An alarming loss of corporate decision makers will hold back the First Minister’s twin goals of driving growth and eliminating poverty, says TERRY MURDEN Some years ago I attended a dinner at the Glasgow Hilton organised by some of Scotland’s wealthiest entrepreneurs who were rallying around a new campaign to Make Poverty History. Supporting such […]
John Swinney
Honest John facing a few home truths
The First Minister will have to admit to a dwindling SNP membership that the party has to change direction, says TERRY MURDEN John Swinney delivers his first address to the SNP conference next weekend and he’ll need the schedulers to allow him enough time to tackle a bulging to-do list. Just three months into his […]
Swinney must redefine the SNP’s purpose
The rout of the Scottish National Party has left leader John Swinney with questions over its future, says TERRY MURDEN As we awaited the arrival of John Swinney on the fourth floor of the Port of Leith Distillery it would have been no surprise if the SNP leader had stopped for a restorative dram before […]
Independence hiding in the shadows as Swinney guns for unity
TERRY MURDEN says the First Minister-in-waiting could be shot down if he overplays his party’s core policy Douglas Ross has been crowing about forcing Humza Yousaf out of office, claiming it showed the power of the Scottish Conservatives as the official opposition at Holyrood. It could, however, turn out to be a pyrrhic victory. Mr […]