I have very limited experience with the Scottish police, which is as it should be in a free society. They are invariably pleasant, polite and helpful. The police don’t stop you for no reason. They don’t come round your house or place of work without cause. If you are a law-abiding citizen, you have no […]
Scottish National Police Timewasters Read More »
In response to the regular demonstrations in the streets in London and elsewhere the government has come up with a definition of extremism that applies to everyone. I fully understand that this definition is only intended to prevent government agencies working with certain Islamic fundamentalist groups. In which case why not just stop them doing
Failure to Control Our Borders is the Cause of Extremism Read More »
I grew up thinking that the world would be forever divided between Communism and Capitalism, the West, and the East, for which reason the end of the Cold War with the complete intellectual defeat of socialism as an ideology came as a surprise. No one foresaw in 1980 that ten years later there would be
The Battle for Everything Read More »
The problem with Scottish nationalism is that it would do nothing to address the fundamental problems Scotland faces, but instead would have added some new ones that we didn’t face before. Scotland is a wonderful place to live. We are sparsely populated which means that countryside is always nearby and largely empty. The Highlands are
Why Does No-one Want to Come to Scotland? Read More »
The main purpose historically of the Conservative Party is to conserve. Rather like the RSPB is supposed to protect birds the Conservative Party is supposed to protect Britain. Protecting Britain involves defending our island against its enemies, which requires us to have a strong defence and a series of alliances with friendly nations. Britain now
The Failure of the Conservative Party Read More »
Imagine if there were a new war between India or Pakistan. Let’s say the long-term territorial dispute over Kashmir flared up again and the Indian and Pakistani armies started fighting again. Or alternatively imagine that Pakistan tried to retake its former territory of East Pakistan, modern day Bangladesh. What line should we expect from Rishi
Yousaf Hopelessly Biased on Gaza Read More »
In the Scottish Government’s latest paper An independent Scotland in the EU, we learn that the SNP thinks that it would take between two to five years to join the EU. This is despite us learning that civil servants had previously warned that it could take up to eight years. The truth is that no one knows how long
But Does the EU Want Scotland? Read More »
The Scottish Government in its latest independence white paper expresses concern that Scotland’s population is ageing and the birth rate is declining. It argues that migration is the sole driver of population growth and would like migration to increase. It therefore sets out various new visa schemes that an independent Scotland might adopt, would make
Does Scotland Need More Migrants? Read More »
Like everyone else I did not pay much attention to the SNP conference which took place nearby me in Aberdeen. The turnout was poor with plenty of empty seats. But this isn’t the SNP’s main problem, nor indeed is Humza Yousaf. The real problem is Scottish nationalism has become a movement of fantasists. In 1989
The Fantasists of the SNP Read More »
