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...
Category: Independence
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...
A proud and brilliant future
In a timely reminder before polling day on May 6th Jamie Jauncey, in his last video of the current series, points out that no-one got anywhere by dreaming small. If you know of anyone...
The red white and blue cage
Much publicity and lavish praise has been heaped upon the recent paper and lecture given by Ciaran Martin, Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford....
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....
Children, rights and Tories
The UK government has taken the decision to refer two Holyrood laws to the UK Supreme Court to decide if, in introducing and passing these bills, the Scottish Parliament has gone beyond its devolved...
Another country
Jamie Jauncey is not perhaps the typical independence supporter, but when you factor in that his great-great-uncle was Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (Don Roberto) you may begin to understand his embracing of the independence...
Hope, possibility and self-respect
A powerful and interesting video by Jamie Jauncie, great-great-nephew of Don Roberto – Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, best known for his involvement, with Keir Hardie, in the founding of the Scottish Labour Party, and...
