World…err…beating…umm trade…uhh…trade…err…thingwy
So we now have what is being spun as a trade deal, albeit it is little more than an agreement to discuss a possible deal, with Australia, announced with great acclaim as the first...
Category: Climate Change
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...
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...
Scotland’s sustainabe future
Mairi McAllan is the SNP candidate for Clydesdale. If elected, she intends to: “help build a recovery from Covid-19 which is fair, inclusive, green and focused on the wellbeing of our people and planet....
To the core of my being
Els Nicol lives in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders – a true blue Tory area, apart from a brief period between the 2015 and 2017 general elctions when inhabitants were represented by the SNP’s...
What a way to earn a living
Lockdowns to repress the spread of Covid 19 can’t be said to have many upsides. Isolation, inability to socialise or see family members who are in care homes or hospitals. Life centred around the...
The UK is a voluntary union of nations
“I’m going to set out briefly the ongoing regret the Scottish Government feels over Brexit. I will then explain some of the ways in which the Scottish Government will respond to Brexit. And in...
A just low carbon transition
Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, gave a keynote speech in Oslo on Wednesday at the annual conference of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise where she issued a strong call for Scottish-Norwegian collaboration on carbon...
Working the Continent’s canapé circuit
Until the general election was called, a few posts could be seen on social media complaining about the SNP’s downgrading of independence as it marshalled its arguments against Brexit (a Brexit that will devastate...
