An independent Scotland will rejoin the EU  Brexit has been an unmitigated disaster for Scotland Brexit has seriously damaged Scottish exports, cost jobs, slowed our economy and robbed our communities of essential EU funding that the disintegrating UK Government can’t replace. Despite Scotland rejecting Brexit with a landslide 62%…

  Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s headline increases in spending mask underlying declines. Make no mistake- this is an austerity budget and it’s not that well disguised. The spend on the NHS will not be nearly enough to bring health spending in line with other developed countries. The UK has spent about 20 percent less per person […] Source

THE UK Government is under increasing pressure to overhaul the energy system in a plan that proponents say would save £18 billion a year. Source

  Almost two-thirds of Scots say the UK will break up within a decade, and half think it will take just five years, according to a new poll by Ipsos Mori.  Half of Scots want Scotland to vote for independence, with another 4% saying they don’t mind either way. And…

Believe in Scotland will share summaries of main parties’ priorities for an independent Scotland as their proposals are released.  The Scottish Greens produced the first in a series of “green papers” setting out its vision for an independent Scotland last week, titled: “Independence: For people, for planet“. The Greens are…

LIGHTING up the darkness to honour patron saint of Lossiemouth. …

1869 families in Moray are set to receive a income boost, due to an increase to the Scottish Child Payment. …

THE cost of living crisis may be hitting pockets hard but that has not stopped Buckie folk spreading a bit of festive joy. …

On 27 October, Şebnem Korur Fincancı, the Head of the Turkish Medical Association, was remanded in custody, charged with terrorist propaganda. Her offense? After watching a harrowing video of dying Kurdish guerrillas, Fincancı had called for an independent investigation into allegations of Turkish use of chemical weapons. As Fincancı observed when the state responded to […] Source

Anti-fascist solidarity with Kurdistan: Scotland v Turkey game  On November 16th, Scotland’s football team is due to play Turkey in a friendly game at Diyarbakır stadium in Turkey’s south-east, the north of Kurdistan, in the region’s biggest city. In Turkey, the Kurdish people are the country’s biggest ethnic minority at around 20% of the population. […] Source

AROUND 1600 jobs are under threat after fashion retailer Joules revealed it is set to appoint administrators following a failure to secure a vital cash injection. Source

LEADERS in Scotland’s renowned glass sector are calling for more support for the industry to protect jobs and nurture new talent. Source

This article is available in audio format as the first episode of our new podcast 56 Degrees North. You can listen on Anchor or Spotify. I used to write a lot about nostalgia. You probably preferred the earlier stuff. But now, as we look across at the unspooling shambles in Sharm el-Sheikh, our sense of […] Source

THERE is controversy this week about Scotland’s true renewable energy generation potential Source