Ewan Gurr
Evening Telegraph
United Kingdom
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Ewan Gurr: Only 65 days to go until we decide next Scottish Government
In 65 days, the people of Scotland will elect a Scottish Government, which all polls suggest will be the existing one. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: ‘Covid-19 travel lie could get you harsher sentence than murder’
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock recently announced new border enforcement measures due to concerns about vaccine-resistant variants of Covid-19 entering the UK and undermining the vaccination process, which is being successfully rolled out. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: 'Benefit rises at forefront of public consciousness'
In his column this week, Ewan Gurr says that the subject of increasing benefits is at the very forefront of public consciousness. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: ‘Thank God churches are finally waking up to crisis’
A group of Scottish church leaders from various denominations has submitted a letter to the Scottish Government contesting the legality of new restrictions upon religious assembly, stating they are “a significant interference with the freedom of religion”. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: 'Can SNP hold it together and secure referendum?'
The ultimate measure of political success is predicated upon whether or not you managed during your term in office to turn your vision into a reality. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: ‘Home-school was already a success for some families’
As many parents across Scotland expected, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon extended the period schools will be closed to most children until the middle of February. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: ‘Former addicts can make a vital contribution to drugs debate’
Last week I responded, in part, to a letter by Disgusted (Letters, Evening Telegraph, December 28) to address his/her concerns regarding the “antisocial behaviour” of those prone to substance misuse. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: ‘Scottish education system another victim of the coronavirus pandemic’
When the Scottish Government announced in November its “cautious and limited” five-day amnesty for Christmas and the UK Government said it had awarded medical authorisation for Covid-19 vaccines, it unleashed a welcome air of optimism in an otherwise bleak year. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: The myth of Scotland as a nation of Europhiles
I love Europe – its countries, cultures and coastlines. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: 'We must engage more about drug deaths to unearth resolutions'
Last week, Disgusted requested (Letters, Evening Telegraph, December 28) I present “answers to the misery that drug users through their antisocial behaviour inflict on families, emergency services and the general public”. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: ‘Conversation required to deal with historic abuse’
This week, columnist Ewan Gurr speaks to Dave Sharp, a child abuse survivor and campaigner. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: 'Preventing poverty is the priority of all politicians'
In last week’s column, I concluded a month-long series in which I interviewed five Members of the Scottish Parliament who will stand down in May 2021 and whose presence I believe we will miss. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: ‘We will soon be reaping economic benefits of Brexit – the SNP needs to realise’
It is no secret to anyone with an interest in politics that the Scottish Government is opposed to leaving the European Union. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: ‘Time for a new chapter after 10 years in politics’
I first met Gail Ross shortly after her election in 2016 when Paul Laverty – the screenwriter for Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake – and I attended a private screening for MSPs at Holyrood. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: Tory MSP Adam Tomkins leaving Holyrood as SNP 'using politics as a weapon'
I first met Scottish Conservative MSP Adam Tomkins after his election to Holyrood in 2016. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: ‘Scottish politics scarred to a poisonous extent’
Neil Findlay has lived through one of the most turbulent periods in the Labour Party’s history. → Read More
EWAN GURR: Time to say goodbye to some of the best politicians in Scotland
In six months’ time we, the people of Scotland, will go to the polls to elect the very people and future Scottish Government who will lead our nation forward over the following five years. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: Smacking debate excluded the views of young people
One year ago, the Scottish Parliament voted by 84 votes to 29 to pass The Children (Equal Protection from Assault) Bill, making Scotland the first UK country to define it as a criminal offence for a parent to smack their child. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: 'Lockdowns may unleash a pandemic of poverty'
With the four constituent parts of the UK having implemented some form of lockdown within a week of each other, it could not have been a worse time for the World Health Organisation (WHO) to announce lockdowns lead to “higher levels of suffering and death”. → Read More
Ewan Gurr: ‘What if vaccine is five years away – how will the hospitality industry survive?’
Alongside our three children, my wife and I sat down to lunch, with two half pints of Schiehallion, in a nice hotel near Edinburgh at the very moment last Wednesday when Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced further restrictions for hospitality establishments in Scotland’s central belt. → Read More