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Articles giving the opinion of the author (and not necessarily that of Bylines Scotland) on a range of topics.

Scotland with the potential to be a plant-based society

Scotland the Kind

2 December 2023

Police Scotland in front of former Primer Minister of Scotland

The public has lost patience with Police Scotland and Operation Branchform

29 November 2023

David Cameron and scales justice representing his return to the UK Government

Play the ball, not the man

27 November 2023

Illustration of a tax return mountain with a man ready to climb it

Can I claim that back?

4 November 2023

Illustration of tired man with a wind up key representing Labour and SNP

Labour and SNP policy announcements are set up to fail

27 October 2023

Starmer's cartoon

Labour and nationalism

22 October 2023

Scottish flag in Scottish sky

Brave are the hearts that beat …

23 September 2023

Scottish and European flags for Scottish Independence

Why Scotland should be independent

6 September 2023

A nuanced discussion among giraffes. Is it about politics?

No way never no more…

Jeremy Vine on his bike in front of GoMA

What to do about Jeremy Vine?

Parliament true colours

Truth, fairness and Brexit

Map of England independent from the three other nations of Great Britain

England needs Scottish Independence – so, let’s take the campaign down south!

Myths and Riggs or Brexit on an European Union flag and a guitar

Myths and riffs of Brexit

bottles and the Scottish deposit return scheme

Bottles and Dosh – a Rebus Story (with apologies to Ian Rankin)

Police Investigation

There’s been a murder

King Charles Coronation and the United Kingdom Flag

Coronation Chickens … coming home to roost

Edinburgh's University flag

An independent Scotland must support university, SME and industry R&D

First Minister at Bute House

Nicola Sturgeon: From ‘Chief Mammy’ to ‘Wee Nippy’ and Everything in Between

27 February 2023

A scene of people demonstrating, holding Scotland flags. One man wears a tartan cap and holds a blue flag with both the Scottish cross and the EU stars on it.

Is Alister Jack sane?

15 January 2023

It’s not fun any more, I’m considering a return to the home planet

Image by Malcolm Laverty

The basic principles of public health have been ignored. Now we must face the consequences

Image by Malcolm Laverty

What will 2023 bring? I feel this year is a turning point

You want to know the three P’s for 2023? Well, since you asked …

Hopefully new social media platforms will avoid Twitter and Facebook’s pitfalls

Image by Malcom Laverty

The hard right has lost the public on Brexit – prepare for a vicious backlash

Image A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Defence and Security

All change in the Kremlin?

2 November 2022

It’s not tax, it’s a contribution towards civilisation

25 October 2022

Image Giuseppe Milo, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

We need your support to keep the Bylines Network flourishing!

30 September 2022

First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon addresses journalists over Brexit at Bute House.
Licensed under the Open Government Licence version 1.0 (OGL v1.0).

Keep a light on for Scotland

8 September 2022

Photo by George Allison. Printed with permission

Putting citizens at the centre of Scotland’s economic policies

3 September 2022

Stars forming in the Carina Nebula about 8,500 light-years from Earth. Photo courtesy of NASA taken from the James Webb Space Telescope

Don’t be afraid, but humanity could be the seed of the universe

Partitioning Britain, partitioning the self

Faslane Naval Base

Faslane and NATO – should Scotland lease out the base for a short time?

Tory Leadership

Why is this Tory leadership madness going on for another month?

March for Scottish Independence - George Square, Glasgow

Here’s to an Independent Scotland

Scotland needs a change, just not the one you’re thinking of

Scotland needs a change, just not the one you’re thinking of

Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond in 2013 by Scottish Government is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Sturgeon, Salmond and women in politics – it’s still a jungle out there

Boris, increasingly haunted by his diabolical dealings?
KY Shakespeare in the Parks: Photo by Holly Stone Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Political lessons from the Bard: musings on the Scottish play

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