James Melville

ames Melville shares his thoughts about how we are more together, while more apart, than we have ever been during the Coronavirus crisis.

The COVID-19 outbreak is causing significant concern for the global economy and individual households.

With existing pressures on the NHS, will the health service be able to cope with increased cases of the highly contagious virus?

A new report by the National Audit Office reveals there were 43,000 vacancies for nurses at the end of last September. What is the Prime Minister's plan to fill these and how will his new points-based immigration system help?

James Melville explains why it might be time for the Scottish National Party to change its name.

James Melville on how the £200 billion cost of four years lost growth equals the entire UK contribution to the EU budget since it joined.

If the success of a government is judged by how it treats the most vulnerable in society, our decade-long Conservative Government has utterly failed, argues James Melville.

With the Government's announcement of a new points-based immigration system, James Melville considers how people's fears of those entering the country have been fuelled by political decision-making.

James Melville on why we must be careful what we wish for when it comes to making sweeping changes to the under-attack BBC.

James Melville sees that two months into 'getting Brexit done', the Government reshuffling of deckchairs does little to change our precarious situation.

James Melville on another big myth in UK politics – that the Labour Party cannot be trusted on the economy.

James Melville explains the sensible way to square the circle of free trade with Europe and heal the divisions in Britain.

James Melville on how Boris Johnson's 'Northern Strategy' continues a 30-year-long deflection game designed to get us to vote against our best interests.

As Britain leaves the EU on 31 January 2020, James Melville argues that a deep sense of unease with its identity in the world has led to a flawed solution: Brexit.

Could Labour leadership candidate Keir Starmer's idea of creating a more federal United Kingdom be the only real solution to holding the Union together?

James Melville argues that 'wokeness' is the latest concept to be hijacked by the right-wing to make a stand against equality, democracy and justice.

James Melville reflects on how the post-truth rise of politicians such as Donald Trump and Boris Johnson has been made possible.

James Melville highlights the paradox of our xenophobic media driven by press proprietors who are non-domiciled for tax reasons or based overseas.

James Melville explores how Boris Johnson can respond to a protest vote against the territorial injustice of austerity.

James Melville explains why the Brexit vote and now a Johnson victory has propelled him away from the Union to Scottish Independence.