Someone had to say it. Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, principal of Edinburgh University, has warned that Scottish universities are in ‘danger’ from a funding model that is ‘not sustainable’. Professor ...

Barring some wild twist between now and May, the SNP is on course to win the 2026 Holyrood elections. Whether they can secure an overall majority remains an open question, though on current polling it ...

An election in which only half the electorate could be bothered to vote and then only to shrug their collective shoulders and settle for another five years of minority SNP government. You can always ...

One of the advantages of writing a political column is that you seldom have to consult opinion polls. Readers will go out of their way to let you know what they think about current affairs. Not only ...

Scottish politics is one big, very expensive exercise in the avoidance of reality. Audit Scotland, on the other hand, deals in reality. Facts and figures are its bread and butter. Auditor General ...

In the days since Anas Sarwar tossed an incendiary into the fatal hospital bug scandal, it has been instructive to watch certain characters duck for cover. So many who had heaped disdain on his ...