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
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Guns For Hire – From RIC To RUC
In the 1920s, following the British defeat in Ireland’s War of Independence, many serving members of Britain’ paramilitary police forceContinue Reading
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
Mebyon Kernow – The Party For Cornwall
Mebyon Kernow, the Party for Cornwall, is currently engaged on a drive to recruit more members and activists following renewed interest in the Cornish nationalist movement.Continue Reading
Fantasy Troubles – Part Two! “Proud Of Being Irish Is Like Being Proud Of Having Leprosy”
Well, hello there, and welcome to another in my occasional series of “Fantasy Troubles“. This latest entry comes courtesy of those crazy BritContinue Reading
Wales – Exit Stage Left?
There is a surprisingly sympathetic article looking at Welsh nationalism, Plaid Cymru and the Plaid leadership candidate Leanne Wood in the Guardian newspaper:Continue Reading
Irish Press Freedom – A Drop In Global Ranking For 2011-2012
The 2011-2012 Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders has been released and it shows that Ireland has dropped five places from number 10Continue Reading
The Truth About Bloody Sunday – Another Episode From Britain’s Forever War In Ireland
Interesting article by Brendan O’Neill over on Spiked Online, examining the Bloody Sunday Massacre of 1972 when British troops attacked a civilContinue 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
Less The Bomb And Bullet, More The Pound And Pence
Vote Independence, get the dole? That seems to be the message from the Scottish entrepreneur Michelle Mone who’s threatened to closeContinue 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
Cornwall Awakening
To my shame I’ve written relatively little about the nationalist movement in Cornwall, in some ways the almost forgotten nation of theContinue 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
Dissecting Empire – Richard Gott
In the Guardian journalist and writer Richard Gott examines the revived nationalist ideology of the British Empire as the world’s onlyContinue Reading
Sitting At The Back Of The Bus – But Not For Much Longer…
The Irish language on TV3? Well not quiet. Ever since TV3 snatched away the exclusive broadcast rights to the GAA’sContinue Reading
The Labour Party In Scotland – Fianna Fáil With An Accent?
Some very odd stuff is coming out of the British Labour Party these days. Firstly there was the dramatic implosionContinue Reading
Greater England Sends A Message To Scotland
Hold onto your hats, things are about to get hairy! The latest poll on Scottish independence, being played up bigContinue Reading
Irish In America
Anti-Irish (or more specifically anti-Irish Catholic) bigotry is a current which runs deep in American history, from the late 17th toContinue Reading
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