The world’s kindest security search proceeds at the entrance to the Scottish Parliament. A young man greets me warmly while gently advising me that I require a second plastic tray for my laptop. It’s at this point during airport checks when you begin to feel like a fugitive from justice.
ON John Swinney’s great day of Nationalist reunification a tear in the fabric remained stubbornly visible. He’d just declared his intention to become Scotland’s seventh First Minister by talking about healing and cohesion and moving forward together and seeking ‘change’. The performative applause led by more than half the Scottish cabinet (minus Shona Robison) made this feel less a campaign launch than a coronation valedictory.
I had no problem with the Greens’ ginger bottle return scheme and their fancy boilers and turning off the North Sea gas. Let’s face it: we all knew none of it would work and I was planning to ditch them before the next Scottish election anyway. But when Harvie popped in the other week with a proposed white paper on energy efficiency I knew that the party was over.
IN a year of errors and misjudgements by the Humza Yousaf administration I suppose another little one won’t make much difference. Mr Yousaf’s latest ill-advised step occurred towards the end of his resignation speech.
The new George Wyllie museum, the Wyllieum, honours and bears witness to the life and work of one of Scotland’s most remarkable sculptors.
When Boris Johnson became leader of this party in 2019, the red flags were all there: professional and personal treachery; borderline racism; laziness; and greed. In several ways, though, Rishi Sunak is even worse than Mr Johnson ever was.
IN POLLOK, the locals are circling the wagons round their imperilled MSP, who also happens to be First Minister of Scotland. As it seems that Humza Yousaf may have fallen among thieves at Holyrood, here on Glasgow’s sprawling south-side enclave he’s among friends.
Kevin McKenna offers his take on what could be the beginning of the end for Humza Yousaf
Kevin McKenna talks to Fr Chiedozie Ezeribe, a Nigerian priest based at St Dominic's Church in Bishopbriggs, about his life her in Scotland and his work in Nigeria.
Climate protesters gather for the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march in Glasgow in November 2021
