I prefer to vote positively for what I believe in and suggest anyone considering voting tactically in the general election takes care to avoid doing something they later regret, writes Brian Wilson.
Chancellor Sajid Javid’s claim that homelessness has halved since 2008 is not supported by the statistics or the evidence of one’s own eyes, writes Brian Wilson.
A dinner in Inverness marked the tenth anniversary of a small charity with a fair number of those present pretty certain they would not have been there without it.
I try to avoid calling for resignations, but the buck must stop with Health Secretary Jeane Freeman over the problems currently affecting the NHS in Scotland, writes Brian Wilson.
Where was the outrage after it was revealed workers on an offshore windfarm in the North Sea were paid a basic £3.40 a hour because of an “administrative error”, wonders Brian Wilson.
When it comes to Scottish independence, it is the ‘sovereign right of the Scottish people’ to determine their future – and currently that means staying in the Union, writes Brian Wilson.
Nicola Sturgeon’s demeanour at a recent pro-independence rally in Glasgow may not have made passers-by with the ‘wrong’ accent feel particularly welcome, writes Brian Wilson.
By cynically agreeing to a General Election, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP may well be responsible for a five-year Tory government and its version of Brexit, writes Brian Wilson.
Keith Schellenberg, who once owned Eigg, helped make people see the need for land reform through his disastrous stewardship of the island, writes Brian Wilson.
Boris Johnson could have got his Brexit deal through parliament if he had pressed ahead. He chose not to do so because he wants to fight an election from a position of maximum strength, writes Brian Wilson.
After Laura Kuenssberg said Nicola Sturgeon had acted “right on cue”, she was accused of “insulting a politician for doing their job” by crime writer Val McDermid and others then piled on in the latest sign of the divisive nature of the Scottish independence debate, writes Brian Wilson.
A pernicious High Court judgment found the NHS was liable and must pay compensation after failing to identify the “risk” of a Down’s birth, writes Brian Wilson.
While major scandals pass unnoticed, the symbolism of relatively minor ones can stir the nation. Hence the response to the SNP Lord Provost of Glasgow’s publicly funded underwear and 23 pairs of shoes.
Boris Johnson’s fondness for Union Jacks is as shallow as the annexation of the Saltire as a nationalist symbol. Scotland might be better off if there were no flags at all, writes Brian Wilson.
I felt quite nostalgic on hearing the US will impose tariffs on an eclectic range of EU products in response to a World Trade Organisation ruling that Airbus benefited from illegal subsidies to the detriment of Boeing.
