Fast broadband is a very important tool for the development of rural economies. So our Scottish Parliament member John Lamont asks a perfect...

I've been so busy writing that the blog has not just taken a back seat, it's practically fallen off the bus. Nevertheless, a friend ...

SNP MSP Jamie Hepburn has tabled a Holyrood motion claiming that Venezuela has been "transformed" by President Hugo Chávez. His m...

Interestingly the circulation of the Scotsman was 46, 976 between July and December last year. That's less than 1 in 100 Scots who are b...

The Scotsman is no longer worthy of being called a newspaper. It seems to have degenerated into somethingfar less useful. The case of Stev...

No 10 also fiercely denied Conservative claims Mr Brown was using the visit to troops in Afghanistan to divert attention away from the row o...

“Every request that the military commanders made to us for equipment was answered. No request was ever turned down.” Gordon Brown, 5 March 2...

I'm obviously missing something here. RBS are paying bonuses worth £1.3 billion to its employees. The Chief Executive of RBS meanwhile i...

Good! So that's alright then. We now all know that Mr Brown is not a bully. He's just someone who cares and is determined to build a...

There are few people in this world who like eating, cooking, talking about food, writing about it (with great passion) and generally waxing ...

Supper's ready said Mrs H in a voice redolent of Peter Gabriel and Genesis. A visit to the dentists with nothing much more than a spot o...

How come it's always someone else's fault when you lose?