Alex Thomson
Crossing the smooth waters of the Firth of Forth on May Day, I wanted to remind people how smooth this campaign has been for the SNP – the tough part starts Friday (if the polls are right).
Alex Thomson
In Glasgow, Ed Balls stands in front of a placard which states: “Ban exploitative zero hour contracts.” Trouble is, the technicians doing the staging are on zero hour contracts.
Alex Thomson
I write from Inverness on St George’s Day at a time when Westminster, London and England have rarely seemed so distant and foreign to so many – and that cuts both ways.
Alex Thomson
What the SNP have to guard against is Acquired Sheffield Syndrome and one N Kinnock’s disastrous triumphalism.
Alex Thomson
What is billed as ‘life on the campaign trail’ is actually an antiseptic exercise in keeping our party leaders away from real voters.
Alex Thomson
Both main English parties pretend incessantly that our Trident missile system is an “independent” nuclear deterrent when it never was, is, or could be and both Cameron and Miliband know this well.
Alex Thomson
Long suspected but short on the vital evidence, Amnesty International has now accused pro-Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine of war crimes: namely the execution of captured Ukrainian soldiers. Amnesty talks of: “Shocking new evidence of execution-style killings by pro-Russian armed groups in Donbass, eastern Ukraine, illustrates the urgent need for an investigation into the escalating human rights and humanitarian crisis in the area.”
Alex Thomson
Remind yourself there are other ways of conducting power and politics – and cherish and respect what we have, even if you can’t love or even like it.
Alex Thomson
The relatives of the 96 have fought long and hard for this real inquest instead of the previous whitewash – and they have waited long, so long, to hear David Duckenfield cross-examined.
Alex Thomson
It has been at the centre of intense fighting between the Ukrainian military and separatist rebels, but now a more human, tragic story is unfolding on the streets of Debaltseve.
Alex Thomson
If the Ukrainians are leaving Debaltseve as they say they are, they are not going quietly. Nor are the rebel guns falling silent.
Alex Thomson
Yuri Koryagin recalls the moment he saw a flash when he was leaving work whilst phoning his mum. Both legs have now been amputated after a shell burst.
Alex Thomson
Incredibly, the theatre is still open in Donetsk despite constant shelling. Will the latest ceasefire deal end the carnage?
Alex Thomson
#AdviceForYoungJournalists? No, you won’t get rich from journalism. Yes, it is still worth doing.
Alex Thomson
Nobody can turn kitsch into culture like the British establishment – but the re-run of Winston Churchill’s funeral was something really rather weird.