As I See It: Is the letting of new offices to Baillie Gifford evidence of an upturn in the market, asks TERRY MURDEN Normally at this time of year the skies around Edinburgh are filled with the sight and sound of fireworks. The commercial property sector may feel it has good reason to resume the […]
Boris’s bus order is needed to jumpstart a consensus on recovery
As I See It: The Prime Minister holds the key to Alexander Dennis’s future, but there is more at stake if the parties fail to work together, says TERRY MURDEN Boris Johnson has made it known how the “broad shoulders” of the UK helped pay the wages of thousands of workers furloughed through the pandemic. […]
Don’t expect others to pay for you if your holiday plans go wrong
“People think they are free, but nothing is free when there is plague” Albert Camus, The Plague As I See It: No one should expect compensation if their holiday plans are disrupted by the quarantine rule, says TERRY MURDEN It says a lot about modern consumerism and the sense of entitlement we now have for […]
Boris needs more than a vanity project to save the union
As I See It: TERRY MURDEN says Boris Johnson is failing to sell the benefits of the United Kingdom There has been a lot of talk about Boris Johnson’s vision of a bridge linking Scotland with Northern Ireland, a project that the Prime Minister sees as part of his grand plan to rebuild the UK. […]
Time to calm down over ‘power grab’ + the rise of the Daily Sturgeon
As I See It: TERRY MURDEN on the row over the ‘power grab’, and tackling the daily briefings Tackling the coronavirus pandemic has absorbed so much of the political agenda that it has become a rare moment when other issues have grabbed much attention. However, as lockdown eases and the economy reopens the big topic […]