THE Scotland Bill, implementing the Calman Commission recommendations, is before the Scottish Parliament. It will be the biggest transfer of financial power from London since

At the risk of being called unworldly, I just don't think life has to be nasty and brutish to be real Politicians know nothing about real life. Nor do judges, the BBC, liberals, academics, doctors, scientists and optimists. Some footballers and musicians and writers used to know about real life, but don't any more. Because life can only be real if it's nasty and brutish, though...

If I were sensible, I would take the following words as my guide: "What happens next? I do not know. Nor do you. Desperate though we are to find out, we should be grown-up enough to admit there is no one to tell us. It makes life hard, but what would we be otherwise? Curiosity about what happens next is an essential part of the joy and anguish of being human." They were written by the Financial Ti...

Three months ago I attended a meeting in Manchester of the Mayors For Peace working group. One of the people at that meeting was Councillor Bill Risby, who sadly died yesterday . I'm pretty much at a loss to know what to say as Bill and his family have been part of my life for over 30 years. Bill devoted his life to the labour and trade union movement. He was , right until the time of his dea...

… probably on Tuesday or Wednesday; it is, people will be relieved to know, real life rather than Second Life that is demanding my attention at the moment, though personally I'd much rather the problems to which I have presently to attend were in a virtual rather than the real world.

Sometimes I have people ask me why I am so angry on the internet. In real life, I am thought of as more of a funny guy. I have been told on numerous occasions that I am the "life and soul" of a team. I do try to be funny in real life, because funny is good. There is nothing better than laughter. However, there is a major streak of anger running through me and I choose to "vent" that anger, in my w...

PEOPLE passionate about end-of-life care have been urged to write to their local MSP to support a parliamentary bill.

Telegraph View: The EU sovereignty Bill looks set to be a real test for David Cameron.

A hilarious way of practicing Obamanomics and `spreading the wealth around.....': Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign the read "Will Vote For Change." I thought that was hilarious. Once in the restaurant, I noticed my server had on a "Obama 08" button, so I thought this was a superb opportunity to see how this works in real life. When the bill came, I decided not to t...

As ConservativeHome reports, Bill Cash has been elected unopposed as Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee. This is great news. I’ve already commented on the qualities and experience that he will bring to the role. These will prove essential in...