Why is John Swinney talking about a second referendum? Professor James Mitchell takes a long view of the incumbent party's election campaign.The Scottish Sun’s Chris Musson suggested that this election could see a ‘loveless landslide’ for the SNP. This lovelessness might have been explained by the mounting challenges that will face the incoming Scottish Government except … [Read more...] about What’s ‘good for Scotland’ in 2026 election?
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Well tempered steel beneath David Gow’s jovial irreverence
It was typical of David's open-mindedness and intelligence that he was himself somewhat conflicted about which way to vote. 'No', he told me, though he confessed to spending some time agonising in the polling boothJustin Reynolds, a writer now living in Norwich worked with David Gow and Fay Young to set up the Sceptical Scot website in 2015 … [Read more...] about Well tempered steel beneath David Gow’s jovial irreverence
Humza Yousaf’s cakeism on indy
Boris Johnson has gone but cakeism is alive and well as was all too obvious in the Caird Hall, Dundee. Humza Yousaf’s speech at the SNP rally was an artless effort to have his cake and eat it. He needed to satisfy impatient activists hungry for evidence of a clear strategy to win independence while showing that any such strategy was rooted in a process that would be … [Read more...] about Humza Yousaf’s cakeism on indy