How times have changed
That was a belief we all lived with. The Tories boasted of being the party of law and order, upholders of the rule of law, guardians of the unwritten British constitution, a world power...
Category: Economy
The currency question
And when the Westminster ‘No’ often doesn’t mean ‘No’. Unionists insisting Scotland would not be allowed another independence referendum have recently appeared to change their tune, now wanting to decide the franchise for indyre2...
End of road for Scotland’s premium food and drink industry?
The proposed UK Govt Internal Market Bill will create a “level playing field” across the UK for trade negotiations with the EU which will be imposed on Scotland, Wales & N Ireland. Is this...
No deal and damn the torpedoes.
Sixteen months ago Michael Gove, MP for Surrey Heath and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, believed that a no deal Brexit would be very damaging to farming in the UK. Yet in that...
Building self sufficiency
Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation in the Scottish Parliament, has issued a report Coronavirus (COVID-19): report on Personal Protective Equipment supplies: Supporting our Front Line Services and Building Self Sufficiency which...
Lamont supports lowering of standards
“Important thread about food standards and animal welfare in yesterday’s Agriculture Bill. There were some Tories who could support the important measures in the Parish amendment. Then there were the Scottish Tories.” Tweet from...
Estonia – a country with a sense of common purpose
Estonia: A country that aims to be ‘the best version of itself in the world’. Phantom Power has produced the first in a series of videos on other countries. The first – Scotland Calling…Estonia...
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...
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...
