Tag: iain macwhirter
Phantom Power: Planning an online TV take on culture and politics
Phantom Power and Newsnet contributor and author Christopher Silver published a pilot version of an online weekly politics and cultural show, The Sunday Review,...
SNP must resist temptation and stick to House of Lords’ boycott
Commentary by Derek Bateman
Iain Macwhirter has been up to his old tricks – applying logic to politics. This will never do. What where might that...
Macwhirter: Tracking Scotland’s peaceful revolution
Political commentator Iain Macwhirter has been in prolific mood in recent years. Apart from his newspaper columns, he has produced three books about Scotland's...
Scottish Labour, its future and the ‘worst TV leaders’ debate ever’
Newspaper columnist Iain Macwhirter has rushed out a new book - Tsunami - covering the general election campaign. Below is an extract, covering erstwhile Scottish...
How Yes couldn’t cope with the Better Together spin campaign
Book review: Derek Bateman
Near the start of the referendum campaign I contacted a Scottish publisher to suggest a book on its progress with insider...
Has the Herald’s Iain MacWhirter peaked?
By G.A.Ponsonby Respected by Unionists and Nationalists alike, Iain MacWhirter’s views on Scottish politics are read and devoured by those of us looking for...