Malcolm Offord: another SNP-Green coalition would be terrifying (pic: DB Media Services) The Reform UK Scotland leader says attitudes towards wealth need to change, writes TERRY MURDEN He may once have worn the ermine appropriate for the second chamber but today Baron Offord of Garvel, as he is still officially titled, is attired in more […]
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Scotland’s slippery path to growth
Past strategies to grow the economy have been denied time and funding to take root, writes IAN RITCHIE In launching the SNP manifesto, First Minister John Swinney, declared that ‘economic growth’ would be a central mission for a re-elected SNP government. He proposes a ‘high-growth unit’ to identify businesses that have the potential to achieve […]
Suffering the wealth of indignation
Sadly, being rich in hand-out Scotland now makes you a target for the boo-boys, writes TERRY MURDEN Hurrah for Malcolm Offord. At least for the Reform Scotland leader’s decision to prick the anti-wealth balloon that has floated around Holyrood for too long. Yes, his declaration of a dazzling personal fortune at a time when many […]
Net Zero zeal is gambling with security
An ideological pursuit of a carbon-free world has left Scotland exposed to energy instability, says STRUAN STEVENSON The last Scottish Government’s approach to public spending drifted into a realm where ideology trumped pragmatism, and where virtue-signalling eclipsed value for money. Nowhere did this appear more starkly than in its fixation with renewable energy and the […]
Daily Business Interview: John Swinney
John Swinney at the SNP manifesto launch (pic: DB Media Services) The polls point to John Swinney returning to Bute House, but is there any substance behind the manifesto pledges, asks TERRY MURDEN He arrived in Bute House more by accident than design, a result of the experiment with Humza Yousaf being proved unworkable or […]