Lord Offord

Lord Offord of Garvel is a Conservative peer and the shadow minister for energy security and net zero. Malcolm Offord has previously served as a government minister in the Department for Business and Trade and before that, the Scotland Office.

Are the Scottish Tories too obsessed with the Union?

The end of summer recess (in both Westminster and Holyrood) seems like a reasonable moment to leave tribal party politics at the door and assess whether 25 years of devolution in Scotland has met expectations. Has it improved the quality of life of ordinary Scots, and how it might be changed to ensure that it