Iain Macwhirter Now and Then

As terror returned to the streets of London, there was something missing. We had the al Qaeda back-story; the tales of heroism, the stoicis...

At last, the master plan is nearly complete (fiendish cackle)! Scotland’s reverse take-over of England is now unstoppable. Gordon Brown is ...

It seems like the only senior politician Gordon Brown doesn’t want in his government is Tony Blair. A cabinet of all the talents is turning...

At First Minister’s Questions on Thursday Jack McConnell asked: “What do Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Greece, Austria and Switzerland ...

”Hello, you’re through to the Scottish Executive. The central inquiry line is now closed. Normal office hours are 8.00am to 5.00, Monday to...

Back in the 1970s, Labour used to dismiss the Scottish National Party as the “tartan Tories”. It never made a great deal of sense, since th...

27 May 2007 Alex Salmond is in office, but not in power. The Scottish National Party administration is a weak and feeble creature, unabl...

13/5/07 It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. We will shortly have two of the most gifted Scottish politicians of their g...

And so where were you on that bright May morning in 1997 when all those Tory hate figures like Michael Portillo and Michael Forsyth were bur...

Everyone thinks that Tony Blair is distraught at the thought of Gordon Brown taking over from him, but there are consolations? After all, w...

“I’m off to buy a hat in order to eat it” so said one prominent media face on Friday morning. When Alex Salmond announced two years ago that...

This much we know: Scotland will have a new government, probably within the week, and Alex Salmond should be leading it as First Minister. ...

In London last week the Guardian columnist, Jonathan Freedland, told me that when he filed his copy from the Scottish election campaign, his...

Given that the entire Scottish press is agin’ them, the success of the SNP in this election campaign so far is pretty remarkable. The natio...