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
Despite a lot of churn in the polls the final week of campaigning in the British general election looks setContinue 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
A dire assessment by Ian Blackford, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons, on theContinue Reading
Two weeks ago the Sunday Mail newspaper in Scotland published details of an investigation into the activities of the InstituteContinue Reading
There is a typically dire, fact-free article on the Scottish language (Scottish Gaelic) in today’s Herald newspaper, penned by theContinue Reading
Talking of the Democratic Unionist Party, in the immediate aftermath of the general election in the United Kingdom, Marco Biagi,Continue Reading
Just a few quick points on last week’s local elections in the United Kingdom and the continuing post-referendum shift inContinue 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
These thoughts strike me in relation to the current post-referendum turmoil in Britain, and Scotland in particular. Ireland’s failed Easter RisingContinue 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
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