The Westminster democratic deficit already stacked against Scotland is to be further increased by plans to cut the number of Scottish MPs by two and increase the number of English MPs by 10. Widespread boundary changes to constituencies are also planned and many constituencies will be renamed. The Boundary Commission for Scotland has launched an […] Source

CLAIM: “After 10 years of flatlining, people on low incomes are being paid more” – Boris Johnson on Andrew Marr Show, October 3 Source

CLAIM: “After 10 years of flatlining, people on low incomes are being paid more” – Boris Johnson on Andrew Marr Show, October 3 Source

“There are few results that would delight Vladimir Putin more than Scottish independence. Putin’s Russia thrives on spreading discord between and within Western democracies” Source

CLAIM: “Broadcaster Andrew Neil says the reason for a shortage of HGV drivers is ‘they only make 28k a year’ and that ‘we need to start paying people better, bigger wages’” – BBC Question Time tweet, September 16 Source

On September 16, OSF published the results of an opinion poll which, according to the group, “reveals that the nations of the UK are united on the key priorities” … Source

On September 16, OSF published the results of an opinion poll which, according to the group, “reveals that the nations of the UK are united on the key priorities” … Source

“Scottish independence will be ‘Brexit times 10’, warns Sturgeon’s economic advisor” – Daily Telegraph, 5 September 2021 Source

“Scottish independence will be ‘Brexit times 10’, warns Sturgeon’s economic advisor” – Daily Telegraph, 5 September 2021 Source

DAVID Mundell, who was previously sacked by Boris Johnson on account of being a useless waste of space, has now been appointed by Johnson as his new trade envoy to New Zealand. A country on the other side the world whose borders are currently closed to the UK and where his primary job will be to sell out his own farming constituents – which is, after all, pretty much what he did during the entire Brexit process, so at least he has some relevant experience for the job. Source

George Gunn Caithness Makar, playwright, novelist, chronicler of and from ‘The Province of the Cat’, essayist. and Bella Caledonia columnist, is well-kent to many.  This new collection of poems ‘Chronicles of the First Light’ is the fifth collection of his poetry to have been published, and the first published with Drunk Muse Press, one of […] Source

You couldn’t make it up. Source

Brexit has emerged as the main cause of deepening food shortages in supermarkets and restaurants and predicted Christmas chaos,  leaving attempts to divert blame on to the Covid 19 ‘pingdemic’ looking increasingly threadbare. The news comes as lobby groups for the retail and transport industries have jointly written to UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng warning […] Source

A SCIENTIST, Scotch whisky distiller, businessman and Burnsian has been appointed as an ambassador of the Robert Burns World Federation. Source