Why Glasgow?
Some people, concerned by the disruption that COP26 and its 25,000 delegates will cause to those who live in and around the city between 31st October and 12th November, are asking why is the...
Category: Independence
We can dae better
This video was posted on Twitter this morning. It’s Alan Bissett speaking during the 2014 referendum campaign, but his words are as pertinent and appropriate today as they were when first spoken. So listen...
The Tories have “no plan, no roadmap, no thought, no intelligence
Many thanks to John Drummond of Independence Live for this fascinating talk with A C Grayling. Professor Anthony Grayling is a British philosopher and author of about thirty books. His new book For the...
Walking a political boundary
Alasdair Allan lives on the Isle of Lewis, is MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar and Minister for International Development and Europe but was born and brought up in Ashkirk in the Scottish Borders....
Scottish independence: where would that leave England?
Gavin Esler, writer, broadcaster and author of How Britain Ends was interviewed on Liverpool Worldwide. Esler is in favour of a significant shakeup in the way the UK is governed with more power in...
Her heirs and successors
Michael Russell, former Scottish constitution secretary, now SNP President and political director to head up the indyref2 campaign, said in his National Roadshow interview with Callum Baird, that a constitution was not a prospectus...
Independence is a scary word
With an indyref on the horizon how do we convert those still undecided and the so-called soft Nos? One thing is certain: we can’t retread the 2014 route. Then, in a campaign that lasted...
Success is about being your best self
A ‘growth’mindset. The phrase has rolled around in my mind since watching a video posted on Twitter by Tech Insider, part of Business Insider. The video was on the seven things parents of successful...
We must work together
The Scottish Government has announced a new Advisory Council to produce an ambitious 10 year National Strategy that will drive Scotland’s economic transformation. The strategy will aim to unleash entrepreneurial potential and grow Scotland’s...
