Backing Bella 2025

Speymouth April 28, 2025

So, we hit our target of £20,000! A massive thanks to everyone who supported us. That’s such a huge boost for us, and it is especially appreciated in hard times. For anyone who still wants to support us, you can do so HERE. We’ve already made some changes to the site as promised. You’ll notice […] Source

Shining a linguistic light on pronouns

Speymouth April 23, 2025

In recent years the previously innocuous, even arcane, matter of pronouns has become intensely politicised in the often toxic debate around trans issues. I’ve tended to steer clear of this topic, partly because as a newly disabled person who was coming to terms with the life-altering effects of a massive stroke…

Starmer’s failure is Scotland’s opportunity

Speymouth April 22, 2025

What exactly is the point of Starmer’s supposedly Labour government? Just a few days after we learned that Starmer and his Chancellor Rachel Reeves are considering tax cuts for billionaire tech oligarchs, we discover that Labour ministers are ruling out the abolition of the two child benefit cap on the grounds…

Bad Religion and the Great Egg Hunt

Speymouth April 22, 2025

Every Easter and Christmas along come the same people trundling out the same weird Christian victimhood. Right on queue here’s Robert Jenrick: This is, of course, performative outrage from people who are far happier waging culture wars than looking at the state of British society. It’s making great (and desperate) claims about ‘Britain’ that don’t […] Source

Gen Z, the Demographic Timebomb and the Union’s Lifestyle Silo Problem

Speymouth April 21, 2025

Mark McGeoghegan, a researcher at the Centre for Constitutional Change at Edinburgh University has published a study asking ‘Is Scottish independence inevitable?’ which looks at the relationship between birth cohort and secessionism in Scotland. In plain language – do people change their views on the constitution as they grow older? McGeoghegan explains the background to […] Source