The European Union – that economic and political union of 27 countries, affects the lives of nearly 500 million citizens, and legislates on topics from social protection and cross border healthcare to noise pollution and energy, those issues which impact upon our daily existence. Though as the recent European Parliament elections show, public interest is …
On July 25, dodging past more tartan and bagpiping paraphernalia than can ever possibly be stocked on Edinburgh’s High Street, I found myself clambering up the slopes of Arthur’s Seat after my all too energetic son.
Rather than join the crowds heading for the tented compound erected on Holyrood Park, my eight-year-old had been attracted by …
Leaving aside the actual issue of whether or not he should have been released, and of Peter Mandelson and Libyan trade deals, you can’t help but feel that the motives behind Kenny MacAskill’s decision were the right ones.
He has had the courage of his convictions, and made what was always likely to be an unpopular …