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...
Equality Nation Home
The Glasgow Boys and the Borders
For many years I had a deep fascination with The Glasgow Boys and the man who acted as their dealer, Alexander Reid. Reid was the dealer who, before opening his own gallery in Glasgow,...
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...
Wrong satellites and a new deal con
This is a reminder of the chaos the UK government has caused in the last four days. It’s a thread by a guy called Russ who compiles TheWeekInTory. He describes himself as: Designer, coder,...
Sold out
“The government intends to use a US trade deal to bypass democracy, override Parliament and rip down our public protections.” So says George Monbiot in an article on his website, previously published in The...
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...
This violation
A stunningly strong and moving 7 minute video written by Fintal O’Toole, drawing on a recent article he wrote for the Guardian.
Lockdown relaxation route map
Today, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon outlined to the Scottish Parliament the government’s route map for easing the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. These are in four gradual phases during which the reaction of the virus will...
