AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN A week that began with a call for greater leadership from the Prime Minister and a row over his views on devolution ended with two policy statements that he hopes will help define his period in Downing Street, not only as a leader but as a committed unionist. Boris […]
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Edinburgh’s car parking plan: time to reverse this nonsense
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN Edinburgh’s anti-motorist council is to begin introducing its new car parking action plan, including Sunday restrictions. The prospect of living in a fresh and clean city is supposed to fill our hearts with joy. Instead, a collective groan is echoing around what will soon be a lot of empty, […]
Brexit deal by Tuesday? Oh no he won’t, Oh yes…he might
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN Like the boy who cried ‘wolf!’ there are few who are ready to believe it when a UK government minister promises that a Brexit deal is about to be be delivered. Deadlines come and go, hopes rise and fall and the markets reflect the feeling of despair among businesses […]
Bill Jamieson: an appreciation
Veteran journalist Bill Jamieson’s death leaves a void in the industry, writes TERRY MURDEN Perhaps the best tribute that can be paid to Scottish journalist Bill Jamieson, who has died aged 75, is that his passing, like that of Harold Evans in the summer, leaves the industry so much poorer. If journalism is about recording […]
How 2020 is heading towards an unlikely happy ending
A year everyone wanted to forget is suddenly producing reasons to be cheerful, writes TERRY MURDEN After months of lockdown misery, drifting on a sea of uncertainty, the fog may finally be lifting. Just a week ago this looked like a year to remember only for the virus, economic catastrophe and desperate foreboding. Yet what […]