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Brian Monteith

Posts by Brian Monteith

Brian Monteith is policy director of ThinkScotland and editor of TheFreeSociety.org. He is a former Conservative and Unionist Member of the Scottish Parliament.

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Brian Monteith: If Britain votes to leave the EU, Osborne must resign

Replacing Cameron with the chief architect of a failed renegotiation would not be tenable with the British public.

Comment, Highlights | By Brian Monteith | 8 November 2015 at 6:00 am | 97 comments

Brian Monteith: Scottish Labour promise a spending binge…the rest of the UK would pay for

Labour have fed the SNP by laying the blame for every calamity at the door of Westminster.

Comment | By Brian Monteith | 14 February 2015 at 1:00 pm | 29 comments

Brian Monteith: Smokers are taking a hit for Team Freedom

Conservatives should build alliances by extending freedoms for all and encouraging greater respect for the choices people make.

Comment | By Brian Monteith | 31 October 2014 at 11:36 am | 99 comments

Brian Monteith: The Scottish Conservatives had a good referendum

After a well-fought battle for a No vote, the question must be: what next?

Columnists, Highlights | By Brian Monteith | 25 September 2014 at 6:45 am | 6 comments

Scotland Decides 3) Brian Monteith: The end of Great Britain as we know it…

My vision of the nightmare that would follow a Yes vote today.

Columnists, Highlights | By Brian Monteith | 18 September 2014 at 6:45 am | 9 comments

Scotland 2) Brian Monteith: The No campaign must go beyond politicians and get personal

We have a week to save our Union – we need voices people respect, not politicians.

Columnists, Highlights | By Brian Monteith | 11 September 2014 at 6:45 am | 51 comments

Brian Monteith: Darling’s mauling is no cause for worry

Salmond won on his own terms, but failed to shift a single voter.

Columnists, Highlights | By Brian Monteith | 28 August 2014 at 6:30 am | 39 comments

Brian Monteith: How Darling can win the next debate with Salmond

The grim reality is food banks would be the only kind of bank blossoming in an independent Scotland.

Columnists | By Brian Monteith | 14 August 2014 at 11:51 am | 4 comments

Brian Monteith: Leave aside Boris’s Commons announcement. His big news this week was about Europe.

In the Lyons Report which be commissioned, the Mayor – or anyone else – has the makings of a free trade manifesto.

Comment | By Brian Monteith | 8 August 2014 at 3:00 pm | 15 comments

Brian Monteith: Why the Scottish nationalists are resorting to political bribery

Salmond promises cash he doesn’t have because his strategy is coming unstuck.

Columnists, Highlights | By Brian Monteith | 31 July 2014 at 6:40 am | 14 comments

Brian Monteith: Three cheers for Davidson’s positive case for the Union

The Scottish Tory leader just demonstrated how she can be the perfect antidote to Salmond.

Columnists, Highlights | By Brian Monteith | 17 July 2014 at 6:45 am | 15 comments

Brian Monteith: Salmond’s Kryptonite is his almighty over-confidence

The No campaign must not put the boot into the First Minister. They must tease him instead.

Columnists, Highlights | By Brian Monteith | 3 July 2014 at 6:45 am | 14 comments

Brian Monteith: Why the Unionist parties have united behind greater devolution

It’s all about withholding the power for change from the nationalists. But the question is: will the public believe the Unionists’ promises?

Columnists, Highlights | By Brian Monteith | 19 June 2014 at 6:50 am | 8 comments

Brian Monteith: Canny Cameron now owns devolution – leaving Labour far behind

It was the Prime Minister who crossed Ruth Davidson’s original line in the sand, and said that more powers are necessary for the Scottish Parliament.

Comment, Highlights | By Brian Monteith | 3 June 2014 at 11:00 am | 54 comments

Brian Monteith: UKIP’s new MEP in Scotland is a blow for Salmond, and a chance for the Tories

The SNP made it their mission to demonise Farage’s party – they failed, and it’s a real blow.

Columnists, Highlights | By Brian Monteith | 29 May 2014 at 6:45 am | 14 comments

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