Scottish Judges Rule Prorogation Unlawful As The DUP Seeks Annexation By Bridge
If the United Kingdom is confused on how to proceed with leaving the European Union, imagine how the other twenty-sevenContinue Reading
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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
At the end of last year I discussed the publication of a research paper analysing the ancient DNA remains of a number of individuals whoContinue Reading
From a report on the position of the Scottish Gaelic language in Nova Scotia, published by the Metro News CanadaContinue Reading
Following a brief period of relative quiet the haters of Scottish Gaelic are back in full-swing, attacking new education legislationContinue Reading
Well, it’s been a busy week for those who despise the Scottish Gaelic language and the communities which speak it. From attack-stories on government supportContinue Reading
So, another day, another staged controversy drummed up by anglophone supremacists (for which one can read in this case, British nationalists) attackingContinue Reading
Merryn Somerset Webb is a relatively well-known business journalist and editor in the UK who writes on a wide range of financial matters for theContinue Reading