Lesley Riddoch
Lesley Riddoch
Lesley Riddoch: Salmond's all-or-something dilemma
Does the SNP stick to total independence, or has Jim Sillars opened the door to a fudge?
Lesley Riddoch: Lack of ideological debate something of a relief
This campaign has contained the usual features, except party dogma has been missing
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Lesley Riddoch: Popular SNP but unpopular policies
The SNP seems to be out of touch with what the public wants but strangely, its popularity has increased
Lesley Riddoch: Importance of being the opposition
On 5 MAY voters will decide the shape of the next Scottish Government. They will also - by default - elect a new Scottish opposition.
Lesley Riddoch: Swithering voters seek certainties
The electorate seems unsure about what is reasonable to ask of Scotland, and so do the party leaders
Lesley Riddoch: The epidemic hospitals can't cure
Pouring money into A&Es stops the NHS tackling chronic problems that are sure to worsen
Lesley Riddoch: Courage in the wake of the storm
Nuclear will be the only choice for energy needs unless all parties give tidal power a chance
Lesley Riddoch: TV fails to deliver the bigger picture
Educated viewers demand more than just dramatic images to inform their view of world events
Lesley Riddoch: Giving tongue to the vexed question of our language
The census will ask a big question about Scots, the language lots of us don't really speak, especially when there are strangers about
Lesley Riddoch: Jacking up an argument for change
Jack McConnell must be wishing he'd stuck the boot into Scottish Labour's crowning glory years ago. The former first minister has put forward a ten-point plan for overhauling the Scottish Parliament and suggests a cross-party group should consider it over the summer.
Lesley Riddoch: Just a question of time for Scotland
David Dimbleby may not fancy Glasgow but the nation is quite capable of hosting its own show
Lesley Riddoch: We shouldn't let the politicians make their own rules
With a turnout threshold proposed for the AV referendum, Scots should take the 1979 devolution vote as a warning from history
Lesley Riddoch: ConDem cuts can cause memory loss
Budgets on a par with 2001, before spending went stratospheric, sounds good but delivers nothing
Lesley Riddoch: Forest of rules that stops people building a future
Time to borrow a leaf from our neighbours' woods and demand the right to own, live and work on our land
Lesley Riddoch: Disdain for learning foreign languages and desire for everyone to speak English is holding the UK back
News that more German students might be heading to Scotland has mercifully failed to produce the usual crop of weary war jokes.
Lesley Riddoch: Don't sell yourself short Mrs Sheridan
Gail v George will be a clash of something, but it won't do the politics of the left any favours
Lesley Riddoch: The dominance of football- it's just not cricket, is it?
Scots love to ridicule England's national game - but at least down south they are actually winnners in their chosen sport
Lesley Riddoch: Making a meal of biometric 'threat'
It's fast and it's fair. It can't be stolen or faked. It saves cash for schools and saves face for deprived kids. So why the outcry by prominent Scots over the use of fingerprint recognition instead of cash to pay for school meals?
Lesley Riddoch: Unlikely coalition fighting bang-'em-up Britain
What do Ken Clarke and Kenny MacAskill have in common - apart from Christian names? Well, the unlikely Starsky and Hutch of prison reform have become the surprise political survivors of 2010.
Lesley Riddoch: Broad band of communication breakdown
ALEX Salmond believes there was no need for his transport minister to resign after last week's M8 fiasco, but concedes that information "did not get out" as it should and that "more could have been done in terms of communications". That is truly the understatement of this young decade.
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