As it looks inevitable that Andy Burnham will be the next Prime Minister, we should consider what this might mean in policy terms. But firs...

 I was speaking at an EIS conference last Saturday on the challenges facing our democracy. It prompted me to examine the evidence more close...

The elections in England ought to be a wake-up call to political parties, particularly about the disillusionment many voters feel about our ...

 'Hope and Despair' is the appropriate title of Neil Findlay's new book covering the last few years of his time as an MSP. It ...

 I was doing a session on public affairs at a company staff conference last week, and in the Q&A, I was asked about using opinion polls....

Today, the Jimmy Reid Foundation has published the second in their series of papers on ' Reconstructing Scotland after COVID-19' . ...

In April I wrote about the longer-term lessons to be learned from the pandemic and the importance of thinking about these now, rather than...

The Covid-19 pandemic has immediate implications for its victims and those in health and care treating them. There are also medium and long...