Month: September 2022

Five Reasons Why Scotland Has the Legal Right to Self-Determination

Speymouth September 30, 2022

  The UK Supreme Court in London is considering whether Scotland can have a referendum on its constitutional future.  The case will be heard in the Supreme Court on 11-12 October 2022.  This week, lawyers acting on behalf of the Scottish National Party submitted a written case as to why…

The Great Tory Merdefest

Speymouth September 29, 2022

Liz Truss finally made a public appearance after keeping quiet for a week while her government burned down the economy, trashed the pound, threatened to tank pension funds and saw an emergency intervention from the Bank of England in an attempt to protect the British economy from the British Government. Interest…

The Tories: trash the economy and run away

Speymouth September 28, 2022

I rarely look at Twitter, it’s a cesspit of bile which is damaging to the mental health and well being of even the most robust psyche. Even less often do I look at my Twitter notifications, however I looked into Twitter on Wednesday to check on the reactions to Kamekwasi Kwarteng’s…

Mitigation – A-board

Speymouth September 28, 2022

Click to download Your ambition for the Scottish Parliament shouldn’t be limited to mitigating the incompetence of Westminster.
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Poverty of Hope in Laboratory Britain

Speymouth September 25, 2022

Just when you thought it was all over a new surge of sycophancy emerges. Today in The Spectator Charles Moore, Thatcher’s biographer asks: “Should Queen Elizabeth II be made a saint?” But as the fever-dream of monarchism subsides the harsh reality of broken Britain emerges into the autumn light. On Friday the new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng […] Source

Understanding Zombie Capitalism and the Limitations of the Posh Left

Speymouth September 24, 2022

Understanding Zombie Capitalism and the Limitations of the Posh Left: Learning from the Work of Mark Fisher k-punk: The Collected and Unpublished Work of Mark Fisher, 2004-16, Mark Fisher edited by Darren Ambrose, Repeater Books. Reviewed by Michael Gardiner  There are numerous politically-charged commentaries of popular culture in the UK and overseas, but few have […] Source

The real divisiveness is callous Tory greed

Speymouth September 23, 2022

One of the most common tropes of those who viscerally oppose independence is the complaint that ‘That Essempee’ has divided Scotland. This is a theme which is enthusiastically promoted by the anti-independence media. For example this week saw the publication of the most recent Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, which found that…