7 reasons Scots should be concerned by Liz Truss’ energy policy

The UK government is expected to announce a  cap on energy bills for businesses today,  but there is likely to be a delay before the details are clear. What IS becoming clear is the direction of Liz Truss’ general energy policy. Richer households will benefit more than poorer ones from the plans. Businesses have been […] Source

Is it safe yet?

Is it safe to come out yet? Can we now get on with our lives without being bombarded by incessant sycophantic drivel about members of a rich and privileged family. Personally I am sick to the back teeth of being told that the Queen was like the gushing interviewee’s grandmother. Although…

The Queue and the Vigil

The spectacle of The Queue, snaking its way through London like a massive gated airport system was an impressive one. People would queue in line for ten to twelve hours or more before spying the coffin lying in state at Westminster Hall. This weird event – and it’s surround media, which some have dubbed ‘coffin […] Source

Strength Through Unity – Unity Through Faith

Some of the more wildly optimistic delusions of British nationalists are that what we are witnessing is a ‘new nation being forged’ and that the experience of dazed supplicants shuffling through Westminster Hall will somehow wipe-away the social, constitutional and ecological crisis that faces us all. This delusion is perhaps understandable. The actual reasons for […] Source

Where do you get the name from Willy?

The much-repeated narrative about the collective hysteria we are being forced to live through is that this ‘national moment’ is inevitably forging a new ‘United Kingdom’ as the ‘whole country’ experiences collective grief and a unifying process that will slay any movements of self-determination in Scotland, Ireland or Wales. But as I have said elsewhere […] Source

Notes from Normal-island

Oh. My. God. This is totally messed up, he said, gesturing vaguely around at everything. The perfect indication of just what a crazed and insane place we have got to in this so called United Kingdom is that the most sensible public figures on social media right now are Jedward. Yes,…