Keir Starmer’s speech to conference was one of the most stage-managed and vapid addresses I’ve ever seen. He is not a natural public speaker but could someone – some rich donor say – not have paid for a better speech writer? Sure, anyone can make a mistake, but to confuse ‘hostages’ with ‘sausages’ is beyond […] Source

A SCOTTISH castle has been put on sale for the fourth time in less than 10 years… Source

Scotland’s disastrous over tourism strategy is a sign of our political immaturity, our lack of insight and aspiration and our failure of imagination to diversify our economy. Elsewhere other countries are changing direction. We should take note. In June this year Jaume Collboni, Barcelona’s left-wing mayor, announced they would bar apartment rentals to tourists by […] Source

A SCOTTISH housebuilding company has gone into liquidation with jobs at risk… Source

SCOTLAND’S just transition commission has said a Scottish island’s experience of the transition to renewables  “provides significant learnings for the whole country” … Source

The true nature of the Starmer Labour party is on display in Liverpool this week, its quite the reveal. The crowds cheered as protestors were dragged out of the hall shouting: “We are still selling arms to Israel! I thought we had voted for change Rachel…” before being dragged out by security and put in […] Source

A SCOTTISH business which produces broccoli crisps has secured a nationwide deal with a major supermarket… Source

I’VE been living in Orkney for just over a year and one of the first things that comes to mind when I think about these islands – aside from the Old Man of Hoy or Skara Brae! – is farming … Source

A local council has moved towards permanently closing a rural school which has been mothballed for nearly two years. …

A rapper has “robbed” the bank of Scotland’s only Wild West town for a music video. …

The 30-year anniversary of the formation of a well-respected battalion has been marked. …

Ten years after the independence referendum of September 18th 2014 we live in a society run by political technocrats. You can call Alex Salmond anything you like – and many do – but  he was never a technocrat. What is strange about September 2024 is how similar it looks, politically, to 1997. A new “New Labour” […] Source

Edinburgh has a profusion of community garden projects injecting energy and optimism into marginal areas in the city. This article looks at a selection of these projects through the lens of  the ‘anarchist’ ideas of communal association.  The lockdown revealed many disparities in our society. One was the very different lockdown experiences had by those […] Source

LOCALS have spoken out after a planned resort development in Balloch was pushed back … Source

A video that has been circulating on social media shows the store filled with smoke as members of the public continue to shop. Source