Brian Monteith

Brian Monteith aims to join the ranks of MEPs picture here in Strasbourg. Picture: AFP/Getty

Brian Monteith: Why I’ve lost all patience with the Conservative party

Nicola Sturgeon should put education first like she said she would, says Brian Monteith

Nicola Sturgeon has been ignoring her day job for three years – Brian Monteith

Scots have bought 1.8 million litres more booze since minimum pricing (Picture: John Devlin)

The evidence that SNP’s mininum alcohol price has failed – Brian Monteith

Theresa May should fear voters wrath (Picture: Liam McBurney/Getty Images)

Tories will pay same price as SNP if they ignore referendum result – Brian Monte...

John Bercow ruled against the UK Government asking MPs to vote again on Theresa May's Brexit plan (Picture: PA)

John Bercow’s Brexit ruling should prevent a second EU referendum – Brian Montei...

The Brexit bus with the £350m a week to Brussels claim

Brexit bus’s £350m claim was an under-estimate – Brian Monteith

Prime Minister Theresa May announces that MPs will be allowed a vote on delaying the March 29 Brexit departure date. Picture: PA

May’s great Brexit betrayal is a denial of democracy – Brian Monteith

The seven Labour defectors face the cameras. Picture: PA

The Magnificent Seven must bite the by-election bullet – Brian Monteith

While the First Minister has been in the United States there is trouble brewing for her at home

Brian Monteith: Think the unthinkable – Nicola’s on the way out

SNP will pay a high price for imposing a levy on workplace car parking, says Brian Monteith - but NHS staff will be exempt. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Workplace parking levy a car crash waiting to happen – Brian Monteith

Winston Churchill. Picture: PA

Ross Greer would be speaking German if not for Churchill – Brian Monteith

Theresa May announces in the Commons that the £65 settled status fee will be waived. Picture: PA

Settled status fee was in insult, so good riddance – Brian Monteith

Picture of a cross taken in Punta de Tralca, west of Santiago, on July 30, 2018 as Chile's Episcopal Conference holds an extraordinary meeting to analyze the roots of the current crisis that the Catholic Church is experiencing in the country, burdened by the scandals of sexual abuse and cover-up, and how to overcome it. - Chile is investigating more than 150 members of the country's embattled Catholic Church -- both clergymen and lay people -- for perpetrating or concealing the sexual abuse of children and adults, prosecutors said last week. (Photo by CLAUDIO REYES / AFP) (Photo credit should read CLAUDIO REYES/AFP/Getty Images)

Brian Monteith: Take a moment to think of persecuted Christians

Campaigners on both sides of the Brexit divide should quit. Picture: AFP/Getty

Brian Monteith: No deal is no problem, so let's get behind Britain

Staff in Bertie's Restaurant & Bar in Victoria Street. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Brian Monteith: I'm craving a fish supper after May's dog's dinner

People in silent discos can start singing like nobodys listening  loudly and badly

Brian Monteith: Edinburgh's silent discos need to turn down the volume

Every city council needs a Moira Knox. How Edinburgh has missed the great battle-axe from Blackhall (actually she was very polite '“ like Jacob Rees-Mogg but in a twinset and pearls). There are a lot of 'small c' conservatives across all the parties, be they social conservatives, economic conservatives or cultural conservatives '“ and Moira could speak up for all of them.

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French President Emmanuel Macron is aiming to secure as much access to the UK's fishing waters as possible. Picture: AP

Brian Monteith: We don't need an EU deal '“ why are we bothering?

Nicola Sturgeon turned down a meeting with David Liddington. Picture: PA

Brian Monteith: Too busy to meet the deputy Prime Minister, Nicola?

Gordon Brown has come out in favour of a second EU referendum. Picture: AFP/Getty

Brian Monteith: May should join the ranks of pontificating ex-PMs

11 November is a day of solemnity to remember war dead. Picture: Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images)

Brian Monteith: Sacrifice means we can argue over war and peace

Philip Hammond could have billions to spend, says Brian Monteith. Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

Brian Monteith: Tax cuts, more cash - it's looking good for Brexit

Transport Minister Humza Yousaf. Pic: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Brian Monteith: Humza Yousaf's actions call his judgement into question

No amount of marching will change the fact that the public voted to leave the EU. Picture: AFP/Getty

Brian Monteith: To the Brexit sore losers '“ we won, you didn't, so get over it

The current soft border between Northern Ireland and the Republic is invisible on the ground (Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

Brian Monteith: Brexit Britain can simply not make a hard Irish border

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during day two of the SNP autumn conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Picture; PA

Brian Monteith: The polls don't lie '“ Nicola Sturgeon has failed as a leader

Anti-Brexit protestors carry EU flags as they stand alongside the Leave Means Leave battle bus parked outside a Tory conference fringe event. Picture: Getty

