I wrote a weekly column for The National newspaper from 2014-2017.
November 2014 – April 2015
Don’t look back in anger: change this country.
We’re better than the lesser evil.
Charlie Hebdo: Minority of one.
Would Scotland back Obama’s tax on the super-rich?
The storm after the storm: Time for a debt jubilee?
SNP must stick to their principles on Trident.
Grasping the thistle of land reform.
What is culture? The art of the mince pie
Less deadwood, more local democracy.
Open up the monarchy or shut it down
Remember who else doesn’t get a right of reply.
The politics of inevitability?
Scotland’s future is now in the hands of progressive England
May – September 2015
‘Why should we idly waste our prime?’
The triumph of Scotland’s democracy.
Bring a sick bag as the Tory roller coaster begins
Operation Pacify is the real threat to Scotland’s progress.
How being chatted up by gay men in New York reminded me of the need for feminism
The ammunition of U.S. gun violence is politics and fear
Freedom to speak: the American men who pick up hitch-hikers
Padlock that laptop! Time to wake up to digital security
We can rediscover the people’s history of America we rarely learn
Left hungry for more information over GM crop ban
The slow, shambolic decline of Britain’s place in the world
Remember Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Look beyond the ballot box if you want real democracy
Providing refugee isn’t enough. End the wars. End the arms trade.
Corbyn faces a media war of attrition. Without change, he’ll lose.
Can we look away from the Prime Minister’s penis of mass distraction?
Hungry for an ethical debate on the meat industry
October 2015 – March 2016
She helped us. Can we help save Lorelle’s business from a council eviction?
SNP should take on the Scottish establishment – not join them
Corbyn selling out to meaningless military establishment will cost more than he thinks
When it comes to stopping TTIP, hope lies with the people
A Scottish election that will suffer in the shadow of Smith
The tax evasion scandal the media missed
Acting locally against racism is our duty as global citizens
Could rent controls ease the financial straightjacket on the Scottish Government?
Propagating perpetual war in Syria makes us less safe in Scotland
Now or never: Paris conference leaders must act to avert climate chaos
The reports build up – now SNP manifesto must act on inequality
Blood in the sands: Seeing death in black and white collateral damage
On my marks for a new year resolution
Time to break the bonds between the British and Saudi ruling classes
Time to banish the ghosts of bigotry from Scotland’s schools
The exciting election is SNP vs Greens vs Rise: let’s embrace it
Bring the success of land reform to Scotland’s cities
A free media? There can be no silence in the face of injustice
Three months that will define the future of the Scottish Green Party
Exploited and insecure: why the young are demanding radical political change
Voices for prison reform can’t come soon enough
With Tory rule, we’re on a long road to revive democracy in Scotland
Scottish schools are no place for the British military to recruit
Caledonia dreaming: Can left-wingers argue for socialist cuts?
When humanity is at stake, the Home Office is found wanting
In our unequal nation, SNP tax policy isn’t good enough
April – August 2016
The Panama Papers tax haven scandal awaits a yogurt revolution
‘Arise ye workers from your slumber.’
Election marks the next step forward for Scotland’s democracy
To our future law makers: be bold.
An election that revealed there are many different Scotland’s
We should enjoy Roch Winds’ attempt to offend everyone
A challenge for a cabinet secretary: make land reform cool
A week of history awaits to end 2 decades of hurt for Scottish football
How can Kirsty’s child poverty be more than a political prop?
If the UK votes to leave, will Europe ask Scotland to stay?
Choosing the lesser evil: my EU ballot is a vote for immigration
Scotland United: First priority is to keep the country in the EU
2 years where unionists will face questions of economic uncertainty
Ghosts in the fields of a lost Austrian empire
Life and politics goes on in Brussels amid guns, gigs and graffiti
Marseille: the French rebel city
The religion of finding peace and quiet in the Vatican
Should we laugh or cry at Labour leadership circus?
Brexit traps Scotland in maze of unending, dangerous Tory trade negotiations
Creating a legacy from a new generation of sporting icons
Trump campaign a sign of unbridgeable divisions in public life
September 2016 – February 2017
Scotland’s future is caught between two nationalisms
The long haul: political posturing of Brexit talks will end in a collective fraud
All you need is love: Birthdays, weddings, and hope
Our forests: land reform can’t stop at the forest’s edge
Tories moaning about ‘division’ is the ultimate hypocrisy
Scots who voted to Leave the EU are being betrayed by the Tories
A victory for SNP loyalists as critics sidelined or silent
As Tories stutter with Brexit chaos, could a Scottish compromise succeed?
The shopping price of Brexit is as concerning as the political cost
Can we pick and choose when we accept criticism of the judiciary?
The warning call: US and far-right extremism is a global threat to humanity
Time to challenge the modern clearances in our midst
A Celtic Alliance is needed more than ever – but will we get one?
Scots wont trust stale promises of ‘more powers’ second time around
The Wanlockhead land revolution: the villagers who want to own their community
2016 was not as horrific as the group-thinkers suggest
Has Elizabeth Windsor really been a good head of state?
Is the UK-EU transition period the ace up Sturgeon’s sleeve?
Border control over trade: Theresa May’s dangerous Hard Brexit risk
Make fascists afraid again: Liberalism isn’t enough in the face of far-right terror
Are we brave enough to stand up to authority?
Why are schools forcing anti-abortion propaganda on pupils?
For everyone that you have helped over 70 years, grandpa, thank you.
It isn’t good enough: Scotland’s poorest need SNP action on inequality now
There once was a radical press. When will we see its likes again?
Michael Gray 