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To say that the SNP leadership contest has been interesting would be something of an understatement. But you won't be short of pieces el...

Courtesy of a Christmas present from my wife, Andrea, I have just returned from a short break in the Sicilian capital, Palermo. As many of y...

 So, it is done.  Contrary to what I thought, the UK Government has intervened under s.35 of the Scotland Act 1998 rather than s.33. As I un...

 As a few people have noticed, I published a blog  ianssmart: A big change in 2023?  yesterday. I commend to you.  In truth however most of ...

There was an assumption among the commentariat in their predictions for the new year that, politically, nothing much will change. I beg to d...

Recently, a Glasgow Sheriff ruled that a fugitive from American justice had not acquired distinctive tattoos, similar to those born by the g...

 It is time things were a bit more boring.  Since the beginning of 2015, British politics have been a state of some chaos. We have had a ref...