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
Tag: Scottish National Party – SNP
Scottish Parliament Election 2021. An Unpredictable Vote
Later today the people of Scotland will be heading to the polls in what could be the biggest test forContinue Reading
Alex Salmond’s Alba Party
It’s over a week since I suggested that “…none of us can predict what the suddenly unpredictable Alex Salmond mightContinue Reading
Report Finds That SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon “Misled” Scottish Parliamentary Committee
What a bizarre situation we’ve reached in the politics of Scotland when we have elements of the Greater England pressContinue Reading
Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon And SNP Polling: Not All Bad News
Despite all the travails of Brexit and Covid-19, just a few short weeks ago the political future of the ScottishContinue Reading
The SNP’s Civil War Between Alex Salmond And Nicola Sturgeon
Most independence movements have the good sense to achieve independence before starting the civil war. Not so the Scottish NationalContinue Reading
UK Polling Favours Boris Johnson And The Tories
Despite a lot of churn in the polls the final week of campaigning in the British general election looks setContinue Reading
The Proposed Wings Over Scotland Party
Like others I tend to distinguish between online political campaigning or activism and the offline pounding of pavements and theContinue Reading
Alex Salmond Talks To Stuart Campbell Of Wings Over Scotland
It’s extremely rare for blogs or online publications to have any great effect on offline politics which makes the influence Continue Reading
The UK Has “Ripped Up the Good Friday Agreement”
A dire assessment by Ian Blackford, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons, on theContinue Reading
The Mysterious Institute For Statecraft, The Integrity Initiative, And British Black Ops
Two weeks ago the Sunday Mail newspaper in Scotland published details of an investigation into the activities of the InstituteContinue Reading
Scottish Gaelic Is Not Dying, It Is Being Killed
There is a typically dire, fact-free article on the Scottish language (Scottish Gaelic) in today’s Herald newspaper, penned by theContinue Reading
Arlene Foster’s Letter Concerning Irish Gay Couples Marrying In Scotland
Talking of the Democratic Unionist Party, in the immediate aftermath of the general election in the United Kingdom, Marco Biagi,Continue Reading
The 2017 Local Election Results In The UK, A Victory For UKIP By Any Other Name
Just a few quick points on last week’s local elections in the United Kingdom and the continuing post-referendum shift inContinue Reading
Lib Dem Tim Farron Accuses The Scots Of Abuse While Abusing A Scot
Not only do the people of Greater England believe that all of the world’s historical empires were bad except for theirContinue Reading
The Gaelic Gestapo. Shaping The Language Of Hate In Scotland
To name a thing is to control a thing. Words have a power beyond the immediate and obvious. The processContinue Reading
Echoes Of The Irish Revolution In Brexit Britain And The Scottish Independence Debate
These thoughts strike me in relation to the current post-referendum turmoil in Britain, and Scotland in particular. Ireland’s failed Easter RisingContinue Reading
The Scottish Government Backs BBC Alba In The Wake Of Tory Budget Cuts
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
Hating The Gaelic
Following a brief period of relative quiet the haters of Scottish Gaelic are back in full-swing, attacking new education legislationContinue Reading
The Gaelic-Haters Of Britain Are At It Again
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
The Latest Fake Controversy Over Scottish Gaelic In Scotland
So, another day, another staged controversy drummed up by anglophone supremacists (for which one can read in this case, British nationalists) attackingContinue Reading
Britnat Nastiness Is Mainstream In The UK Press
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
