JENNY HJUL: The SNP have been left looking irrelevant
In all the political drama of the past 48 hours, in Strasbourg and in London, the sideshow of the SNP’s Westminster rump has not merited much attention.
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JENNY HJUL: Democracy is only way out of painful Brexit process
The people I know who marched through London on Saturday demanding a second referendum on Brexit all had a good day out.
JENNY HJUL: Would-be speaker Pete Wishart’s judgment on Scottish indepedence must be worth something
When Pete Wishart announced last week that he was hankering after the speaker’s job, if John Bercow ever quits, he was mocked and mostly by his own side.
JENNY HJUL: Alex Neil and Jim Sillars have exploded myth of SNP unity on Brexit
The deadlock over Brexit has exposed the deep divisions in the main parties, which reflect the deep divisions in the country.
JENNY HJUL: Tax plea likely to fall on deaf ears
Derek Mackay, the SNP’s finance minister, thinks if he keeps blaming Scotland’s problems on Brexit they will go away. As he prepares to deliver his budget in the Scottish parliament today, he will be hoping the chaos over Europe will serve as a distraction from his own predicament.
JENNY HJUL: Peering at the foggy future
The world’s view of Britain is shaped as much by cultural and sporting events as by politics and international conflict, according to Neil MacGregor, who has made a programme, As Others See Us, currently being aired on Radio Four.
JENNY HJUL: Ignore Tony Blair and listen to Vince Cable — Brexit chaos has made Scottish independence less likely
Where has Tony Blair been for the past two or three years? Clearly not in Scotland because he doesn’t have a clue what people here are thinking.
JENNY HJUL: The Tory party’s survival may be at stake, but so is the union’s
Conservative threats to kick out Michael Heseltine for backing the Liberal Democrats show how perilously close the party is to self-destruction.
JENNY HJUL: The biggest loser of 2018? Jeremy Corbyn
There may be a few days left of 2018, but I think it’s safe to say the big triumph this year is that we’ve got through it without an election.
JENNY HJUL: Nicola Sturgeon is firing the starting gun for Indyref2 – whether or not we want one
If anyone was in any doubt about Nicola Sturgeon’s true intentions regarding her Brexit strategy, all was revealed on Monday morning during a deeply troubling radio interview.