Baffling with bullshit
Much has been spouted, hands waving wildly, by the Prime Minister, his Ministers and his Tory MPs, to defend the breaching of international law by the Internal Market bill. But no matter how ardent...
Category: Politics
The perfect storm
This is a Twitter thread by Tanja Bueltmann, Professor of History who holds a Chair in International History at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. She specialises in the history of migration and diaspora, particularly...
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...
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...
Controlling Scotland
Revealing the legal limits of devolution. By @GrayInGlasgow Episode 1
Is Scotland really unique? – Part 3
Part 3 of the response by Margaret Johnstone to Gerry Hassan’s article in The National, on those who voted No in 2014. Now to try and address some point made by Gerry’s focus group....
Is Scotland really unique? – Part 2
Part 2 of the response by Margaret Johnstone to Gerry Hassan’s article in The National, on those who voted No in 2014. Change is a constant Why do we want to change our system...
Is Scotland really unique? – Part 1
A response by Margaret Johnstone to Gerry Hassan’s recent article in The National, on those who voted No in 2014. Gerry Hassan’s article records the views of a number of people in a focus...
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...
Living better in lockdown
In the fourth episode of his series of talks Alastair Campbell, former spin doctor to Tony Blair, who has been open about his bouts of depression, talks to Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister, on...
