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ALASDAIR CLARK: Rishi Sunak’s ‘sicknote culture’ crackdown is a dangerous misdiagnosis

The UK is said to be experiencing an epidemic of working-age illness. Growing numbers of people are living with chronic conditions and diseases that...

25.04.2024 7

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: Westminster feels like a dentist’s waiting room as MPs await public verdict

A week in Westminster. Where they know what’s coming, but are left agonisingly waiting to find out when it will hit. That’s how the House of...

18.04.2024 5

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: Humza Yousaf survived his first year with little to celebrate

Humza Yousaf has survived a year as first minister, but he could be forgiven for feeling he has little to celebrate. Former Scottish Labour leader Jim...

29.03.2024 5

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

COURIER OPINION: Scotland’s abandoned community councils can’t become hotbed of hate

Scotland’s dormant network of community councils could be at risk of becoming a platform for the far-right to gain legitimacy. Unpaid, unfunded and...

16.03.2024 5

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: Ridiculous marketing push undermines SNP’s new hate crime laws

Critics of the SNP’s new hate crime legislation have rightly seized on a juvenile marketing campaign by Police Scotland to promote the law. In a...

15.03.2024 5

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: Stephen Flynn is the SNP leader in all but name

In the aftermath of Nicola Sturgeon’s abrupt resignation as first minister and SNP leader, it was clear the party had no obvious successor. The...

08.03.2024 6

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: SNP leave councils to set grim budgets – it can’t be allowed to happen again

Across Tayside and Fife, local councillors have set out grim budgets for the year ahead against a backdrop of cuts directed their way from London and...

29.02.2024 4

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: Labour faithful buoyant as they gather for conference — here’s what to look out for

The Scottish Labour faithful will gather in Glasgow this weekend, confident that they are on the road to power. With the party on the ascendancy in...

15.02.2024 3

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: Front-bench resignation and Michael Matheson report could be silver lining for Humza Yousaf

Humza Yousaf may just find a silver-lining if a report into the conduct of his under-fire health boss proves difficult, using a potential cabinet...

08.02.2024 9

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: Covid bereaved right to ask why Jason Leitch hasn’t resigned

It was an opportunity for them to show the importance of a strong, independent civil service, and the crucial role they played in responding to a once...

23.01.2024 4

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: SNP’s free education myth shattered as Shona Robison cuts Scots student numbers

Asked to name one of their party’s biggest achievements in government, SNP members will consistently point to the scrapping of tuition fees. The...

17.01.2024 3

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: ‘Unambitious’ SNP budget brutally torn apart in landmark moment

MSPs could only watch on as the reality of the SNP’s draft budget was laid bare by the boss of a leading Scottish anti-poverty charity this week....

11.01.2024 4

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: Humza Yousaf has set test he must pass to survive 2024

Humza Yousaf will face a crunch test in 2024 – with a clear goal for the General Election already set in stone. Political leaders normally shy away...

04.01.2024 4

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: Scottish politicians need to ditch scripts and be brave enough to debate

Away from the content, it was Deputy First Minister Shona Robison’s delivery of the SNP government’s budget on Tuesday that attracted most...

21.12.2023 9

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: David Cameron’s Turkey row with Humza Yousaf exposes weakened UK Government

It’s nearly Christmas. A political fall out was always inevitable. But rather than something interesting or of substance, just weeks into his new...

14.12.2023 5

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: Margaret Thatcher remarks narrow Labour path to victory – Sir Keir Starmer needs to learn from Napoleon

Sir Keir Starmer ends the year on an undoubted high after a string of polls predicting a Labour victory, but some of the party faithful in Scotland...

07.12.2023 5

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

ALASDAIR CLARK: Politicians will come to bitterly regret failure to tackle sky-rocketing rents

A stark report this week has unmasked sky-rocketing rents across Scotland, and perhaps more importantly, why housing should prove crucial at upcoming...

30.11.2023 4

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

COURIER OPINION: Gordon Brown shows how project forged in Fife could help take on growing poverty

As one former prime minister returned to government this week, another told a London audience packed with business leaders why they must urgently back...

18.11.2023 5

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

COURIER OPINION: Humza Yousaf faces a gruelling party conference – survive and fewer may question his suitability for the top job

Humza Yousaf heads into his first party conference as SNP leader amid a harrowing family crisis that will overshadow the domestic political turbulence...

14.10.2023 2

The Courier

Alasdair Clark

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