There should also be no underestimating the vote-losing resentment directed at the sheer arrogance of the SNP, says our columnist.
Anger over millions cut from schools budgets has a familiar ring. Parental protest over closures and cutbacks has resounded down the generations.
New census figures have revealed that almost a quarter of the population of the Highlands is over the age of 65.
I have a wedding to attend outside London and the bride-to-be was visiting her parents when I made a regular call for an update on the news.
There’s been a drastic change since the era of George Osborne and Danny Alexander, says our columnist.
Fergus Ewing is more than making up for lost time, says our columnist.
There was nothing illustrious about the castle when it was home to the sheriff court, there were certainly no traces of grandeur, says our columnist.
It’s difficult to think of a more heinously antisocial offence, other than urinating on the carpet... says our columnist.
Support for the SNP is in decline. Polls have suggested they could lose more than 20 MPs at the next election, says our columnist.
Our columnist believes motorists will be furious about Academy Street changes and might become aggressive to others on the road.
Our columnist asks: Why should I and others like me be penalised yet again because some others choose to wreck their lives with drink?
New illustrations of what Academy Street will look like if closed to through traffic presumably were designed to alter the opinions of sceptics.
A woman on the housing list inquired about the chances of getting a place and apparently was told, “You’ll stand a better chance if you’re pregnant.”
During Covid the bleakest sight for me wasn’t the empty streets, closed shops or eerie city centre. It was the empty Inverness leisure centre.
We’re a long way from the time when everyone had a soft spot for the Greens, says our columnist.
We see and maybe become overly focused on Inverness's flaws. Tourists see it through a different lens, says our columnist.
Our columnist asks: How many people would be willing to risk putting themselves into the current situation?
Many people are sick to death of small minorities ruining the day and the occasion for everyone else, says our columnist.
It would take a lot of work to oust Drew Hendry from Westminster, but it is by no means an impossible task, says our columnist.
Round trips have been achieved in and out of the city centre generally without delay. This now seems to be a consistent pattern, says our columnist.