotiate Scotland’s independence
The first cabinet meeting of the new term and Boris Johnson’s summer holiday were both dominated by one concern: how…
The hijacking of the Scots language
A teenager in North Carolina has been revealed as the creator of a fifth or even a half of the…
Scexit has become a matter of faith, not fact
There is a satirical flowchart that sums up Scottish nationalism better than a thousand articles. It begins with the question:…
Can Scotland afford independence?
How would an independent Scotland have fared during the pandemic? We found out this week on the annual release of…
Letters: Why do we need beavers?
It’s not about money Sir: Professor Tombs criticises Alex Massie (Letters, 22 August) for ignoring evidence when the latter claims…
Andrew Marr: Scotland is slipping away from the Union
Staying in Britain for the summer has been, in many ways, entirely glorious. We have zigzagged from Shropshire through Derbyshire…
Scots poll in favour of free expression
The SNP’s determination to push on with its draconian Hate Crime Bill has put it on the wrong side of…
Scotland's Hate Crime Bill would have a chilling effect on free speech
Among the encroachments on Milton’s three supreme liberties contained in Humza Yousaf’s Hate Crime Bill is a cloturing of the…
Letters: why do we put up with bats?
Scottish hearts and heads Sir: Alex Massie ignores the evidence when he espouses the assumption that economic concerns no longer…
A rainy day in the Highlands: Summerwater, by Sarah Moss, reviewed
There is an old Yorkshire tale about a prosperous town which, legend has it, once stood on the site of…
Portrait of the week: Employment falls, exam failures and a roundabout rigmarole
Home In fine weather with calm seas, 565 migrants in four days crossed the Channel in small craft. French officials…
Here’s Nicola: can Boris Johnson stop Scottish independence?
How can Boris deal with the looming question of IndyRef2?
Could possession of the Bible become an offence in Scotland?
Scotland’s new Hate Crime Bill will make criminals of comedians
Can the new Scottish Tory leader thwart Nicola Sturgeon?
The new Scottish Tory leader – and his familiar sidekick
