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...
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...
“I will never ever let…” Sounds so authoritarian, not the sort of language expected in what is said to be a voluntary democratic union of equal partners.
Stories abound of people who when asked how they would vote in a Scottish independence referendum say they would vote No. Why, they are asked. Shrug. Just because. Just because what? Just because they...
Drew Hendry, Member of Parliament for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey hosts a series of interesting and informtive podcast – Scotland’s Choice which explores the different policy choices that could be made in an...
Murdo Fraser MSP, a member of the Scottish Parliament, talking on GB News about all the advantages (oil, gas, renewables, electricity food etc) that WE (that is England) would lose if Scotland leaves the...
Vulnerable refugees and the ECHR Recently politics in the UK certainly haven’t been dull or boring. The very opposite, as concerns hit the level of fury over the asylum seekers selected to be deported...
The Sue Gray report may have been put on hold, but today the Met police concluded the law had been broken and issued fixed penalty notices to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his wife...
Scotland’s education Much maligned by Unionists, Scotland in fact has a well educated population – the percentage of Scots holding post-secondary school qualifications continues to be the highest in Europe. Our universities are ranked...
This video was posted on Twitter this morning. It’s Alan Bissett speaking during the 2014 referendum campaign, but his words are as pertinent and appropriate today as they were when first spoken. So listen...
Many thanks to John Drummond of Independence Live for this fascinating talk with A C Grayling. Professor Anthony Grayling is a British philosopher and author of about thirty books. His new book For the...