Author: Speymouth
Food shortages are due to Brexit not Covid pandemic, industry says
Bad Climate Media Awards
Today we’re delighted to be announcing our first Bad Climate Media Awards. It’s a brand new monthly prize for the most terrible journalism about the climate emergency. This month was a very tough competition with strong contenders in Alex Massie (The Times), Chris Deerin (the New Statesman), and Iain Macwhirter (the Herald). But this week’s […] Source
SNP MPs hit back at Andrew Bowie over Scottish Greens deal claims
Billy Connolly Lego set to be sold at Glasgow’s Buchanan Galleries
Edinburgh: Just Eat Cycles scrapped as Serco’s contract ends
Forget pro-Union GERS spin … the move to Yes remains strong
THE dust is settling over yesterday’s publication of GERS figures, which prompted the entirely predictable onslaught of mainstream media headlines suggesting they damage the case for independence. The fact is that the figures do nothing but boost the case for independence and since their publication key figures have stepped in to show how strong the […] Source
Another GERS report… another phoney ‘deficit’ for resource rich Scotland
It’s that time of year again – when the mainstream media and unionist commentators universally ask the wrong question. GERS is out today. That’s the report that explains how the Government Expenditure and Revenue for Scotland shows us underperforming European nations because we are part of the UK. The figures in the report suggest Scotland’s […] Source
HMRC reveals ‘absurd’ excuses from employers for not paying minimum wage
Nando’s forced to close two Scottish sites as Brexit disrupts UK supply chain
Falling
There’s a gruesome neat symmetry to the 9/11 Falling Man imagery and the doom-scrolling of the Kabul debacle; as people fall off planes leaving the airport. Remember it was the 9/11 attack was the pretext to entering Afghanistan – a war that has killed between 171,000 to 174,000 people and cost over $2 trillion – […] Source
Scotland’s oil was stolen – we must act to protect our natural resources
ALL of Scotland’s oil was stolen. Although 90% came from Scottish waters the entire value of it went to the UK Treasury – a ministry under English law. The first 91% of it was spent in England, benefitting mainly London and the south-east of England, on infrastructure, weapons of mass destruction Source
Universal basic income: six things you need to know
The largest conference ever held on universal basic income has been organised from Glasgow and will open tomorrow. At the same time the Scottish government will today begin work on an alternative idea when a cross-party steering group meets to push forward proposals for that has been described as an ‘’innovative, bold and radical’’ policy. […] Source