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
Tag: Scotland
Bella, Joan And Me
Last week I wrote a piece criticising some of the points made by the Scottish journalist and SNP politician Joan McAlpine inContinue Reading
The Contrasting Fortunes Of Gaelic Scotland And Gaelic Ireland
Scotland is to create its first Scottish-speaking museum, one primarily dedicated to its native language and culture. From Culture24: “The firstContinue Reading
Go Lassie Go, Getting It Wrong
The Scottish journalist and SNP politician Joan McAlpine is someone I have enormous respect for. She has worked tirelessly forContinue 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
The Right To Talk – The Right To Teach
Talking of indigenous languages and education, while in Ireland our political parties make the right noises while purposely doing noneContinue Reading
Not One Small Victory But Three
Some days it is nice to be reminded that the Gaelic languages are not just national languages, but internationalContinue Reading
Anglophone Intolerance Speaks The Same Language – In Scotland Or Ireland
Just in case you thought it was safe to speak the Scottish language in Scotland along comes journalist Gina Davidson withContinue Reading
Hail To Nova Scotia
Interesting news in the Scotsman highlighting the international dimension that is increasingly important to the two main Gaelic languages, IrishContinue 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
Belgium, A State But Not A Nation
Some time ago I carried out a whirlwind round-up of news relating to the political fortunes of progressive nationalist movements in EuropeContinue 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
BBC Alba’s Audience Soars By 100,000 Viewers In Just Three Months
Since its launch in 2008 the Scottish language television channel, BBC Alba, has spent most of its time relegated toContinue 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
Scottish – A Modern Language For A Modern Nation
In the Scotsman newspaper John Campbell challenges the Scottish Government to build on the high level of acceptance and supportContinue Reading
Welcome To An Irish Ireland?
In Ireland we have the insane situation where a nation with its own native language has named the features ofContinue Reading
The Irish And Scottish Languages – A Union Of Hearts And Minds
For all you fellow Gaelic Republicans out there, some more good news, this time via the Belfast Telegraph: ‘A culturalContinue Reading
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