Month: November 2013
A Union of Poverty
Speymouth
In the first of our series exploring responses to the White Paper, Mike Small summarises the mood. The week when we saw the launch of a historic vision of the future of our country, the Better Together’s response was muted…. Read More › …read more
The poverty of the Better Together campaign | Kevin McKenna
Speymouth
The week of 24 November could go down as the point at which the tide turned in favour of Scottish Independence
If Scotland opts to become an independent nation next September, then the week beginning 24 November 2013 may yet come to be regarded as that in which the …read more
Glasgow helicopter crash: ‘There was a bang. Then silence. Then the roof collapsed’
Speymouth
Locals recount the events of an often surreal night that destroyed a popular pub frequented by a leftwing, folky crowd
A lone saltire hung gently from the top of an elegant tenement building just a few yards away from the Clutha Vaults, a frenetic old Glasgow pub, now silent and broken. …read more
A Community, a Society and a Nation
Speymouth
“Who will tell us our hands are strong enough our hearts are not brave enough?” RIC13 statement read by David Hayman Filed under: Commentary …read more
The Captain’s Abyss
Speymouth
The realisation that the No camp’s reaction to the independence White Paper has been based on a massive, scarcely-believable misunderstanding (or misrepresentation) of reality has thrown a new light on all sorts of things from the past week. The most recent “BLACK HOLE!” story is a case in point. We …read more
‘Lifted from the internet’ – The poisoning of the independence debate
Speymouth
By G.A.Ponsonby
Friday saw the continued erosion of political journalism in Scotland. A story exclusively revealed by Newsnet Scotland in October finally made it onto the pages of newspapers and the airwaves of the BBC.
Future Folk (Us)
Speymouth
Today on St Andrews Day we’re inviting readers and contributors to write for us on the themes of the White Paper (available here as an eBook in all formats): Economy; Health and and Wellbeing; Education, Skills and Employment; International Relations… Read More › …read more
We made a mistake
Speymouth
This morning we’ve been double- and triple-checking our story from last night, because we were so sure we must have missed something. Even given the low esteem in which we hold the integrity of the hapless “Better Together” campaign, we felt that they surely couldn’t have made such an idiotic …read more
Shoppers struck by Black Friday fever
Speymouth
SHOPPERS were gripped by “Black Friday” fever yesterday – and have been urged to leave their cars at home and use public transport instead today. …read more
Shock for Staggies as Sproule quits club
Speymouth
Northern Irish winger Ivan Sproule yesterday left Ross County due to personal reasons after less than a year at Victoria Park. …read more
Labour urged to sign deal for road upgrade
Speymouth
Labour councillors in Aberdeen have been warned that plans to upgrade a notorious roundabout could be in jeopardy if their party wins the next Holyrood election in 2016. …read more
After five semis will this be Considine’s silver season?
Speymouth
Tomorrow: Partick Thistle v Aberdeen, Sky Sports 2 12.30pm …read more
Jewellery stolen in Lhanbryde theft
Speymouth
POLICE are appealing for information after a home in Lhanbryde was broken into on Wednesday (November 27). …read more
The quid pro quo
Speymouth
I mentioned in the previous post that Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy had only made his comments about Scottish membership of the EU as a quid pro quo for Davie Cameron returning the favour and making a similar comment which Mariano could use to pour ice cold gazpacho over …read more
The Red Face Gang
Speymouth
We saw this graphic on the “Better Together” website yesterday, but we dismissed it as uninteresting even by their playground-propaganda standards, amounting as it does to nothing more than a startlingly feeble cry of “These are their forecasts, but we have different forecasts so theirs must be wrong!” But an …read more