Author: Speymouth
Tory MP tells David Lammy he may end up at the Hague over Gaza
That it took a Tory to call out the behaviour of the Foreign Secretary and the conduct of the British Government over Israel is both shameful and revealing. In an extraordinary moment in the House of Commons, Malthouse said he was ‘beyond words’ at Lammy’s inaction towards Israel. He told the Labour minister this amounted […] Source
lowercase: afro-scottish poetry, the bee & more
lower case highlights cultural events, new releases, short reviews, jobs and writing opportunities. Our focus is on small and micro press, radical publishers, and events from independent bookshops. Readers & bookshop events suggestions welcome. In Glasgow his Friday there’s the first Afro-Scottish Poetry Event, curator Chisom Okoronkwo tells Bella: “The Afro-Scottish Poetry Event was […] Source
How the French Left is Winning
The BBC’s institutional bias
Professor Richard Murphy has ended his chances of ever being invited back on BBC Scotland. On Wednesday morning he called out the Corporation’s obvious biases on the issues of Scottish independence, Israel-Palestine, and its constant platforming of right wing views and right wing news framing. During a phone-in on BBC Radio…
Criminal investigation is continuing into Scotland’s biggest ever wildfires
Highland MP wants local Horizon post office victims to get ‘justice and financial redress’ more quickly
‘Insult’: Labour refuse to reveal amount of cash given to English oil refinery
Pluscarden Estate hits the market for £6.5 million
Labour rushed to save English jobs. Why not my constituents’ at Grangemouth?
More than 170 jobs lost as Scottish cybersecurity firm falls into administration
Starmer, the Don Quixote of British politics
In the great novel of classical Spanish literature, Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, widely considered the first modern novel in European literature, the eponymous hero Don Quixote (an older spelling of Quijote which has become established in English ever since the book was first translated into…
Clean tech firm to use £3m grant to develop battery storage alternative
Poem That Avoids Arrest
Kneecap, Masculinity & Why Techno Is Ruining The Mating Game
An Impoverished Union
The media ‘influencers’ keep on accidentally making the case for independence. Here’s Richard Madley: Ricard Madeley asks Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald why she’s so keen on Irish unification when, in his words, Northern Ireland is close to being an economic basket case. “I think the core of that question is, why is the […] Source