SCOT goes POP!

I was contacted today by a Scot Goes Pop reader who is very concerned that Alba have just selected a candidate for Caithness, Sutherland and...

As you'll probably have seen, the Redfield & Wilton poll over the weekend was poor for the SNP, but there were two notable silver li...

And as with any new political party, Alba attracted its share of misfits and opportunists. But three years on, the organisation has shaken d...

For those of you planning to watch the Eurovision tonight, I've recorded a short podcast with some scene-setting thoughts, which you can...

First of all, a quick note to let you know that I'm quoted in Alasdair Soussi's profile of John Swinney on the Al Jazeera website, w...

I didn't write about it at the time because I didn't want to tempt fate, but when the announcement was made that Kate Forbes had bee...

Looking back at the dates, it seems to have been 2nd May on which it became obvious that John Swinney was the next SNP leader, so as this po...

I was a bit sceptical about whether John Swinney would actually go as far as appointing Kate Forbes as Deputy First Minister, because it mar...

Without wanting to be overly critical, I think it's probably reasonable to say that Graeme McCormick has behaved slightly oddly, and not...

This is a curate's egg poll, so let's start with the good part.  Support for independence has remained impressively untouched by the...