Month: May 2022
Scotland’s ‘best gastropub’ crowned at top awards ceremony
Gang takes four minutes to steak £100k worth of whisky from Moray’s Glenfarclas Distillery
Wind farms boosting Scottish economy with millions in tax revenues
Anglo-British nationalism : greater projection than an iMax screen
One of the most persistent and pernicious claims of opponents of independence is that the desire to see a restoration of Scottish statehood is motivated by nothing more than anti-English racism and a hatred of Scotland’s southern neighbour. It’s a claim which serves a number of purposes, which is why it…
Sir Angus Grossart: Businessman dies after short illness
Vagabond Voices: Scottish publisher blames rising costs and dwindling EU sales on Brexit
Independent Scotland would be wealthy enough to fund a just transition to renewables – and lower electricity bills
At the time of the 2014 referendum, voters were told it was too late to benefit from Scotland’s oil and gas. They would run out in 15 years, leaving Scotland depending on energy imports from England. Now, a windfall tax could raise £2 billion on the oil companies’ huge profits. And England imports most of its […] Source
M&S launches Union flag coated Connie the Caterpillar cake for Queen’s Jubilee
The state pantomime of Parliament
The bonkeroony Michael Gove
Boris Johnson considering windfall tax amid cost of living backlash
What does Michelle O’Neill’s victory mean for Scottish independence?
Last week, as the leader of the largest party in the elections to Nothern Ireland’s Parliament, Sinn Fein, Michelle O’Neill was elected First Minister. She can’t take her seat at the moment because the DUP is refusing to cooperate. Commentators in the Unionist press have fallen over themselves to point out that Sinn Fein’s […] Source
Greg Hands: Energy minister told cost-of-living crisis is ‘killing people’
The fragility of this so-called union
There are long term and short term lessons to be drawn from last week’s elections. In the short term, there are now serious questions about the position of Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross, who pins the blame for the catastrophic performance the Scottish Tories at last week’s local elections on Boris…