Month: August 2014
Middle Class Myopia
I had a small flash of insight about myself this past weekend, one which I’d always subconsciously known but for some curious reason could never bring myself to outwardly acknowledge.
I’m a socialist.
Just saying those three words out loud was oddly revelatory, yet it’s always been obvious …read more
Our currency options in a nutshell
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“The Treasury case against a post-independence currency union between Scotland and the rest of the UK has been dismantled as ‘misleading’, ‘unsubstantiated’ and ‘the reverse of the truth’ by one of the world’s leading economists. Professor Leslie Young, of the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business …read more
How the Scottish independence vote pits families against one another
The result is still unclear, but the campaign has provoked huge political debate and divided even the nation’s families. Here we profile three whose members are split by the referendum
Twenty-five days to go and an invisible fault line is running the length of Scotland that could leave its mark …read more
TV gambling irresistible and utterly pernicious | Kevin Mckenna
More than 350,000 in Britain are addicted already and the numbers are growing
The name of the horse eludes me now, but for a few weeks in the middle of the 1990s it held me in its thrall as I followed its lunchtime progress in some of England’s most hallowed …read more
Press Conference: RIC canvassing evidence shows No campaign have lost working class Scotland
Speymouth
The Radical Independence Campaign (RIC) revealed today(1) (Tuesday) the evidence of their canvassing in working class communities across Scotland, and argue that “the results show the No campaign isn’t just losing working class communities in Scotland, but has definitively lost them.”… Read More › …read more
Proud like a Yes swan
Speymouth
I saw a Better Together referendum broadcast on the BBC last night. It was full of proud and patriotic Scots proudly telling us how proudly proud they were to be proud and patriotic Scots. We’ve got lovely scenery you know, and they were all dead proud of lots …read more
The ultimate Britishness fail
Speymouth
The Times of London (to give it its full title) has been the newspaper of record for the British establishment for 226 years. It was practically the only facet of British life that survived in the dystopian future of George Orwell’s “1984″. Even though it’s now owned by an Australian/American, …read more
The ultimate Britishness fail
Speymouth
The Times of London (to give it its full title) has been the newspaper of record for the British establishment for 226 years. It was practically the only facet of British life that survived in the dystopian future of George Orwell’s “1984″. Even though it’s now owned by an Australian/American, …read more
10,000 visit Tomintoul bike trails
Speymouth
VISITOR numbers at a Tomintoul mountain bike trail have outstripped original predictions. …read more
Vote Yes to protect Scotland’s National Health Service
Speymouth
Independence protects Scotland’s National Health Service from Westminster cuts and privitisation. Scotland’s NHS remains dependent upon a reducing funding settlement from London. George Osborne has steadily cut Scotland’s funding – which is calculated via the Barnett Formula. A No vote would leave this funding line to Scotland’s NHS under Westminster’s …read more
Paying attention for thickos
Speymouth
Folks, we seriously sometimes think we’re the only people covering Scottish politics who can actually read. Here’s a page from the Scottish Sun this morning: The paper, last seen struggling to subtract 4 from 5, makes a big and rather huffy point about this apparently being “the first time” that …read more
Paying attention for thickos
Speymouth
Folks, we seriously sometimes think we’re the only people covering Scottish politics who can actually read. Here’s a page from the Scottish Sun this morning: The paper, last seen struggling to subtract 4 from 5, makes a big and rather huffy point about this apparently being “the first time” that …read more
Theme for the Early Days of a Better Nation
Speymouth
Here’s a preview of our ‘Songs for Scotland’ album and concert with THEME FOR THE EARLY DAYS OF A BETTER NATION with Jackie McGuckian by Matt Seattle. Buy your tickets and album HERE. Tickets are being sent out in the… Read More › …read more
News Release: RIC reveal detailed results from 100 of their canvasses
Speymouth
RIC reveal detailed results from 100 of their canvasses targeting working class communities, totalling 16,000 canvass returns, a sample much larger than any polling company has produced to date. The results will be announced as part of the daily press… Read More › …read more
A message from the Centre for Disease Control
Speymouth
Fumigation is the only way to eradicate certain stubborn parasitic infestations. On the 18th of September, say YES to a cleaner, healthier Scotland.