In five 1999 BBC Radio Scotland programmes, now on YouTube, Billy Kay celebrates the fascinating life of RB Cunninghame Graham, one of the most influential Scots of the 19th and 20th centuries, and a...
We can all remember the gnashing of teeth, hand-wringing and crocodile tears, the assertions that family members would overnight become foreigners, and that heavily armed watch towers and miles of barbed wire fencing would...
The Common Weal Policy Podcast, episode 37 with special guest Bill Austen on policy and customs. Listen to Dr Craig Dalzell, Head of Policy and Research at Common Weal talk to Bill Austin, a...
In this very well attended public lecture at the University of Edinburgh on 16 February 2020, Joanna Cherry MP sets out her thoughts on events of the last five years, the democratic deficit, constitutional...
“I’m going to set out briefly the ongoing regret the Scottish Government feels over Brexit. I will then explain some of the ways in which the Scottish Government will respond to Brexit. And in...
A lot of very unhappy people on social media who were expecting the First Minister to announce a date on Friday. They are annoyed and lashing out, cancelling SNP subscriptions and calling for Nicola...
Nicola Sturgeon sets out the next steps for Independence There is no denying the unhappiness at the First Minister’s speech this morning by those who had built up their hopes and anticipated a date...
Feeling a bit down now that the EU Withdrawal Bill is now an act of the Westminster Parliament, having been signed into law by the queen? Feeling angry and depressed at leaving the EU...
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...
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...
