Month: May 2022

Tomorrow it’s vital to maximise the pro-indy vote

Speymouth May 4, 2022

It’s the local elections tomorrow, and as with every election in Scotland over the past few years, it will be used as a proxy referendum on support for independence. However the anti-independence media and parties will as always ignore votes cast for pro-independence parties other than the SNP when they try…

A dark day for democracy

Speymouth May 2, 2022

While the anti-independence media in Scotland, which is to say most of it, remain fixated on ferries, the Conservatives are getting on with the dismantling of Britain’s already fragile democracy. The collection of customs, practices, and laws which collectively amount to what passes for a British constitution are already hopelessly inadequate…

Westminster’s ‘toxic culture’ illustrates it is not fit for purpose

Speymouth May 2, 2022

The “toxic culture” at Westminster with more than 50 MPs facing allegations of sexual misconduct illustrates that it is “not fit for purpose” according to Ian Blackford, the SNP’s leader in the House of Commons.  Speaking after Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Commons Speaker called for “radical action” as more than 50 MPs face sexual misconduct […] Source

Elon Musk buying Twitter: ‘Disrupting’ often a red flag for ideas which erode worker’s rights

Speymouth May 2, 2022

WHEN people think of Silicon Valley and the tech giants that have turned San Francisco into their personal playground, I imagine many picture the golden sunshine and sprawling, trendy campuses of Google, Apple and Facebook; images of sleek robots rolling from administrative building to creative hub; coffee shops where world-changing conversations take place as the general public side-eye hip execs in the hope they might catch the next piece of tech in their pocket or on their face. Source