Home Opinion Columnists Elaine C Smith

English must judge Andy Murray on talent, not race

RACIST comments by a panel of English TV pundits pushed me over the edge last week. Read

Michael Jackson was a victim of his own fame

The cause of Michael Jackson's death should be put down as "extreme celebrity". Read

Unmask the hidden face of tyranny

I'm With President Sarkozy when he says the burkha is a symbol of the oppression of women. Read

Sickened by sleazy Silvio

I try to see the good in people but Silvio Berlusconi makes that hard. Read

Fed up of mean old Auntie

So the BBC are coming clean on their expenses and most appalling is the petty wee things that have been claimed for. Read

Chuck it

PRINCE Charles picks up the phone to some royal in the Middle East to block plans for a building in Chelsea. We are treated like feudal peasants while planning laws are swept aside because Chuck doesn't like it. Read

Expenses black-out heaps more disgrace on our MPs

Just when you thought the expenses scandal couldn't get any worse for MPs. Read

All set to watch Andy

I will be glued to the telly this week to watch as many of Andy Murray's matches as I can. Read

Fred's not the only guilty one

Everyone must be worried for Sir Fred Goodwin now. Read

No race for Belfast to win

THEattacks on Romanians in Belfast last week must fill the good people of that great city with shame. Read

BA bills us on a flight of fancy

BIG thanks to two pals who came down to see the show this weekend but no thanks to BA for costing them a fortune. Read

Scots got stitched up

The long - if not eagerly - awaited Calman Commission report has only muddied the water over devolution. Read

Jordan says farewell to Katie Price

KATIE Price has clearly gone off riding somewhere because Jordan is back with a vengeance. Read

It's a disgrace that 27,000 Scots voted BNP on D-Day memorial week

SO only one in three of us could be bothered to vote and fewer than one in 20 voted for the party in charge at Westminster. Read

Why are we more shocked at women committing sex crimes?

A NURSERY worker accused of abusing children is the stuff of parents' nightmares. Read

We're better off without the naive Hazel Blears

Caroline Flint and Hazel Blears need a reality check. Read

Families suffer a world of pain as young soldiers die in battle

Another two young soldiers die in Afghanistan last week and we are reminded once again of just how truly awful things are there. Read

London gridlock was enough to make any woman smile

GRIDLOCK in London with the tube strike. I back the workers but it's been mental for people trying to get to work. Read

TV snobs say a lot but know nothing

THERE has been an outpouring of genuine sympathy for Susan Boyle this week - but there has been a huge flood of pompous guff, too. Read

If only Brown had won

I ACTUALLY feel sorry for Gordon Brown. Read