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WE are galloping towards what has to be one of the most unnecessary and, for a huge proportion of the population of these countries which make up…

NOW that we have a new Scottish Government and First Minister, I think it is a good time to make the new people in charge aware of some things that…

CALL me naive or just simply old-fashioned. The initial proclamations from Downing Street by messers (and that’s certainly a valid description)…

HAVING read the Land Detective article by Andy Wightman (The National, Jul 21), which I, at least, appreciated very much, I have waited in vain for…

CAN I, as a Scottish voter, offer my congratulations to Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill for creating something of a stushie and getting themselves…

IT might be assumed that I would welcome the diversity in the current candidates aiming to replace the incumbent PM. The Tory party is cock-a-hoop…

Governor Tate Reeves announced the new qualifying period on Friday. Candidates now have until May 30th to file papers to run for the seat.

IN reply to KS Macrae who highlighted their concern over the indy marches not having the same impact, due in part at least to infighting within the…

CAN someone please explain the strategic logic behind telling the world that if Plan A is rejected, we will do this instead? Strategic planning in a…

HAVING read the two depressing articles in the Sunday National concerning the shortage of staff for farms and hospitality venues I was heartened to hear an eyewitness to the fall of the Berlin Wall tell her story. The moral was, of course, that the people took control of their destiny and took a risk that may have gone very wrong for some on them had the government of East Germany taken a stand. It also put me in mind of the early work of the Ramblers’ Association in opening up the countr...