Miliband seeks US link dividends

Wednesday, 23 July 2014 06:30

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By George Kerevan

It is a rite of passage that aspirant British prime ministers seek an audience with the incumbent of the White House. The aim is twofold: to show British voters they are “important” enough to be received by the leader of the free world. And secondly, to reaffirm the so-called “special relationship” that is supposed to exist between the UK and the United States.

The purpose of the heart

Monday, 21 July 2014 10:14

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By Paul Kavanagh

We’re told the independence campaign is a battle between head and heart, at least a lot of folk in the papers and on telly seem to think so.

Usually, it has to be said, it’s those of a Nawish persuasion who see themselves on a self appointed mission to blind the bravehearts with a facsimile of logic.

The BBC? Stick it up your Juncker!

Saturday, 19 July 2014 00:27

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By G.A.Ponsonby

Jean-Claude Juncker is a name that few in Scotland will have heard of prior to the start of this week. Previously, any mention of ‘Jean-Claude’ would have elicited the response ‘Van Damme?’ from most people… well some.

This week though that changed when BBC Scotland got tangled up in a web of its own making as it sought to make a cheap bit of political capital from an innocuous speech from the man who replaced Jose Manuel Barroso.

Salmond v Darling – Game-Changer or Two Hour Turn-Off

Thursday, 17 July 2014 20:24

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By David Torrance

The era of televised debates began back in 1960 when more than 60 million voters in the United States tuned in to watch the first-ever ‘Great Debate’ between the two candidates vying for the White House, Republican vice-president Richard Nixon and Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy.

Appearing at a television studio in Chicago, Illinois, the first of four debates centred on domestic issues.

Time to show doubters the future

Thursday, 17 July 2014 05:52

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By George Kerevan

THE leader comment in Scotland On Sunday was fair and to the point: “An increasing number of Scots believe the promises, made by the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour parties, of more powers after a No vote … the Yes campaign continues to struggle with a lack of focus … post-Commonwealth Games, Alex Salmond will need a clear, compelling message that shifts polls.”