ments ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁Parliament ary ▁A ide ▁to ▁the ▁Sh adow ▁Scottish ▁Secretary ▁David ▁M und ell ▁at ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Commons . ▁ ▁From ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁he ▁has ▁regularly ▁appeared ▁on ▁the ▁BBC ▁and ▁BBC ▁Radio ▁Scotland ▁reporting ▁and ▁comment ing ▁on ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Scottish ▁Polit ics ▁within ▁the ▁larger ▁context ▁of ▁the ▁UK . ▁Tor rance ▁later ▁worked ▁for ▁the ▁UK ▁Parliament ▁assist ing ▁in ▁editing ▁online ▁and ▁written ▁content . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Edinburgh ▁to ▁report ▁on ▁that ▁year ' s ▁Scottish ▁independence ▁refer endum . ▁ ▁Writ ings ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Tor rance ▁wrote ▁his ▁first ▁work ▁The ▁Scottish ▁Secret aries ▁following ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁those ▁men ▁who ▁served ▁as ▁chief ▁minister ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁the ▁Scottish ▁Office ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁government ▁from ▁ 1 8 8 5 ▁on ward . ▁The ▁book ▁has ▁been ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁uno fficial ▁political ▁bi ograph ies ▁and ▁histor ies ▁most ▁not ably ▁on ▁George ▁Young er , ▁ 4 th ▁Vis count ▁Young er ▁of ▁Le ck ie , ▁David ▁Ste el , ▁Alex ▁Sal mond , ▁Nicola ▁St ur geon ▁and ▁Margaret ▁Th atch er ' s ▁relationship ▁with ▁Scotland ▁during ▁her ▁political ▁career . ▁Tor rance ' s ▁work ▁has ▁largely ▁focused ▁on ▁current ▁and ▁historical ▁Scottish ▁politics ▁with ▁an ▁occas ional ▁diver gence ▁into ▁non - polit ical ▁subject ▁matters . ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁Works ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁Scottish