Starmer’s devolution deceit
Speymouth
As he launched his party’s election campaign for the local and mayoral elections due in England on 2 May, a little over a month away, Keir Starmer promised that if he becomes Prime Minister after the Westminster general election expected to be held later this year his government will introduce “full…
Elgin wedding band named best in Scotland
Speymouth
Moray arts groups receive £91,000 funding boost
Speymouth
Interim chief executive appointed at Moray Council
Speymouth
The power and mythology of collective memories of place in understanding Scotland
Speymouth
Andrew Blaikie, The Scots Imagination and Modern Memory: Representations of Belonging, Edinburgh University Press. The 1980s and 1990s was probably the heyday of Scottish cultural studies with the work of Colin MacArthur, Tom Nairn, Lindsay Paterson and others engendering a constant critique and (generally) healthy debate about historical and contemporary representations of Scotland nurtured by […] Source
Starmer’s most shameful U turn yet
Speymouth
Another day, another Labour U turn. It has got extremely tiresome to write that sentence, and no doubt equally tiresome to read it. Keir Starmer’s right wing U turns have become drearily predictable. At this point the only question is how many more can Starmer squeeze in before the general election….
Ferguson Marine boss sacked by board
Speymouth
Bearsden: ‘Beloved’ family-run Scottish cafe has closed permanently
Speymouth
How a former headteacher created an award-winning Scottish gin business
Speymouth
East Ayrshire: Scottish council gives green light to £150m whisky facility
Speymouth
Jobs blow as biofuel manufacturer to shut only Scottish site
Speymouth
Nike, St George and Destitution: Make England Great Again
Speymouth
In the week it was announced that 300,000 more children were plunged into absolute poverty in a single year at the height of the cost of living crisis, amid soaring levels of hunger and food bank use, the Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems all united to condemn Nike’s new St George Cross design on the […] Source
A Scottish Cultural Workers Boycott of Israel
Speymouth
On 7 October, Israel launched an extensive aerial bombardment across all areas of Gaza, hitting homes, hospitals, clinics, schools and essential infrastructure. This has resulted in mass casualties and destruction of civilian infrastructure. Since then: More than 30,717 Palestinians have been killed, around 51% of whom are children and women. Thousands more are thought to […] Source
Moray man who spat in taxi driver’s face told police “I was spiked”
Speymouth
Gordonstoun Pipe Band to perform at Hong Kong Sevens final
Speymouth