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Tom Miers

How can the Scots Tories capitalise on their success and win power at Holyrood?

As the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party considers its policy options, Tom Miers continues his three-part look at what might be possible and suggests a European ‘Christian Democrat’ approach to public service reform.

Elizabeth Smith

Closure of Newlands College damns SNP education policy

THE RECENT CLOSURE of Newlands Junior College on the south side of Glasgow is not only very disheartening but also sends out a strong message about what is wrong with the current education system in ...

Aaron Brown

It’s not just the backstop: Fishing should not be in the Withdrawal Agreement

THE ABHORRENCE over the backstop in the Withdrawal Agreement misses the point that much of what’s left of Britain’s fishing industry won’t survive the proposed “transition” or “implementation” period it is designed to establish. Fishing ...

Rodger Sivewright

True lives: Happy Valentines, circumcised or not

Especially for St Valentine's Day we bring you this true and touching story – it is an adult theme and may not be for those of a delicate or sensitive disposition. Enjoy, if you can...

Tom Miers

How can Scots Tories capitalise on their success and win power at Holyrood?

AS THE PARTY considers its policy options well before the 2021 elections, in the first of three articles Tom Miers considers some ideas that would make a winning agenda for Scottish Conservatives.

Strategy, ...

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Joshua Curzon

Venezuela's tragedy: the Cuban occupation must end

FIFTEEN THOUSAND Cuban intelligence operatives and ‘military advisers’ bar the path to democracy in Venezuela. Luis Amalgro, Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States, has described them as “an occupation army that teaches ...

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James Bundy

Maintaining a successful Union requires taking back control like Vote Leave promised

17.4 MILLION OF MY FELLOW BRITS voted to leave the European Union. It is the biggest mandate in the history of British politics and the message from the voters was clear. We voted to take ...

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Jamie Nugent

Venezuela’s Tragedy: no one’s on the buses in Maduro’s paradise

THE STREETS OF CARACAS can be unnaturally quiet. But this is no blissful moment of peace between mass demonstrations. Public transport in Venezuela, in common with the rest of the country, is ceasing to operate ...

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Murdo Fraser

SNP’s triple tax Bombshell

IT WAS BAD ENOUGH that the SNP’s draft Budget published last month widened the income tax gap between Scotland and the rest of the UK, but this week the Finance Secretary Derek MacKay went even ...

Jonathan Stanley

The Union cannot stand still - only change can preserve it

NOTHING ENDURES but change. “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” because each time the person and the river changes. It ...

Jonathan Stanley

Let the unionist waterboarding stop before it becomes self-defeating

I'VE CRACKED. I've never known my eyes to roll so often. I thought I could manage until Brexit day on March 29th but I've slipped I think and I'm not sure how to get up.

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Eben Wilson

In the real world "crashing out" is the EU's problem

IN AN INTERVIEW following the hammering of Mrs May’s “deal” Jacob Rees-Mogg took Channel Four’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy to task for using the term “crashing out of the EU”. Rees-Mogg gave him a quite robust ticking off for ...