The Scottish Parliament’s New Pro-Independence Majority
The largest number of votes submitted in an election for the Scottish parliament and the largest tally of support recordedContinue Reading
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The largest number of votes submitted in an election for the Scottish parliament and the largest tally of support recordedContinue Reading
Later today the people of Scotland will be heading to the polls in what could be the biggest test forContinue Reading
It’s over a week since I suggested that “…none of us can predict what the suddenly unpredictable Alex Salmond mightContinue Reading
What a bizarre situation we’ve reached in the politics of Scotland when we have elements of the Greater England pressContinue Reading
Despite all the travails of Brexit and Covid-19, just a few short weeks ago the political future of the ScottishContinue Reading
Most independence movements have the good sense to achieve independence before starting the civil war. Not so the Scottish NationalContinue Reading
If the United Kingdom is confused on how to proceed with leaving the European Union, imagine how the other twenty-sevenContinue Reading
Like others I tend to distinguish between online political campaigning or activism and the offline pounding of pavements and theContinue Reading
It’s extremely rare for blogs or online publications to have any great effect on offline politics which makes the influence Continue Reading
Two weeks ago the Sunday Mail newspaper in Scotland published details of an investigation into the activities of the InstituteContinue Reading
Following the military annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea by the Russian Federation in early 2014, supposedly in responseContinue Reading
There is a typically dire, fact-free article on the Scottish language (Scottish Gaelic) in today’s Herald newspaper, penned by theContinue Reading
All industries have their little trade secrets, methods of production they would prefer to keep under wraps, and the newsContinue Reading
Some of you may have already seen this wonderful drone footage by Kieran Baxter featuring the Caterthuns, a pair ofContinue Reading
Readers of An Sionnach Fionn might be familiar with Wings Over Scotland (WOS), the influential Scottish politics blog founded inContinue Reading
Talking of the Democratic Unionist Party, in the immediate aftermath of the general election in the United Kingdom, Marco Biagi,Continue Reading
Not only do the people of Greater England believe that all of the world’s historical empires were bad except for theirContinue Reading
To name a thing is to control a thing. Words have a power beyond the immediate and obvious. The processContinue Reading
A longer guest post by Mark Petticrew, a politics’ student at the University Of Ulster Jordanstown, examining the contrasting obstacles British unionismContinue Reading
These thoughts strike me in relation to the current post-referendum turmoil in Britain, and Scotland in particular. Ireland’s failed Easter RisingContinue Reading
There is more than a little irony for Scotland in the negative outcome of the United Kingdom’s plebiscite on its continued membership ofContinue Reading
Last November I featured news from Britain on the decision by the Conservative Party government in London to make savage cuts to the public fundingContinue Reading