Columnists

His pork pies about kippers are worthy of satire, but his false promises to his own party will be Boris Johnson’s undoing, writes Euan McColm

The relentless political point scoring must stop if we’re ever to mitigate the human misery behind the death toll, writes Dani Garavelli

Just when you thought taxes in Scotland at the highest in the UK were high enough already, along comes an HMRC report that Holyrood’s tax take in 2017-18 was still £941 million short of forecasts.

Most of the country is watching from a distance as two familiar faces vie to become our next prime minister.

There has always been a rather healthy rivalry between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Naturally we win hands-down – only a fool would argue otherwise.

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing and Neil Armstrong’s “giant leap”, it’s right to look towards Mars.

It’s back to civilian life for me, following my formal resignation as a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Lothian Region earlier this week.

Plane passengers should have to pass a breathalyser test before boarding if they show signs of being drunk at the gate, writes Stephen Jardine. Disrupting a flight should lead to a 10-year flying ban.

This week saw Scotland top the European charts in a truly shameful way. It was revealed by the National Records of Scotland that we have more drug deaths per capita than any other country in Europe.

It is to the eternal credit of the Isle of Lewis that it has shown not the slightest interest in acknowledging, far less exploiting, the exceptionally close familial links with Donald Trump.

Boris Johnson should keep Jeremy Hunt in his Cabinet, but the signs don’t look good, writes John McLellan.

Malawi has one of highest maternal mortality rates in the world, but Susan Dalgety visits a clinic that is doing extraordinary work despite scant resources.

What an ‘amazing’ summer of sport, says Kevan Christie as he impatiently awaits kick-off in the Central Taxis league.

Dog whistles only used to be audible to our canine companions.

It doesn’t matter which immigrants are targeted – Donald Trump’s ‘go home’ rhetoric opens the door to violence, writes Paris Gourtsoyannis.

It would be undemocratic and irresponsible for any UK Government to suspend Parliament to avoid losing a vote of MPs and a subsequent general election in order to force through a no-deal Brexit that will plunge Britain into a recession.

When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on 20 July 1969, history was made. Fifty years later, it stands as arguably the greatest achievement of the 20th century and a testament to human endeavour and perseverance.

Tory party members’ dreams are about to come true, but the PM-in-waiting will have to feed them what they want – or he’ll lose their faith, writes Ayesha Hazarika.