Opinions

By John Lamont MP I'm looking forward to once again holding my annual summer surgery tour around the Scottish Borders over the coming months. On top of my...

By John Lamont MP The SNP recently published their plans for the next year in a document called the Programme for Government. This is supposed to be a list of...

By John Lamont MP It's a very difficult time for local authorities up and down Scotland at the moment. Councils from the Scottish Borders to the Shetland...

By John Lamont MP I'm sure we've all got fond memories of using the Jedburgh pool. The pool is where lots of local residents learned to swim and took their...

By John Lamont MP It's not often that the actions of the President of the United States have a direct impact on the Scottish Borders. But that rare event...

After many months of uncertainty, there has finally been some positive news regarding the Borders Railway extension to Hawick, Newcastleton and onto Carlisle...

Small family businesses are struggling through some of the hardest times they have ever faced at the moment. The economy has taken a turn for the worse since...

One of the most common issues I speak to local Borders residents about is the higher bills they have been facing in recent years. In Scotland, workers and...

The consultation process for the Cross Border Connection Project has now closed, but the campaign to stop the proposals for mega-pylons is continuing at pace. I...