A collective howl of despair could be heard throughout the unionist community of Scotland last Friday at the prospect of five more years of SNP rule following the Holyrood elections. I can’t have been alone in feeling a bit like a prisoner, incarcerated for a crime I don’t remember committing, having looked forward with faint […]
It’s back to the 1970s. The Scottish First Minister John Swinney proposes the adoption of price controls on supermarket groceries to ease the pressure on the cost of living. The SNP’s Manifesto, for the election to be held on May 7, declares: To help with the cost of the weekly shop, we will establish legal […]
How can people without capital be expected to believe in capitalism? This is the challenge of our age, as ‘own nothing and be happy’ hardens into a new dividing line in Western politics. Westminster risks ignoring the emerging political economy of housing, even as public anger grows. Green Party leader Zack Polanski is already courting […]
