The Reformer Scotland

Apr 15, 2026

Reviving Scotland’s dying town centres

IN THE 1970s AND 80s, I designed a lot of shopping centres. It was the high point of town centre development, a consumer boom…

Apr 14, 2026

Holyrood should give NHS Scotland its independence

Jonathan Stanley

GOVERNANCE OF NHS SCOTLAND has long been centralised, with the Scottish Government exercising considerable influence over Health Boards. Currently, the Chair and all non-executive…

Holyrood should give NHS Scotland its independence

Apr 13, 2026

How the new politics might save the union

Tom Miers

EASTER HERALDS campaigning season in Scotland. I always associate daffodils with the strange tension and excitement of elections. This one feels a bit different,…

How the new politics might save the union

Apr 10, 2026

Let Scotland flourish: Reform’s New Deal

Malcolm Offord

SCOTLAND has been broken by the SNP, but our wonderful country can be fixed. In 1933-39, President Franklin D. Roosevelt promoted bold legislation to…

Let Scotland flourish: Reform’s New Deal

Apr 9, 2026

How Reform will reform Holyrood

Malcolm Offord

THE SCOTLAND ACT 1998 gave extensive powers to Holyrood to allow it to control most of the levers required to improve daily life in…

Apr 9, 2026

Reforming Britain’s armed forces: Part 4

Stuart Crawford

HAVING OUTLINED in Part 3 of this series what I see as the major issues that Reform UK should address when it forms the…

Reforming Britain’s armed forces: Part 4

Apr 8, 2026

Reform’s plan for farming, fishing and rural Scotland

Malcolm Offord

THE QUALITY OF SCOTLAND'S LARDER has a worldwide reputation and accounts for twenty per cent of the UK’s food & drink exports. But the…

Reform’s plan for farming, fishing and rural Scotland

Apr 7, 2026

NHS Joint Care: Rebuilding musculoskeletal services around the patient

Jonathan Stanley

SCOTLAND CONTROLS its own health system. Holyrood determines how services are structured, how clinicians are trained, and how governance operates. That autonomy brings responsibility…

Scotland’s education crisis: Time for a serious, national conversation

How to fix farming, unlock land worth £13 billion and regenerate the rural economy

Offord’s audacity of hope that scares the wits out of the Tories

The absurdity that led to atrocity: How gender ideology has harmed women, children, and reality in Scotland

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Reviving Scotland’s dying town centres

Holyrood should give NHS Scotland its independence

How the new politics might save the union

Let Scotland flourish: Reform’s New Deal

How Reform will reform Holyrood

Reforming Britain’s armed forces: Part 4

Reform’s plan for farming, fishing and rural Scotland

NHS Joint Care: Rebuilding musculoskeletal services around the patient