Brian Monteith

SNP administrations have sought at various stages to centralise public services

Brian Monteith: The centralisation of the SNP can yet be undone - here's how

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, at an event for the 25th anniversary of the ECB this month (Picture: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

Scotsman Letters: UK should have a 'recession' as bad as Germany's

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. Picture: Getty Images

Why the UK Government has us trapped in economic doom loop - Brian Monteith

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves after a press conference at the International Conference Centre during the G7 Summit

The makings of Crony Corporatism will be the death of Sunak’s Conservatives

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MAY 26: Presenter Victoria Derbyshire hosts "How Should I Vote? - The EU Debate" at The Briggait on May 26, 2016 in Glasgow. The BBC's first televised EU referendum debate was held in Glasgow in front of an audience of eighteen to twenty nine year olds and a panel of SNP's Alex Salmond and Labour's Alan Johnson backing staying in the EU while UKIP MEP Diane James and Conservative Liam Fox arguing to leave. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Brian Monteith: There’s hope when political bullies are called out

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves the Conservative Party headquarters in central London, after the party suffered council losses in the local elections.

Coronation cannot distract from Conservative election nightmare - Brian Monteith

As rent controls continue, there are signs of an impending collapse in housing supply

Brian Monteith: Controlling rents even worse than the bombing of houses

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 23: UK Brexit negotiator Lord David Frost is pictured in St. James on October 23, 2020 in London, England. Brexit negotiations stalled between the UK and the EU last week with areas of disagreement centreing on fishing rights, post-Brexit competition rules and how the deal will be implemented. Lord David Frost, the UK's negotiator, and his EU counterpart, Michel Barnier, agreed to resume face-to-face intensified talks in London. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Tories have no stomach to save Holyrood from SNP - Brian Monteith

Nicola Sturgeon speaks to the media outside her home in Uddingston

Brian Monteith: ‘Wheesht for indy’ meant much more than we ever realised

Former leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon speaking to the media outside her home in Uddingston, Glasgow. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Why the SNP must find answers on party finances

The UK has been admitted to the CPTPP by the trading bloc’s founder signatories (Picture: Claudio Reyes/AFP via Getty Images)

New trade deal may stop Britain from rejoining EU – Brian Monteith

Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater. Picture: John Devlin

Why the SNP must distance the party from Nicola Sturgeon and Greens

Nicola Sturgeon with husband Peter Murrell

We need fresh Holyrood elections and we need them now - Brian Monteith

Gary Lineker outside his home in London

The BBC is facing up to a problem of its own making - Brian Monteith

Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen shake hands during a joint press conference about the 'Windsor Framework' for Northern Ireland (Picture: Dan Kitwood/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunak's deal with EU is symptomatic of all that's wrong with today's Tories

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are under renewed pressure to spend ahead of the Budget. Picture: PA

Why Brexit pessimism and rash recession forecasts have been wrong

Nicola Sturgeon votes with her husband Peter Murrell in December 2019

After Sturgeon’s emergency exit, Peter Murrell should go too - Brian Monteith

Nicola Sturgeon looks out of Bute House in Edinburgh after announcing she will stand down as First Minister (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Sturgeon's resignation was light on reasons but long on self-justification

Nicola Sturgeon represents an existential political threat to both the SNP and the cause of independence, says Brian Monteith. Picture: Getty Images

SNP rebels should call Nicola Sturgeon’s bluff to save their cause

Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack had no choice but to block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill with a Section 35 Order, writes Brian Monteith (Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images)

Jack gives Sturgeon a full-frontal defence of devolution - Brian Monteith

The gender bill has been the Scottish Parliament's most controversial piece of legislation

Brian Monteith: Sunak must make a Section 35 Order on the gender reform bill

Nicola Sturgeon will remain immutable, impervious, immovable and impregnable in 2023, says Brian Monteith

Why Sturgeon will survive to divide Scotland for another year - Brian Monteith

Social Justice Secretary Shona Robison addresses MSPs during the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill debate last week (Picture: Andrew Cowan/pool/Getty Images)

Why gender reform Bill’s passing shows devolution has failed us – Brian Monteith

John Swinney delivers the Scottish Budget for 2023-24 to the Scottish parliament

Brian Monteith: Why should Swinney care if higher taxes ruin Scotland’s economy?

'All parties are scared to tackle reform of the NHS'

How independence over healthcare policy will soon be a mirage - Brian Monteith

How much longer will alcoholic drinks be allowed to remain on display in shops if a ban on advertising is in place?