Brian Monteith: Slippery May could pay for Brexit skulduggery

The indepence referendum result four years ago has not brought an end to the campaigning  as the weekends Hope Over Fear rally demonstrated. Picture: John Devlin

Brian Monteith: Why independence and Brexit are not the same

As I write this week's column it is four years since the independence referendum took place, but there are times when it feels like the campaigning has never stopped. The demands for a rerun have seen to that, as have the two general elections and the Scottish elections that have given us earache in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

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As part of the proposed changes the number of Scottish MPs would be reduced from 59 to 53

Brian Monteith: SNP are masters of the fine art of fake grievance

Theresa May has so far refused to consider any alternatives to her Chequers plan for Brexit. Picture: Getty

Brian Monteith: It's been a bad week at the office for Theresa May

Alex Salmonds free tuition fees pledge is set in stone at Heriot-Watt in 2014. Picture: SWNS

Brian Monteith: Alex Salmond's hubris over '˜free' tuition ruins lives

With Britons spending £2.6billion a year on cannabis, Brian Monteith reckons it would be better to legalise it and rake in the tax. Picture: Getty

Brian Monteith: A vaping tax is just stupid '“ cannabis is where the money is

A man protests against Brexit outside the Houses of Parliament. Picture: Getty

Brian Monteith: Remain lost the Brexit vote - deal with it

Kevin Hague was branded a dog food salesman for his analysis of the Growth Commission report

Brian Monteith: The case of the SNP dogs that did not bark

Gareth Southgate managed to turn Englands fourth place into a success. Picture: PA

Brian Monteith: Southgate could teach May how to play politics

Boris Johnson's resignation as Foreign Secretary has increased the pressure on Theresa May (Picture: AP)

Brian Monteith: May must resign and be replaced by true Brexiteer

Scottish Government's attack on junk food is junk politics, says Brian Monteith

Brian Monteith: Sturgeon and husband are 2-for-1 deal I'd like to ban

The St Andrews in Portobello has won the Evening News' Chippy of the Year award

Brian Monteith: Why Edinburgh fish and chips are the best in Britain

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon needs to realise her obsession with independence will see her voted out of office, says Brian Monteith

Brian Monteith: SNP will learn politicians who don't listen lose

Nicola Sturgeon needs to move on from 2014, says Brian Monteith. Picture: John Devlin

Brian Monteith: Why SNP's bid to restart independence debate is a joke

Prague has several similarities to Edinburgh, including a castle (Picture: Getty)

Brian Monteith: Prague's lessons for Edinburgh on views and booze

Don't give millennials £10k each, build more houses to make them more affordable, says Brian Monteith.

Brian Monteith: Why plan to give millennials £10k each doesn't work

A drunk man is arrested on the Royal Mile

Brian Monteith: Cheers Nicola, you can afford your alcohol policy

Nicola Sturgeon wants to create a power company owned by the Scottish Government

Brian Monteith: Sturgeon Power recalls bad old days of British Rail

Some kids eat more than five chocolate eggs. Picture: Getty Images

Brian Monteith: Sugar-tax addicts are coming for our chocolate

Turkeys are for Christmas but only if they have all the trimmings

Brian Monteith: Turkey at Easter is fowl play by supermarkets

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed suggestions that his country was behind the attempted murder of a Russian double agent in Salisbury

Brian Monteith: How Tony Blair helped Russia spin Salisbury attack

The city council seems to be unable to deal with holes all over the Capitals roads. Picture: Jon Savage

Brian Monteith: This is what Edinburgh is best in the world at

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn sets out Labour's position on Brexit at the National Transport Design Centre in Coventry. Picture: Getty

Brian Monteith: Corbyn's Brexit plan is all about ousting May

Schoolgirl Ivy Hare, 17, a resident of Edinburgh but from Orange County, California, proudly shows off her polling card before voting in the Scottish independence referendum (Picture: Getty)

Brian Monteith: Voting at 16? They can't even use a sunbed

The closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games at Meadowbank Stadium in 1970

Brian Monteith: Change can help Meadowbank steam ahead

Brian Monteith: Here's why the populist wave is not over yet

Henry Bolton is just the latest in a line of Ukip leaders who have failed to find a role for the party in the post-Brexit landscape. Picture: PA

Brian Monteith: It's Ukip vs SFA and CBI in wacky race to obscurity

Eric 'Winkle' Brown flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone in history

Brian Monteith: Death-defying pilot '˜Winkle' Brown deserves a statue

John Swinney Deputy First Minister and Shona Robison Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport

Brian Monteith: Time the SNP stopped dodging NHS responsibilty

Tories announce the wrong person as new party chairman

Brian Monteith: Cabinet reshuffle turns into unwitting comedy