The first 100 days
In her speech today in the Scottish Parliament on her government’s priorities during their first 100 days in office, the First Minister reiterated that her immediate priority was leading Scotland safely through and out...
Monthly Archive: May 2021
The Wellbeing Society how we pay for it
Notes on the Social Justice and Fairness Commission’s route map to a fair independent Scotland “Independence ensures that decisions about Scotland are taken by the people who live here. The transfer of powers to...
Brexit and the NHS – ongoing effects
“We need to focus on the physical, mental and environmental wellbeing of our citizens.” “We don’t just believe in independence for Scotland – we believe in independence for everybody. And independence for our older...
Scotland’s 25
On Wednesday 19th June Nicola Sturgeon was sworn in at the Court of Session as First Minister of Scotland. Before her swearing in she announced her nine Cabinet Secretaries. Including herself there are five...
I have hope
On the 18th May Nicola Sturgeon was re-elected First Minister with the SNP gaining its fourth consecutive term in office. The parliament had many new faces, amongst which was Green MSP Lorna Slater who...
Contrasts
This was the scene yesterday, the day of Eid, the worldwide Muslim religious holiday that marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan, when Pollokshields residents came out in their hundreds, perhaps...
Breaking point?…but maybe not yet
Scotland: A future outside of the United Kingdom? “What does it mean to be Scottish? Since Brexit, people here at the northernmost end of the island of Great Britain have been asking this question...
Border issues
Mention independence and one of the first issues brought up is the border – that 96 mile boundary between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west that...
Over but not done
The voting is over, as now are the two nailbiting days of waiting impatiently for results. Will this seat be lost, that seat won? Ecstatic cheers when a seat came our way, but a...
The news where you are
A reminder from author James Robertson of one of the many funny and uplifting moments of 2014. It remains as relevant today as it was then. Undelivered promises and undelivered changes from Westminster and...
