Today's Thinking
Spain wants strategic immunity, the US should end it
Payback at the Pillars of Hercules? Madrid has spent years undermining Western interests while expecting unquestioned Western solidarity. Ceuta and Melilla offer the perfect point
Bepi Pezzulli
April 28, 2026
We must have the right not to ‘Digitally Verify to Participate’ in society
WHEN Keir Starmer announced in September 2025 the government was bringing in ‘mandatory Digital ID Cards’ or a ‘Britcard’ to ‘stop the boats’ the British
Alan Miller
April 21, 2026
PMQs is a boring Keirologue – and that suits Starmer
WINNING is all that matters in sports. True greats like Novak Djokovic are machines, winning through strong, unfazed, consistent responses. In tennis it works a treat. Bat it back, score a few points and
Dr Gail MacDonald
April 7, 2026
From Govan to Gorton, unionism is an island shared not divided
SOMETHING is shifting in post-industrial Britain. It is not a sudden national swing or a dramatic revolt. It is quieter than that. For decades, London-focused
Jonathan Stanley
March 20, 2026
Think Politics
Six reasons the WHO is bad for global health
The little known human cost of WHO-led global health policy The march of democracy-sapping multilateral global bodies that undermine state sovereignty continues unabated. Decisions made
Brian Monteith
April 27, 2026
“Set the murderers free” say the Greens
THERE IS a certain type of political satisfaction that comes when a daft pronouncement is swiftly shown up as dangerous by real life evidence. Just
Iain Whyte
April 21, 2026
Four times the council tax band? That’s Lib Dem progressive taxation
LATE LAST AUTUMN I had the dubious pleasure of attending the recording of Dutch leftist historian Rutger Bregman’s third BBC Reith Lecture here in Edinburgh. He
Iain Whyte
April 9, 2026
Edinburgh’s consultation is a foregone conclusion dressed up as a conversation
LET’S BE HONEST about where we are. For the past year, anyone who has raised concerns about drug consumption rooms, residents, community groups, frontline voices,
Annemarie Ward
April 7, 2026
Think Culture
Oranges are not the only marmalade
AS THE UK re-aligns itself with EU food regulations (like 2016 never happened) marmalade is being relabelled. Marmalade to the Spanish and Italians can come from
Dr Gail MacDonald
April 11, 2026
How Net Zero threatens curling, skating and swimming
IT IS NOT just industry that is being devastated by the UK’s self-inflicted high energy costs resulting from Net Zero policies – sports, leisure and
Brian Monteith
April 8, 2026
“Wuthering Heights” – the 2026 cover version
REMEMBER Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights? It’s the novel about a sexy romp that scandalised 1820s society written by the enfant terrible of her day? No?
Dr Gail MacDonald
February 12, 2026
Landman: Billy Bob Thornton in a country for old men
SEASON 2 of Paramount TV’s male fantasy Landman just ended (but is available to stream). Throw together a stellar cast, soap opera plotting, take-your-time direction,
Dr Gail MacDonald
February 11, 2026
Think Business
The top fifty timeline to the UK’s industrial destruction
POLITICALLY, the UK has been moving toward the dismantling of its hydrocarbon extractive industries for many decades. Almost all post-war UK governments, including those of
Brian Monteith
April 28, 2026
The 21 things you need to know about Net Zero
TOGETHER with David Turver and Brian Monteith, I recently published a paper – Premeditated industrial destruction; How the UK destroyed its industry and a plan
Catherine McBride
April 28, 2026
Capping the price of flying pigs
IN THE EARLY 1900s my grandfather in Govanhill, a schoolteacher, knew many locals spent more than half of any income on food. The choice of
Eben Wilson
April 21, 2026
Scotland cannot afford another five years of economic drift
AFTER NEARLY two decades in power, the record of the Scottish National Party is no longer a matter of promise, but of performance. And for
Struan Stevenson
April 14, 2026