The Suicidal Nostalgia of the Anti–Net Zero Coalition

It should be uncontroversial to state that ‘net zero’ names a limited, corporate, technocratic horizon of decarbonisation. Numerous climate scientists have said as much themselves, calling net zero targets a ‘dangerous trap’ that slows necessary decarbonisation efforts by banking on the meso-scale deployment of future carbon removal technologies. The road to net zero is paved […] Source

Hotel Caledonia

A few years ago, the Unionist community realised that their previous line that we should abandon thoughts of independence because we were in a ‘Partnership of Equals’ was ridiculous and indefensible by even the most casual glance at reality. So what they did was they pretended they’d never said that, and it was just a […] Source

Weaponising Morality and the Zone of Interest

The idea that Palestine Action – people taking NVDA against the weapons of genocide – should be proscribed as a ‘terrorist group’ is a pitiful indictment of our current government’s complicity in atrocities in Gaza and of the absurdity of our current predicament. Palestine Action’s response was clear: “Today we exposed Britain’s direct involvement in […] Source

The Scottish languages bill

The Scottish Parliament has unanimously passed the Scottish Languages Bill. The bill will pass into law once it receives the formality of royal consent. The bill makes Gaelic and Scots official languages in Scotland and also introduces measures aimed at boosting the use and development of both languages. Making Gaelic and…

My mum, an update

I thought I should give an update on my mum. It’s fair to say that this past week has been the hardest our family has faced. My mum wasn’t just mother to myself and my brother and sisters, she also stepped in to look after her brother and sisters after her…