Why Scotland's political puritans would drive you to drink - Brian Monteith

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

Sturgeon’s Trumpian bombast can’t hide she is scared of facing the voters

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the autumn statement last week

Tories will pay a heavy price for Hunt’s budget - Brian Monteith

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak boards a plane to travel to the G20 meeting in Bali. Picture: Leon Neal/Pool via AP

The Tories pivoting towards the EU and higher taxes is pointless

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak alongside the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt holds his first Cabinet meeting. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Do the Tories have a death wish? - Brian Monteith

If Nigel Farage were to return to the Reform UK party he previously led new PM Rishi Sunak could see a flood of Tory MP defections, reckons Brian Monteith (Picture: Getty)

Sunak’s doubling down on recession could finish him - Brian Monteith

Boris Johnson delivers a farewell address before his official resignation at Downing Street on September 6

If it’s Boris, it has to be Boris version 2.0 - Brian Monteith

Jeremy Hunt strides into his new role as Chancellor of the Exchequer but are his revamped fiscal policies the answer to the UK's woes? (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Truss should have gone so we can have a General Election - Brian Monteith

Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers her keynote speech on the final day of the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham

Why higher economic growth may just save the Conservatives - Brian Monteith

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during First Minster's Questions (FMQ's) in the debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament

Sturgeon’s failed policies are what’s really morally repugnant - Brian Monteith

Ever more wind turbines are popping up on the Scottish landscape (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty)

Readers' Letters: Scottish ministers are addicted to wind farms

Liz Truss signalled that she would cut taxes during her Tory leadership campaign (Picture: Toby Melville - Pool/Getty Images)

McBrain Drain to England will be a costly wake-up call - Brian Monteith

Floral tributes and candles from members of the public are laid in Green Park near to Buckingham Palace

We’ve had the shock, now we are witnessing the awe - Brian Monteith

The young Prince Charles sitting on a statue watched by King George VI, Princess Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth while on holiday at Balmoral.

Our Queen was a great teacher to Charles, now he must show he was an able pupil

Nicola Sturgeon's team said again and again there was nothing more on the table for refuse workers - then she found 'magic money tree' (Picture: Russell Cheyne/PA Wire)

The moral hazard of Nicola Sturgeon’s generosity - Brian Monteith

An oil platform in the North Sea around 100 miles east of Aberdeen (Picture: Andy Buchanan - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Government must back North Sea oil and gas

Bins are overflowing and rubbish is piled high on the streets of Edinburgh

Why Nicola Sturgeon's next campaign slogan should be 'gardyloo' - Brian Monteith

Will the Tories come to regret removing Boris Johnson?

Boris baters may regret calling for him to be removed - Brian Monteith

Nicola Sturgeon had her picture taken with climate activists Greta Thunberg (left) and Vanessa Nakate at COP26 last year (Picture: Andy Buchanan/Pool/Getty Images)

Truss might ignore Sturgeon, but she won’t ignore her failures - Brian Monteith

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Truss already proving to be a better politician than Sturgeon - Brian Monteith

Brian Monteith: Will the real Rishi Sunak stand up?

Penny Mordaunt, arrives at the BBC to appear on the BBC's 'Sunday Morning' political television show

Conservative leadership hopefuls reveal Modern Life is Rubbish - Brian Monteith

Home Secretary Priti Patel is the stand-out candidate to replace Boris Johnson as Tory Party leader

The Tories need a leader to deliver Brexit to win the election - Brian Monteith

Members of All Under One Banner gather for an independence march and rally in May this year. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Nicola Sturgeon’s camel train goes from one mirage to another - Brian Monteith

Boris Johnson walking through the grounds during the G7 summit in Schloss Elmau, in the Bavarian Alps, Germany.

The next general election is still Boris Johnson’s to lose - Brian Monteith

Nicola Sturgeon unveils her 'scene setter' at Bute House last week (Photo by Russell Cheyne - Pool/Getty Images)

Brian Monteith: Nicola Sturgeon sets scene for a poorer, more miserable Scotland

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss must stand firm against EU negotiators (Picture: Evan VucciAFP/Getty)

Reject EU intransigence over NI Protocol changes - Brian Monteith

Nicola Sturgeon and her husband and current chief executive officer of the Scottish National Party Peter Murrel take their seats for the Platinum Party at Buckingham Palace

Why Nicola Sturgeon at Party at the Palace jars with me - Brian Monteith

Scottish Finance Minister Kate Forbes has been told she faces a multi-billion pound shortfall in the coming years. (Picture: Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament via Getty Images)

The SNP sink hole will push up your cost of living in any event - Brian Monteith

Scotland does not have enough nurses to work in hospitals without using expensive agencies – just one contributory factor in the ‘cost-of-living crisis’. Picture: Getty Images

Cost of governments to blame for cost-of-living crisis - Brian Monteith

Sam Ryder stormed to second place in Saturday's Eurovision Song contest final in Turin (Photo by Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images)

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