The UK government is expected to announce a  cap on energy bills for businesses today,  but there is likely to be a delay before the details are clear. What IS becoming clear is the direction of Liz Truss’ general energy policy. Richer households will benefit more than poorer ones from the plans. Businesses have been […] Source

AN ONSHORE wind farm development that would provide clean electricity to meet the needs of 21,000 homes each year has been given the green light. Source

PUPILS at Windmill Lodge gathered to watch funeral proceedings in King Charles' former dormitory. …

GORDONSTOUN School paid tribute to the Queen on the day of her funeral. …

Musick Fyne to sing specially written piece for the first time. …

The spectacle of The Queue, snaking its way through London like a massive gated airport system was an impressive one. People would queue in line for ten to twelve hours or more before spying the coffin lying in state at Westminster Hall. This weird event – and it’s surround media, which some have dubbed ‘coffin […] Source

Some of the more wildly optimistic delusions of British nationalists are that what we are witnessing is a ‘new nation being forged’ and that the experience of dazed supplicants shuffling through Westminster Hall will somehow wipe-away the social, constitutional and ecological crisis that faces us all. This delusion is perhaps understandable. The actual reasons for […] Source

Five Scottish restaurants were named among the top 100 in the U.K by the National Restaurant Awards 2022. Source

The much-repeated narrative about the collective hysteria we are being forced to live through is that this ‘national moment’ is inevitably forging a new ‘United Kingdom’ as the ‘whole country’ experiences collective grief and a unifying process that will slay any movements of self-determination in Scotland, Ireland or Wales. But as I have said elsewhere […] Source

GERMANY is reportedly in advanced talks to nationalise three large gas importers in a bid to prevent the collapse of its energy market. Source

LIZ Truss’s decision to lift the ban on fracking in England was based on “desperation and dogma”, a leading expert has said. Source

THE pound has fallen to its weakest level against the US dollar since 1985 amid fears the UK is heading for a lengthy recession. Source

SOARING oil and gas revenues from the North Sea could give arguments for Scottish independence a “boost”, experts have said. Source