Alex MassieIs Britishness important enough to be worth saving?What is Britain? This question is important, mysterious, and frequently overlooked. It seems all the more pressing at the dawn of a new…Jan 4, 20161Jan 4, 20161
Alex MassieThanksgiving is the greatest holiday; it is what Christmas is supposed to be.Thanksgiving is the most genial holiday. I know this because the Canadians have their own version of the greatest of all American holidays…Nov 26, 2015Nov 26, 2015
Alex MassieJeremy Corbyn is a disaster for Labour and a gift to the SNP.When the French statesman Talleyrand died in 1838, his Austrian counterpart Prince Metternich is reputed to have said “I wonder what he…Aug 3, 2015Aug 3, 2015
Alex MassieWhat do they know of Britain who only England (or Scotland) know?A long, long time ago, in the fading years of the last century, I was one half of a debating team that, representing Trinity College…Jun 29, 2015Jun 29, 2015
Alex MassieWhen the roses come againThis is a version of a speech I made at the Selkirk Ex-Standard Bearers’ Dinner on June 8th, 2015 at the County Hotel, Selkirk.Jun 9, 2015Jun 9, 2015
Alex MassieScotland unbound; Scotland dividedWere you up for Douglas Alexander? For Jim Murphy and Margaret Curran? For Danny Alexander, Charles Kennedy and Michael Moore? Big beasts…May 9, 20152May 9, 20152
Alex MassieThe end of the beginning and the beginning of the end?This has been a general election to surprise us. Give this, perhaps it should not be reckoned astonishing that it continues to confound…May 2, 2015May 2, 2015
Alex MassieThe Queen in the North makes her playNicola Sturgeon, the Queen in the North, is mistress of all she surveys. She is, everyone agrees, already the biggest winner in this long…Apr 20, 2015Apr 20, 2015
Alex MassieTory! Tory! Tory! Nicola Sturgeon’s win-win electionIt is the autumn of 2017 and David Cameron addresses the world’s media for the last time as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great…Apr 6, 2015Apr 6, 2015
Alex MassieEd Miliband and the banality of mediocritySay this for Ed Miliband: he never misses a chance to plumb fresh depths. The Labour leader epitomises the banality of mediocrity. Each…Mar 16, 2015Mar 16, 2015