Brian Monteith

Traditional Russian wooden nesting dolls depicting Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in downtown Moscow (Picture: Tatyana Makeyeva/Getty Images)

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Trading with the US is not as simple as it sounds

We should work to make Trump 2.0 a success because it is in our interests Brian Monteith

Alex Salmond’s death will leave a huge gap in Scottish politics Brian Monteith

The issue of trust is beginning to haunt the Labour government Brian Monteith

Can Keir Starmer ride two horses without falling off? Brian Monteith

Governing is not easy, cutting taxes in Scotland is even harder Brian Monteith

Labour’s difficult start will look even worse by November Brian Monteith

Don’t be fooled again – Labour’s economic narrative doesn’t stack up Brian Monteith

Achieving change in Scotland requires voting against the SNP Brian Monteith

Politicians’ ghost numbers are not as scary as the real thing Brian Monteith

Why Sunak, Starmer and Swinney should promise less to deliver more Brian Monteith

The general election everybody deserves to lose - Brian Monteith Brian Monteith

Can anyone say what a Starmer government will actually do? Brian Monteith

After 25 years, devolution is in ICU – so why’s no one trying to save it? Brian Monteith

Why Rishi Sunak and John Swinney should both stop digging for defeat Brian Monteith

How would Machiavelli approach Humza Yousaf's no confidence vote? Brian Monteith

Will the transgender conversion Bill be the final straw for Yousaf? Brian Monteith

Holyrood’s hate crime law puts devolution in the dock - Brian Monteith Brian Monteith

Holyrood’s student union culture war politics is no laughing matter Brian Monteith

Hate crime law could be Humza Yousaf's poll tax epitaph - Brian Monteith Brian Monteith

Why Yousaf is a man without a 'credible plan for Scotland's economy Brian Monteith

Why do ‘temporary’ Tory taxes become permanent? - Brian Monteith Brian Monteith

Tax cuts are needed irrespective of who wins the next election Brian Monteith

Yousaf’s ‘Tory-free Scotland’ is a threat to democracy and freedom Brian Monteith

Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives can’t avoid their reckoning Brian Monteith

Just how bad can Holyrood get if we don’t discuss its future? Brian Monteith

UK Covid Inquiry has shown us all how Sturgeon intentionally broke devolution Brian Monteith

Sturgeon unashamedly took the Scottish public for fools Brian Monteith

Nicola Sturgeon’s reckoning with eternal shame is coming Brian Monteith

Scottish university students are entitled to free tuition

Readers' letters: Free tuition for Scottish students is nothing new

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf at a COP28 event in Dubai last month (Picture: Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Was First Minister too 'feart' to face Commons committee?

Why Yousaf’s global focus makes him a failing SNP leader Brian Monteith

Despite any polling, rejoining the EU is over for now Brian Monteith

Will a post-budget election save Sunak from near certain defeat? Brian Monteith

Wrong answers to the wrong questions from Yousaf and Robison? Brian Monteith

Sturgeon and Yousaf should fund 'loss and damage' they caused back home Brian Monteith

Hostage release proves calls for immediate ceasefire were wrong Brian Monteith

Matheson is an albatross around Humza Yousaf's neck Brian Monteith

Could Autumn Statement be Rishi Sunak’s last chance saloon? Brian Monteith

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Brian Monteith: UK’s Covid-19 inquiry is already more revealing than was ever in...

There should now be a motion of no confidence in SNP government

Destroying ministerial correspondence or conversations is beyond indifference or incompetence, it is an obstruction of the justice that should flow from establi...

Brian Monteith

Could backing Reform UK hand Starmer the keys to Downing Street? Brian Monteith

Israel must triumph for people of Palestine to have any hope of peace Brian Monteith

Desperate Rishi Sunak goes up in smoke Brian Monteith

Rishi Sunak must show conservative credentials to carry his party conference

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Readers' letters: Over-65s are far from a burden on society

The wheels are coming off Humza Yousaf’s wagon Brian Monteith

Yousaf wealth tax would deliver MacBrain Drain – but would he care? Brian Monteith

How Labour can outflank the Conservatives on tax Brian Monteith

Why Douglas Ross's economic policy pulls its punches - Brian Monteith

SNP might look defeated, but nationalism has still to be routed Brian Monteith

GERS figures should restore the need for value for money Brian Monteith

Nicola Sturgeon’s latest hurrah only condemns her and the SNP Brian Monteith

Changing net-zero pledges is unlikely to save Conservatives from their hubris Brian Monteith

Threat from being debanked far bigger than public realises Brian Monteith

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