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Campaigners are calling for Scotland’s political parties to include a 4-day working week in their manifestos for the upcoming election, with 70% of Scots in favour. “With growing levels of...

LESS THAN TWO years ago, the Liberal Democrats were promoting themselves as Britain’s government in waiting. But Jo Swinson’s offer to unilaterally cancel Brexit, without even the formality of a...

After a year of a public health crisis, does the Scottish government need to invest more in holistic, ‘joined-up’ healthcare, and initiatives such as social prescribing – connecting people to...

ACCORDING TO CONVENTIONAL liberal moral arithmetic, George Galloway is a more disreputable character than Alastair Campbell. The latter has posed for selfies with Nicola Sturgeon; was lionised in certain elite...

FOR MUCH of the British punditry and political class, this is the first time they’ve seriously thought much about Northern Ireland since the Good Friday agreement in 1998, when the...

IT’S A TOUGH TIME to be a Scottish Conservative. While Brexit has not been the apocalypse many forecasted – as of today, the UK is set for an economicrebound, while...

THE last twelve months have changed the way many of us think about our everyday lives. The lockdowns necessitated by the pandemic have made the world feel smaller and turned...

THERE ARE LEGITIMATE REASONS to be sceptical of Brexit, but one of the silliest claims is that isolationism stems from nostalgia for Empire or even “neo-colonialism”. These ideas are founded...

THE IRONY of it is, if we’d just leave them alone, the foxes would be fine. A natural survivor, the European fox is incredibly adaptable, capable on making its habitat...

IN the next few crucial months, we can expect a flurry of policy developments and announcements, establishing a post-lockdown regime.Though it will likely mean more freedoms to engage in more...