JUDGEMENT DAY
Well, after months of waiting the Supreme Court judgement on whether the Scottish parliament can hold an independence referendum was given this morning. There is little to say that was not covered by First...
Tagged: democracy
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...
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....
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...
Of the people, by the people, for the people
In the recent SCOT goes POP Panelbase Poll the following question was asked about democracy. The UK government has said that it will not allow the Scottish Parliament to call an independence referendum even...
Dear Boris
This was on Twitter this morning. Maybe a few more of the Scottish people should write, respectfully, to the Prime Minister and point out the inaccuracies in his letter to our First Minister. Mention,...
Democracy is not a one-off event
So there we have it. No three page missive setting out why Scotland can’t have a second independence referendum, but a hastily thrown together note full of lies. If this is the basis for...
We will leave our door open
Terry Reintke MEP is a German politician and member of the European Parliament where she is a member of the Alliance ’90/The Greens, part of the Greens–European Free Alliance. This is also the group...
Claw-back becomes reality
The Westminster Tory Government has written to the Scottish and Welsh Governments to ask for legislative consent over a dozen areas where the EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill changes (that is claws back) devolved powers....
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...
