Courier columnist
ALEX BELL: Spending ÂŁ100bn+ on HS2 when we need money for climate change is criminal-scale folly
February 14 2020
ALEX BELL: Scotland’s ills won’t be cured by spending alone…we need reform, transparency and honesty
February 6 2020
ALEX BELL: What now for Scotland, cast out of Europe thanks to a wobbly idea of English identity?
January 30 2020
ALEX BELL: Evidence shows world is not such a mess, things are getting better…but Scotland is not
January 23 2020
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ALEX BELL: Nicola Sturgeon flies high in the polls but low on reputation
January 16 2020
ALEX BELL: Scotland must stop virtue signalling and make the most of Brexit by reforming services
January 9 2020
ALEX BELL: Hope for 2020 is that Scotland’s nationhood stops being focused on not being England
January 2 2020
ALEX BELL: We leave 2019 with child-men ruling our world, in desperate need of great leaders
December 26 2019
ALEX BELL: The SNP needs to act more like Boris Johnson and recognise Scotland is changing
December 19 2019
ALEX BELL: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn will be out if there is another hung parliament
December 12 2019
ALEX BELL: SNP is as inflated and disappointing as Labour in its heyday
December 5 2019
ALEX BELL: For ten years the welfare state has been starved…this is its death knell
November 21 2019
ALEX BELL: Russia, an empire without purpose, is a clear and present danger to the west
November 14 2019
ALEX BELL: Hamish Henderson, a father of Scotland, was more important than any politician in 50 years
November 7 2019
ALEX BELL: The leadership of this country set the circumstances of the Grenfell tragedy
October 31 2019
ALEX BELL: The coming general election may change nothing and could make things worse
October 24 2019
ALEX BELL: Indyref2? Be careful what you wish for…
October 17 2019
ALEX BELL: Biggest march in living memory means nothing without SNP offering some vision
October 10 2019
ALEX BELL: While tourism booms in Scotland our infrastructure verges on embarrassing
October 3 2019
ALEX BELL: Boris Johnson is leading a new ‘peasants’ revolt’ – and it could be catastrophic
September 26 2019
ALEX BELL: Why does Scotland give handouts to landowners who continue to self-harm the environment?
September 19 2019
ALEX BELL: The SNP must think of new ways to achieve Indyref2
September 5 2019
ALEX BELL: Opportunity knocks for Nicola Sturgeon after Ruth Davidson exits the stage
August 30 2019
ALEX BELL: Boris Johnson is using parliament as an elective dictatorship
August 29 2019