Iain Macwhirter
Iain Macwhirter: EU must be told to stop playing with fire in Northern Ireland
![Iain Macwhirter: Devo Max is back, and this time it could be a goer](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12683790.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: Devo Max is back, and this time it could be a goer](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12683790.jpg)
![Professor Sir Tom Devine has pointed out that the SNP’s rise has been very recent and was not inevitable](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12662169.jpg)
![Professor Sir Tom Devine has pointed out that the SNP’s rise has been very recent and was not inevitable](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12662169.jpg)
![Dominic Cummings and Boris Johnson are now at war](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11276103.jpg)
![Dominic Cummings and Boris Johnson are now at war](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11276103.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: Britain's border problem is turning into a sick joke](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12619402.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: Britain's border problem is turning into a sick joke](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12619402.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: A referendum won't happen because neither side wants one](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11015302.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: A referendum won't happen because neither side wants one](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11015302.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: Voters have twigged that Sturgeon is kidding about indryef2](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10061673.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: Voters have twigged that Sturgeon is kidding about indryef2](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10061673.jpg)
![Social media nastiness on the death of Prince Philip is a sad reflection of the times](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12495517.jpg)
![Social media nastiness on the death of Prince Philip is a sad reflection of the times](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12495517.jpg)
Iain Macwhirter
![Former First Minister Alex Salmond](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12369301.jpg)
![Former First Minister Alex Salmond](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12369301.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon has survived, but will Leslie Evans?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11715820.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon has survived, but will Leslie Evans?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11715820.jpg)
![Patrick Grady, left, and Mark McDonald](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12417552.jpg)
![Patrick Grady, left, and Mark McDonald](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12417552.jpg)
![The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with Archie](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12395072.jpg)
![The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with Archie](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12395072.jpg)
![Rishis Sunak yesterday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12371662.jpg)
![Rishis Sunak yesterday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12371662.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: Why England could be Nicola Sturgeon's best ally in breaking up Britain](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10945801.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: Why England could be Nicola Sturgeon's best ally in breaking up Britain](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10945801.jpg)
![First Minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12320622.jpg)
![First Minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12320622.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: It seems Cherry was sacked for thinking that women are female](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11005428.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: It seems Cherry was sacked for thinking that women are female](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11005428.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: Scots may loathe him, but Boris doesn’t give a damn about Plan B](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12260619.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: Scots may loathe him, but Boris doesn’t give a damn about Plan B](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12260619.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: We must hold the tech barons responsible for perverting public discourse](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9520808.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: We must hold the tech barons responsible for perverting public discourse](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9520808.jpg)
![Statistically, warehouse workers were among the worst in the first wave of the virus](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10494163.jpg)
![Statistically, warehouse workers were among the worst in the first wave of the virus](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10494163.jpg)
![Prime Minister Boris Johnson pictured on Christmas Eve during a media briefing in Downing Street on the agreement of a post-Brexit trade deal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12180781.jpg)
![Prime Minister Boris Johnson pictured on Christmas Eve during a media briefing in Downing Street on the agreement of a post-Brexit trade deal](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12180781.jpg)
!['As bad deals go, the Brexit deal is pretty good' - Iain Macwhirter on the Brexit deal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11510316.jpg)
!['As bad deals go, the Brexit deal is pretty good' - Iain Macwhirter on the Brexit deal](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11510316.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter To understand Sturgeon's uncanny popularity, Labour needs to take a look at itself](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12164587.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter To understand Sturgeon's uncanny popularity, Labour needs to take a look at itself](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12164587.jpg)
![Anti-Brexit campaigners take part in the People's Vote March for the Future in London, a march and rally in support of a second EU referendum.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12118913.jpg)
![Anti-Brexit campaigners take part in the People's Vote March for the Future in London, a march and rally in support of a second EU referendum.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12118913.jpg)
![SNP MP Joanna Cherry outside the Court of Session where she had pursued a case against the proroguing of Parliament, later successful on appeal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11005428.jpg)
![SNP MP Joanna Cherry outside the Court of Session where she had pursued a case against the proroguing of Parliament, later successful on appeal](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11005428.jpg)
