Five Reasons Scotland can be confident of rejoining the EU

As Scotland reboots its independence campaign, the European situation has changed in major respects since 2014. Here are some of the factors that underlie the Yes movement’s renewed confidence over EU membership.  #1 If Scotland had voted ‘Yes; in 2014, we would still be in the EU today Rewind to 2014….

‘Posters’ by George Gunn

Here’s a brand new poem from George Gunn, commissioned by the National Library of Scotland. You can read and download the poem here. Source

The future of degrowth, and radical independence

A new Scotland needs to live within the limits of the world, flourishing within the nature it depends on. Its people’s well-being should be cared for, with common access to resources. Scots should be free from degrading, unnecessary and harmful work; not alienated in the way they relate to each other or nature. A new […] Source

On Leadership Farce and Tory Debacle

They’ve had twelve years and the country is on its knees. Now they are parading as if they are the solution to the crises they have created on every front imaginable. Takes some balls I suppose. Whether it’s PM4PM, Ready for Rishi?, TiT or whatever awful slogan Liz Truss has come up with, the poisoning […] Source

The broken TV

The Conservative leadership contenders are vying with one another to see which can be the most unpleasantly right wing, like an episode of Britain’s Got Unbalanced. Johnson loyalists are briefing against the insanely ambitious Rishi Sunak, telling the right wing press that the former Chancellor is a socialist. Saying that Sunak…

Closer? Building a Scottish democracy that works

In the latest paper (re) making the case for independence, ‘Renewing Democracy through Independence’, the First Minister argues that there is a democratic deficit in which:  “Westminster retains ultimate power – even on devolved matters – and over recent years, as this paper shows, the UK Government has acted to override decisions of the Scottish […] Source