Iain Macwhirter is a columnist for The Times and The Spectator. With a focus on government and politics, as well as culture and society, he covers a range of topics including Brexit, world politics, and the impact of climate change. Iain's work has been featured in notable publications such as The Herald Scotland, UnHerd, and The Spectator Australia.
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Iain Macwhirter primarily focuses on government and politics with a specific interest in Scottish politics, particularly the Scottish National Party (SNP), gender reforms, and prominent figures like Humza Yousaf and Alex Salmond. His coverage is heavily opinion-driven, often centering around legal policy regulation.
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John Swinney can evoke the spirit of Alex Salmond in deftly making a minority government work to the SNP’s advantage
Another Scottish budget and another dire warning from the spending watchdog, Audit Scotland, that the National Health Service in Scotland is out of control and heading for disaster. With almost one sixth of the Scottish population on a waiting list, around 10 per cent of beds occupied by people who shouldn’t be there, and daily horror stories from accident
Pledging to restore winter fuel payments and to scrap the two-child benefit cap has gone down well with voters — even if the details have yet to be worked out
The SNP government seems to want to kill travelling by car despite public transport being unreliable or too expensive
It may seem peculiar that the Scottish Government sends money to Darfur or Malawi, as recently highlighted by Tories north of the border, when it has its own intractable social problems at home.
Two years ago, I was the victim of a peculiarly postmodern version of left-wing cancel culture.
Support for secession seems to be an expression of frustration with the governments in Holyrood and Westminster rather than genuine desire to break up the Union
One of Scotland’s greatest admirers will be back in the White House next week. We would do well to keep him on side
Many SNP members will be relieved by what appears to be a return to common sense on the subject of North Sea oil
Wind power should be cheap, but perverse incentives and lack of battery storage mean we’re stuck running two parallel systems
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