Scottish independence Scotland politics referendumNo, wait, hear us out. It’s not what you think. John Swinney’s been insulting everyone’s intelligence again today. If you’re an indy supporter and you ...

At some point, we’re all going to have to have a discussion about the word “normal”. (“Abnormal” is not an intrinsically pejorative term, it’s a simple neutral statement of fact, meaning something ...

Scottish independence Scotland politics referendumFor the combatants in the gender wars, it’s been quite a spring and summer here in the TERF Island theatre of battle. In February, polling company ...

For the combatants in the gender wars, it’s been quite a spring and summer here in the TERF Island theatre of battle. In February, polling company YouGov revealed the vast extent to which public ...

Scottish independence Scotland politics referendumFor such an absolute nothingball of scurrilous sub-gossip to so dominate the entire news media was just too strange to ignore. We cannot remember the ...

Exactly a decade ago today, on 11 August 2014, the Wee Blue Book was released. This was where things stood at that moment in time. One month after the WBB, that 20-point gap was down, like-for-like… ...

As a journalist, readers, sometimes you want to pep a story up a bit. From time to time, it’s perfectly legitimate to sensationalise a relatively minor aspect of something in order to draw attention ...

The pocket guide to the independence referendum is here.

If you wanted to hear me yakking on about Scottish and UK politics for 45 minutes, an excellent way to achieve it would be clicking this image. If not, it’s probably best if you don’t.

Don’t say we don’t tell you, readers. Because we do tell you. We told you a year and a quarter ago. (Remember that time when Humza Yousaf was First Minister? It happened, honestly.) We told you again ...

…just read Wings Over Scotland, folks. A year ago, when he was red-hot favourite with all the bookies, we told you that Angus Robertson wouldn’t even run for the SNP leadership, let alone win. And ...