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...
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Social and equality impacts of Brexit
Brexiters insist everything is rosy and will become even better after Friday 31st January, their independence day, when the UK leaves the EU. But the reality is otherwise. The pound, according to the Guardian’s...
Believe in Scotland launches Scotland the Brief
Feeling a bit down now that the EU Withdrawal Bill is now an act of the Westminster Parliament, having been signed into law by the queen? Feeling angry and depressed at leaving the EU...
The grim cost of Brexit to date
The scale of UK payments to the EU was a major part of the Leave campaign’s argument for Brexit. Remember the message on the red bus that £350m per week could be saved for...
Democracy is not a one-off event
So there we have it. No three page missive setting out why Scotland can’t have a second independence referendum, but a hastily thrown together note full of lies. If this is the basis for...
Like Peter Pan believed in faeries
Unionists who post on social media have certainly not gone on holiday over the festive season, but instead, with more time on their hands, have ramped up their antagonism and derision of Scottish independence....
Protecting the values we voted for
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister, has recently been described by numerous political commentators as one of the most gifted politicians of our time, admired by the European mainstream and feared by the fringes. She...
Bendor Political Broadcast
A day until polling and the videos are coming fast. One from Alan Cumming posted, now here’s another from Dr Bendor Grosvenor who describes himself as an Evangelist for Old Masters & Scotland, and...
When home isn’t home
According to an article in Business Insider, Boris Johnson has vowed to stop European Union migrants from treating Britain “as their own country” if he wins this week’s general election. The prime minister has...
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...
