John Ferry
johnferry.bsky.social
John Ferry
@johnferry.bsky.social
Occasional columnist covering Scottish politics and economics, and finance spokesperson for Scottish Liberal Democrats
Decent start to the weekend
July 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Puncturing the national exceptionalism myths spouted by those who claim we in Scotland are so different to our immediate neighbours as to be incompatible in the same state.

www.economist.com/britain/2025...
June 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
April 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A revealing and somewhat unsettling comment from Nicola Sturgeon on the campaign trail in 2003, as recalled by Magnus Linklater in his Sunday Times column today - which is still free to read👇

www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
March 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
You what!?
March 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A useful rule of thumb is to be wary of those who ask you to take a faith-based approach to politics
February 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Lunch with the FT pieces are always good. This latest one, with Nicola Sturgeon, comes close to her admitting the argument that independence is the key to delivering better social & economic outcomes is nonsense. Instead, it's basic Faragism, as per this quote:
www.ft.com/content/2f91...
January 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Not sure he ever recovered from this shoe incident, if I'm honest...
January 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The cost of separation. I'm confused however as to why lots of SNP MPs & MSPs are sharing this while also pushing a separatist policy that would be 2 to 3 times more costly for Scotland in terms of trade-related economic damage alone. #Brexit #Scexit
January 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
SNP ScotGov spin on #ScottishBudget is quickly falling apart. This is from @fraserofallander.org

A real two fingers up to business in Scotland once again.
December 4, 2024 at 6:16 PM
I touched on this in an article I wrote earlier this year (please forgive the self-promotion: www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/c... ):
December 3, 2024 at 8:46 AM
That was an afternoon well spent #SCOvsAUS
November 24, 2024 at 8:40 PM