Author: Speymouth

Rats in a sack

Speymouth October 3, 2022

It’s all going so terribly well isn’t it? Liz Truss is living down to expectations that she would prove to be the next Worst Prime Minister in living memory, and is doing so in spectacular style. It must be clear by now to even the most obtuse “But what about the…

Navigating Through for Scotland

Speymouth October 3, 2022

This is the first of a mini-series, one a day all week, asking questions about where we are and what next for the constitution. We are living in uncertain times. The UK is in the midst of an institutional crisis. Before New Labour, Robin Cook established his chops with his speech on the Scott Report. […] Source

70 Years on: The Art of UK Nuclear Testing

Speymouth October 3, 2022

On October 3rd 1952, the UK conducted its first nuclear tests in Australia. Seventy years on, Scottish CND is commemorating with indigenous artists and activists to explore what that has meant for them, along with some of the veterans who have also been affected. They are hosting a webinar, to provide information on the consequences […] Source

Five Reasons Why Scotland Has the Legal Right to Self-Determination

Speymouth September 30, 2022

  The UK Supreme Court in London is considering whether Scotland can have a referendum on its constitutional future.  The case will be heard in the Supreme Court on 11-12 October 2022.  This week, lawyers acting on behalf of the Scottish National Party submitted a written case as to why…

The Great Tory Merdefest

Speymouth September 29, 2022

Liz Truss finally made a public appearance after keeping quiet for a week while her government burned down the economy, trashed the pound, threatened to tank pension funds and saw an emergency intervention from the Bank of England in an attempt to protect the British economy from the British Government. Interest…

The Tories: trash the economy and run away

Speymouth September 28, 2022

I rarely look at Twitter, it’s a cesspit of bile which is damaging to the mental health and well being of even the most robust psyche. Even less often do I look at my Twitter notifications, however I looked into Twitter on Wednesday to check on the reactions to Kamekwasi Kwarteng’s…

Mitigation – A-board

Speymouth September 28, 2022

Click to download Your ambition for the Scottish Parliament shouldn’t be limited to mitigating the incompetence of Westminster.
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Poverty of Hope in Laboratory Britain

Speymouth September 25, 2022

Just when you thought it was all over a new surge of sycophancy emerges. Today in The Spectator Charles Moore, Thatcher’s biographer asks: “Should Queen Elizabeth II be made a saint?” But as the fever-dream of monarchism subsides the harsh reality of broken Britain emerges into the autumn light. On Friday the new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng […] Source