Martin's View

The Rt. Hon Boris Johnson Esq. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Foreign and Commonwealth Office Downing Street...

I have been listening to the radio over the past few days with increasing fury. Theresa May’s speech, standing on the steps of No.10 Down...

Writing this on the final official day of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, I’m sitting in my small yard under a clear blue sky.  It is the A...

After the Brexit vote I needed a vacation.  Thanks to the generosity of my family, I got a week away somewhere hot. A week wasn't long...

This week has seen some of the best and worst of people and politics. My own week started on Leith Links, campaigning with the Edinburgh N...

This is a personal note, a reflection of my experience of the UK, Ireland, Europe and beyond. It is from both the head and the heart. Ther...

1. Edinburgh, in my opinion, has some of the worst new building in Europe. Why is planning law is so slanted towards the developer when deci...