Brexit has happened
But despite the sadness and anger it’s so great to see this picture tweeted of the European Commission building in Brussels as Brexit became a reality. A light being left on in the EU...
Tagged: Brexit
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...
The grim cost of Brexit to date
The scale of UK payments to the EU was a major part of the Leave campaign’s argument for Brexit. Remember the message on the red bus that £350m per week could be saved for...
Petition against the eradication of Scotland – 2
Alongside the petition to the European Parliament submitted by Equality Nation on 16th January 2020 was an open letter to the EU Parliament and EU Commission in support of our formal petition to the...
Petition against the eradication of Scotland – 1
This is the wording of the petition submitted on 16th January 2020 by Equality Nation to the European Parliament on Scotland being dragged out of the EU despite 62% of Scotland’s people voting, in...
Shackled to a dysfunctional political system
Ben Bradshaw, former BBC Radio reporter who during his career covered stories such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, has been Labour Member of Parliament for Exeter since 1997. From 2009 to 2010...
UK system of government is broken
Leaving a 300 year old union would be much worse than Brexit, chant unionists. Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp of Business for Scotland disagrees. “If you … don’t expect the benefits of EU membership to continue then...
The Power of Scotland
Another brief but powerful image from the wonderful Phantom Power films. Today we’re not voting for independence. Although we certainly have the resources, knowledge and skills to be a very successful nation as the...
Bendor Political Broadcast
A day until polling and the videos are coming fast. One from Alan Cumming posted, now here’s another from Dr Bendor Grosvenor who describes himself as an Evangelist for Old Masters & Scotland, and...
Working the Continent’s canapé circuit
Until the general election was called, a few posts could be seen on social media complaining about the SNP’s downgrading of independence as it marshalled its arguments against Brexit (a Brexit that will devastate...
