Today, Scotland! Tomorrow, The World!
Are you looking for an example of dirty politics? Then look no further than the British Nationalist camp in ScotlandContinue Reading
Tag: Alex Salmond
GQ Magazine – Rebellious Scots To Crush!
Crikey, law’ luv-a-duck! The ‘nglish meadja establishment is so bloomin’ terrified of Alex Salmond an’ ‘is SNP stormtroopers that evenContinue Reading
More Parallels Between Québec, Scotland And Beyond
Some more lessons for Scotland and the SNP from the history of the independence movement in Québec? A Reuters report in theContinue Reading
Independence, Devo-Max, Status Quo: 1, 2, 3
Back in December I wrote an article suggesting that the SNP should consider staging the forthcoming Scottish independence referendum (nowContinue Reading
Latest Poll: 51% Favour Scottish Independence
According to a Sunday Express poll 51% of the voters in Scotland now support independence, the first time this percentage has beenContinue Reading
Scottish Troubles?
Two weeks ago I reported on calls by some politicians from the British (Unionist) minority in Ireland, notably former senior UUP leader John Taylor,Continue Reading
British Hacks Turn “Black And Tan” For 2014!
Is it me or have we finally seen the dropping of the British Unionist mask to reveal the English NationalismContinue Reading
The Partition Of Scotland?
Well, the Scottish leader Alex Salmond came to town for the Irish-British Council summit yesterday and hit all the right notesContinue Reading
Greater England Or Great Britain
Journalist Ed West has an interesting article in the (former?) British establishment newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, examining the controversy raging around the attempts byContinue Reading
The SNP, Scotland And The Ireland Scenario
Has the British Prime Minster David Cameron hit the self-destruct button on the so-called United Kingdom? The legalistic diktats fromContinue Reading
The SNP – Going For A Proportional Measure Of Freedom?
A new poll, reported in the Scotsman newspaper, shows an increase in the support for independence amongst voters, with the majority plumpingContinue Reading
The SNP And The EU – We Have The UK Surrounded
Just a quick post to note the latest – unprecedented – polling numbers for the SNP, reported in the Herald Scotland overContinue Reading
Scotland Calling
Despite the intensity of the British establishment’s campaign against the proposed independence referendum in Scotland, with it’s focus on FirstContinue Reading
A Good Sign For The Future
In more news on the growing acceptance and respect in Scotland for its native language, the Scotsman reports onContinue Reading
A Majority In Scotland Now Favour Independence?
A newspaper poll in Britain has shown an astonishing increase in support for Scottish independence, with up to 49% ofContinue Reading
Scottish Tory Blues
With the SNP emerging triumphant from the most recent electoral contests to become the dominant force in Scottish politics theContinue Reading
DotAlba
I talked some time ago about the campaign in Scotland to register a new internet domain name for the GaelicContinue Reading
Desperation In The Ranks – Labour And The Tories In Scotland
With the debate amongst the rival candidates for the leadership of the Conservative Party in Scotland becoming increasingly divisive asContinue Reading
An Gharda Síochána na hAlban?
A few weeks ago I wrote that the move by the SNP government in Scotland to create a single nationalContinue Reading
The Scottish Unionist Party?
With the news that some in the Conservative Party in Scotland want to re-brand the political grouping as a non-Tory, centre-right Scottish Unionist party, Joan McAlpine offersContinue Reading
The Death Spasms Of L’Ancien Régime Anglais
It’s interesting to read the Wall Street Journal’s take on the contest over Scotland’s political future that is being played out betweenContinue Reading
Playing With The Numbers – Or How To Subvert Democracy In Scotland
British Nationalists have been twisting themselves up in knots lately over the not-too-distant referendum on Scottish independence with more (and sometimes unexpected)Continue Reading
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