Whether it was Isabel Oakeshott being given a platform by the BBC to explain how she ‘doesn’t believe in strikes’ or Stephen Kinnock explaining how Labour would support sending in troops to break striking workers, we seem to have entered a new era of vile media complicity with Britain’s unmuzzled populist right. Isabel Oakeshott – […] Source

HUNDREDS of new jobs are on the cards for locals in a Scottish town as a national retailer plans to expand its operations north of the Border … Source

A NEW survey has revealed that just one in four Scots would not support a ban on sports sponsorship by the alcohol industry … Source

Over the coming weeks over the holiday period we’ve commissioned a series of writers and activists to reflect on where we are and review not just the year but the space we find ourselves in. This is the first of a series reflecting on the State We’re In.   As we come to the coldest darkest […] Source

HYDROGEN has been endorsed as a key piece of Scotland’s energy mix but environmental campaigners have raised concerns over how “realistic” the government’s plans are. Source

GLASGOW’S burgeoning tech sector is continuing to grow, with tech companies in the city attracting a combined £100 million in private investment this year. That’s up from £43m in 2020, itself a 153% increase from 2019, according to the latest figures. Source

WORKER or employee directors are common and well known of in many parts of mainland Europe, especially in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands. Nineteen countries on the continent have legal provisions for creating them. Alas, worker or employee directors are very few and far between in Scotland or Britain – and this is nothing to do with Brexit. Source

The family of a 38-year-old man who died after a “non-work related incident” involving three Britons onboard an oil rig in Qatar have paid tribute to a “one-of-a-kind, beautiful soul”. Source

Scotland faces a media that in many cases is completely hostile to independence. News stories are spun to suggest Scots could never be trusted to run their own affairs. Good news is minimised, or just simply not reported and bad news for Scotland overblown and taken out of context.  Contrast…

Note: The research below was first carried out eight years ago but is updated every year. The figures and graphs have been updated and republished on December 7th 2022 to include the GERS most recently published for 2021/22. Every Westminster Government in your lifetime has knowingly diverted tens of billions of pounds of Scottish revenues […] Source

THE Labour group on Moray Council have called on wind farm developments to provide guaranteed community benefit and local economic development. …