No longer a happy family
How those of us in the independence movement persuade those still swithering or voting No has always been high on our agenda. How to fashion compelling arguments and persuasive stories to change minds. To...
Tagged: Nicola Sturgeon
Size doesn’t matter
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s TED talk on how small countries can make a big impact on climate change. When it comes to tackling climate change, the size of a country doesn’t matter – it’s...
Global Assembly Conference
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, addresses the Global Assembly Conference on the first day of COP26. “The Climate Assembly provides a platform for those often unheard voices, especially the voices of women, young...
Global Britain or Polluter Britain?
Last week’s sewage spills into rivers and seas around England certainly brought into focus the fact that the UK government, although heavily pushing the mantra of Global Britain, is not wholly committed to protecting...
Why Glasgow?
Some people, concerned by the disruption that COP26 and its 25,000 delegates will cause to those who live in and around the city between 31st October and 12th November, are asking why is the...
Ambition for COP26
Yes, small nations and regions can make a difference in the fight to combat climate change and will be working hard to do so. If you think they won’t have a voice at COP26...
Climate Week in a Climate Crisis
This is Climate Week NYC 2021. Ever heard of it? No me neither. But we shoud have. Our First Minister Nicola Sturgeon mentioned it today (Monday) on a video on Twitter. In this video...
Puerile and petty shenanigans
In the same week that Tory MSP Tess White heckled in Holyrood insisting that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish government and its policies were anti-English, meeting notes and WhatsApp messages seen by...
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...
Two whoops of pleasure
The draft referendum bill promised by the Scottish Government has been published. Using the same question as in 2014, a referendum will be held when Covid19 allows, considered to be before the middle of...