![Prime Minister Boris Johnson](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12059613.jpg)
![Prime Minister Boris Johnson](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12059613.jpg)
![Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top aide Dominic Cummings returns to his north London home moments after leaving on the morning following the announcement that Lee Cain is resigning as Downing Street's director of communications and will leave the](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12027974.jpg)
![Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top aide Dominic Cummings returns to his north London home moments after leaving on the morning following the announcement that Lee Cain is resigning as Downing Street's director of communications and will leave the](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12027974.jpg)
OPINION
![A double-headed referendum? The SNP should be all for it: Opinion, Iain Macwhirter](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12018997.jpg)
![A double-headed referendum? The SNP should be all for it: Opinion, Iain Macwhirter](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12018997.jpg)
![Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (left) and Prime Minister Boris Johnson leave 10 Downing Street, for a Cabinet meeting to be held at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London, ahead of MPs returning to Westminster after the summer](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12005345.jpg)
![Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (left) and Prime Minister Boris Johnson leave 10 Downing Street, for a Cabinet meeting to be held at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London, ahead of MPs returning to Westminster after the summer](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12005345.jpg)
![NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 22: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden answers a question during the second and final presidential debate at Belmont University on October 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. This is the last](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12008069.jpg)
![NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 22: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden answers a question during the second and final presidential debate at Belmont University on October 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. This is the last](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12008069.jpg)
![Was this hapless contest really the best America could do?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11987186.jpg)
![Was this hapless contest really the best America could do?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11987186.jpg)
![People in Wales are angered by the fact that they can’t buy non-essential items in supermarkets](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11965085.jpg)
![People in Wales are angered by the fact that they can’t buy non-essential items in supermarkets](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11965085.jpg)
![Deal or no deal, Brexit has become boring: Opinion, Iain Macwhirter](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11937384.jpg)
![Deal or no deal, Brexit has become boring: Opinion, Iain Macwhirter](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11937384.jpg)
![President Donald Trump waves to the crowd as he leaves after speaking during campaign event at the Orlando Sanford International Airport on October 12, 2020 in Sanford, Florida](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11910090.jpg)
![President Donald Trump waves to the crowd as he leaves after speaking during campaign event at the Orlando Sanford International Airport on October 12, 2020 in Sanford, Florida](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11910090.jpg)
![SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon with husband Peter Murrell as they cast their votes in the 2019 General Election at Broomhouse Park Community Hall in Glasgow. PA Photo. Picture date: Thursday December 12, 2019. See PA story POLITICS Election. Photo credit](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10791053.jpg)
![SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon with husband Peter Murrell as they cast their votes in the 2019 General Election at Broomhouse Park Community Hall in Glasgow. PA Photo. Picture date: Thursday December 12, 2019. See PA story POLITICS Election. Photo credit](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10791053.jpg)
![COVID-19 press conference - 21 September 2020. Scottish Government COVID-19 press conference at St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh with the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11834781.jpg)
![COVID-19 press conference - 21 September 2020. Scottish Government COVID-19 press conference at St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh with the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11834781.jpg)
![Dominic Cummings, senior aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, answers questions from the media after making a statement inside 10 Downing Street, London, following calls for him to be sacked over allegations he breached coronavirus lockdown](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11427586.jpg)
![Dominic Cummings, senior aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, answers questions from the media after making a statement inside 10 Downing Street, London, following calls for him to be sacked over allegations he breached coronavirus lockdown](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11427586.jpg)
![Opinion: Iain Macwhirter: Mistakes, mistakes, but Nicola Sturgeon has cornered the market on public trust](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11405079.jpg)
![Opinion: Iain Macwhirter: Mistakes, mistakes, but Nicola Sturgeon has cornered the market on public trust](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11405079.jpg)
![Elderly men are at particular risk ... especially in care homes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11219627.jpg)
![Elderly men are at particular risk ... especially in care homes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11219627.jpg)
![Coronavirus Pandemic. A quiet Buchanan Street, Glasgow at 5.30pm on Saturday 21st March. Cafes, pubs and restaurants are temporarily closed after the government ordered the closures to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic... Photograph by Colin Mearns.21](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11181540.jpg)
![Coronavirus Pandemic. A quiet Buchanan Street, Glasgow at 5.30pm on Saturday 21st March. Cafes, pubs and restaurants are temporarily closed after the government ordered the closures to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic... Photograph by Colin Mearns.21](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11181540.jpg)
OPINION
![WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 29: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during the COVID-19 update and media conference with Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield (R) at the Parliament Buildings during the coronavirus pandemic on April 29,](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11327763.jpg)
![WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 29: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during the COVID-19 update and media conference with Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield (R) at the Parliament Buildings during the coronavirus pandemic on April 29,](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11327763.jpg)
![First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaking at a coronavirus briefing at St Andrews House in Edinburgh. PA Photo. Picture date: Sunday March 29, 2020. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus Scotland. Photo credit should read: Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11278552.jpg)
![First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaking at a coronavirus briefing at St Andrews House in Edinburgh. PA Photo. Picture date: Sunday March 29, 2020. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus Scotland. Photo credit should read: Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11278552.jpg)
![Coronavirus test kit](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11183234.jpg)
![Coronavirus test kit](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11183234.jpg)
![GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - APRIL 09: Members of the public walk past new posters placed around the city center on April 9, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. There have been around 60,000 reported cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United Kingdom and 7,000 deaths.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11253678.jpg)
![GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - APRIL 09: Members of the public walk past new posters placed around the city center on April 9, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. There have been around 60,000 reported cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United Kingdom and 7,000 deaths.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11253678.jpg)
![GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MARCH 24: empty Buchanan street at rush hour during the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic lockdown on March 24, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. The UK and devolved governments have mandated that everyone apart from key workers stay in their](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11206752.jpg)
![GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MARCH 24: empty Buchanan street at rush hour during the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic lockdown on March 24, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. The UK and devolved governments have mandated that everyone apart from key workers stay in their](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11206752.jpg)
![Alex Salmond goes on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. He denies all charges against him. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10845395.jpg)
![Alex Salmond goes on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. He denies all charges against him. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10845395.jpg)
![Democratic party candidates](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11092540.jpg)
![Democratic party candidates](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11092540.jpg)
![Prime Minister Boris Johnson with his senior aid Dominic Cummings as they leave Downing Street, central London. PA Photo. Picture date: Tuesday September 3, 2019. See PA story POLITICS Brexit. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10383532.jpg)
![Prime Minister Boris Johnson with his senior aid Dominic Cummings as they leave Downing Street, central London. PA Photo. Picture date: Tuesday September 3, 2019. See PA story POLITICS Brexit. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10383532.jpg)
![FM Nicola Sturgeon 1 SA : Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon outlines independence plans on the day the UK leaves the EU...Our Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh..Picture by Stewart Attwood...All images © Stewart Attwood Photog](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10974865.jpg)
![FM Nicola Sturgeon 1 SA : Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon outlines independence plans on the day the UK leaves the EU...Our Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh..Picture by Stewart Attwood...All images © Stewart Attwood Photog](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10974865.jpg)
![Prime Minister Boris Johnson drives a Union flag-themed JCB, with the words](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10946491.jpg)
![Prime Minister Boris Johnson drives a Union flag-themed JCB, with the words](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10946491.jpg)
Comment
![The National rally for independence, George Square, Glasgow...First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a yes flag on stage... Photograph by Colin Mearns.2 November 2019...](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10876150.jpg)
![The National rally for independence, George Square, Glasgow...First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a yes flag on stage... Photograph by Colin Mearns.2 November 2019...](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10876150.jpg)
![Prince Harry and Meghan Markle watch a performance by a Welsh choir in the banqueting hall during a visit to Cardiff Castle. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday January 18, 2018. See PA story ROYAL Harry. Photo credit should read: Ben](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10891410.jpg)
![Prince Harry and Meghan Markle watch a performance by a Welsh choir in the banqueting hall during a visit to Cardiff Castle. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday January 18, 2018. See PA story ROYAL Harry. Photo credit should read: Ben](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10891410.jpg)
![The Union Jack, Saltire and European Union flags at the Scottish PArliament.Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald.18/4/16.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9726628.jpg)
![The Union Jack, Saltire and European Union flags at the Scottish PArliament.Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald.18/4/16.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9726628.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter. Columnist..Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald.25/4/17.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9372707.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter. Columnist..Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald.25/4/17.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9372707.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: Westminster will be a duller place in 2020 as opposition to Boris Johnson moves north](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10845795.jpg)
![Iain Macwhirter: Westminster will be a duller place in 2020 as opposition to Boris Johnson moves north](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10845795.jpg)
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