Chris Musson

ALWAYS cheated, never defeated. John Swinney may not have explicitly said he was diddled in last week’s Aberdeen South by-election, but his sour grapes response to the SNP’s humbling by the Tories …

YES, he had to go – and should have gone sooner. But, no, of course, he wasn’t the worst Prime Minister in history. It may not be popular to say so, but I firmly believe Sir Keir Starmer is a decen…

TWO whistleblowers have said they were bullied by Nicola Sturgeon and SNP chiefs after sounding the alarm on her crooked hubby and the party’s fraud-hit finances Allison Graham and Cynthia Guthrie …

WE were promised a summer of football — but the last fortnight has felt more like a boot in the ballots. Even before Scotland’s painful World Cup exit, planet politics was doing its utmost to eclip…

JOHN Swinney faces demands to axe Scottish Government staff instead of frontline workers — after his civil service soared to record numbers. The First Minister was told to get his own “house in ord…

ANAS Sarwar is set to quit as Scottish Labour leader and be parachuted into Andy Burnham’s government. Sources revealed the party’s boss north of the border will be given a seat in the House of Lor…

DESPAIRING Scottish Labour chiefs have been stuck in a nightmare maze for 15 years now, trying in vain to find their way to the elusive treasure at its heart. No columnist should ever go full Dunge…

BUYER’S remorse is real, and not just for anyone who’s recently finished one of those salt-laced, overpriced, supermarket ready-meals in posh packaging. I have a feeling that many Scots who voted S…

THE spectre of the SNP crime probe is not going away and will keep on hanging over the party and its leader John Swinney, whether they like it or not. Peter Murrell’s conviction was meant to draw a…

WE have a major problem with a bloated and entitled officialdom in Scotland. As is so often the case, the rot starts from the top. Just look at the rash of stories in the past couple of weeks about…