Tag: Scottish press
The cosy relationships within Scotland’s chattering classes fail to impress
Derek Bateman's article about Labour's exploitation of the holiday period to line up several days of pre-arranged press coverage sparked an angry reaction from...
Time to face up to Unionists’ palpitating fear of Scottish independence
Commentary by Derek Bateman
It’s a Tory surge…they’re going to have more MPs…hunners and hunners o’ them…The bonfires are being lit on the hilltops and...
Podcast: Our media and the shifting sands of foreign affairs
We are living in an unpredictable world, with wars in the Middle East, turmoil in Europe, and the Trump ascendancy in the United States....
Election fall-out: where next for the tartan commentariat ?
Commentary by Derek Bateman
As if the near obliteration of Labour, Lib Dem and Tory parties wasn’t enough, we should remember the other big losers...