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The only sure way of avoiding a no-deal Brexit is to accept a deal the EU can live with, writes Brian Wilson.

MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit face a difficult choice, but there are signs that sanity is at last breaking out, writes Brian Wilson.

When the Salmond story broke last August, I commented on the inappropriateness of Nicola Sturgeon being hawked around for interviews, to express “sadness” while bravely affirming the allegations could not be “swept under the carpet”.

Ahead of the Scottish Parliament’s 20th anniversary, Brian Wilson says it will never achieve its full potential until independence is ruled out.

It has been a difficult week for Sajid Javid, the ambitious Home Secretary who cut short his safari holiday to take command of an over-hyped “major incident” in the English Channel, writes Brian Wilson.

The people of Lewis are preparing to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the loss of over 200 young men returning from war, writes Brian Wilson

Sometimes it helps to see national problems taking shape through the prism of a small community where numbers are comprehensible.

When MPs return on 7 January, they will face perhaps the most significant period of Parliamentary activity in post-war history. The outcomes will affect millions of livelihoods, freedoms and prospects for generations to come.

Democracy is in trouble unless we confront the dark forces of social media disinformation and ‘voter suppression’ which are already corrupting debate and influencing outcomes, writes Brian Wilson.

The future will laud those who sought compromise over Brexit for the sake of the many, not political opportunists looking to exploit a crisis, writes Brian Wilson.

The Scottish Government’s latest proposed budget contains cuts to local authority budgets of £319 million, despite SNP attempts to claim funds will increase, writes Brian Wilson.

Within my short collection of “I was there at moments which changed history”, I would count a debate between Ronald Reagan and George Bush in Nashua, New Hampshire, in January 1984, writes Brian Wilson.

The only certain way of avoiding the madness of a ‘no deal’ Brexit is for MPs to back Theresa May, writes Brian Wilson

Pilmar Smith, Hearts vice-chairman from the Wallace Mercer era, was that rarest of creatures, a socialist bookie. He also enjoyed a warm relationship with the players.

Labour, the SNP and Lib Dems will soon have to stop their political manoeuvring and choose between the no-deal sought by Rees-Mogg’s extreme Brexiteers and the pragmatism of May’s deal or one like it, writes Brian Wilson.

One of the largest property owners in the whole of the UK, the Crown Estate owns land across Scotland stretching from the Shetland Islands to the Scottish Borders. Curtailing their power should be welcomed, argues Brian Wilson.

The Scottish fishing industry is in the hands of a wealthy few – but will Brexit, whatever form it takes, change anything, asks Brian Wilson

The lesson for the SNP from the current shambles over Brexit should be that breaking up Unions is not remotely worth the money and pain, writes Brian Wilson.

The stories of Katie Allan and William Lindsay, both of whom took their own lives in Polmont young offenders’ institute, must shame the justice system in Scotland into action, writes Brian Wilson.