Stephen Daisley

The SNP just can’t catch a break. The party is still reeling from a catastrophic general election result, a backlash over its decision to mimic Rachel Reeves’ cuts to winter fuel payments, and the ongoing police investigation into its finances. Now chief executive Murray Foote has cleared his desk just 14 months after taking up

Policies and principles matter but if you want to get ahead in politics you need personality.

The first 100 days of Sir Keir Starmer have been a masterclass in how not to run a government. But credit where it is due.

There are three great makers of popular man-art working in Hollywood today – Michael Mann, Christopher Nolan and David Fincher – and all three work with broadly the same materials: male identity, its associated violence, and post-industrial societies with no place for either. Mann’s neon-noir aesthetic focuses on status, whether James Caan’s safecracker in Thief,

Hindsight is a funny old thing. Humza Yousaf - remember him? - was First Minister for just over a year, it wasn't terribly productive for either the country or the SNP .

When Russell Findlay stood to be Scottish Conservative leader, he talked the familiar language of ‘change’. I predicted that this would translate to a rightwards shift for the party and his first major speech in the job confirms it. Findlay is not entirely comfortable with the ‘right wing’ label – he is a Tory, after

'Spooky season' has become a dull, defanged disappointment

This week FMQs fell on Halloween , which might explain Russell Findlay's decision to come in the guise of Margaret Thatcher.

If there are two things new leaders of political parties dread, it’s unsolicited advice and Scotland. But I'll try and be helpful.

Budget Day was sent to test our faith in democracy. I'm convinced of it.