Tom Harris

Driving out of Glasgow this morning, I saw the impact of the local council's net-zero policies for myself: long queues of cars heading into the city

Driving out of Glasgow this morning, I saw the impact of the local council’s net-zero policies for myself: long queues of cars heading into the city along a road that was only recently reduced from two lanes to one in order to accommodate new cycle lanes.

The media has been scaring us for years with extreme scenarios that now even the UN itself admits are virtually impossible. No one should put any credibility...

As a progressive rock fan, I still love listening to the old classics. Almost all of my musical heroes are well into their 70s by now, but I still pay to go and watch them perform music that was first released more than 50 years ago. The problem is that so many current acts just don’t seem to be able to measure up to their predecessors’ talent and showmanship. And recently, it feels like politics is heading the same way.

You can sympathise with Andy Burnham 's problem. Having convinced virtually everyone that he was the unopposed, if unofficial, chief of the

You can sympathise with Andy Burnham’s problem.

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As the latest tranche of emails and text messages involving Government ministers and Peter Mandelson are published, Andy Burnham might be forgiven for enjoying a degree of smugness.

Even in Scotland, it feels like Andy Burnham's dramatic attempt to return to the House of Commons so that he can wreak havoc on Keir Starmer and

Even in Scotland, it feels like Andy Burnham’s dramatic attempt to return to the House of Commons so that he can wreak havoc on Keir Starmer and his Government is filling more column inches than two important by-elections closer to home.