Month: March 2023
“This is what failure looks like” Scottish workers are £11,000 worse off after 15 years of stagnation
New research by the Resolution Foundation shows workers in the UK are £11,000 worse off a year after fifteen years of stagnation. It comes as the OBR warned that UK households face the biggest fall in living standards since records began, with real household disposable income (income adjusted for inflation) expected to fall by 6% […] Source
The foreign parliament
Family-friendly puppet show coming to Moray
Woman assaulted on Elgin railway platform
Glasgow hotel staff couldn’t explain rows of razors on walls
Lossiemouth Military Wives Choir to perform at Knockando Church
Announcing the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill
For a Scottish Republic. Not Our King. On September 18th, 2014, something truly remarkable in politics happened. By the time of the Scottish independence referendum, held on that day, 97% of Scotland’s potential electorate had registered to vote and 85% took part. This level of democracy is something unprecedented anywhere in the UK’s history. This […] Source
Be Social – Readers Discount
We have hundreds of posters distributed across Edinburgh. If you see one – take a photo and tag us and Leamington Books on Twitter or Instagram (@leamingtonbooks) – we’ll message you a discount code that will get you £5 off the Bella Anthology as well as free postage! There’s three different kinds of posters your […] Source
A new era in Scottish politics
It has certainly been a torrid week for the SNP with the sudden resignation on Saturday of the party’s Chief Executive Officer Peter Murrell, the husband of out-going party leader Nicola Sturgeon, amidst disagreements about the handling of the party’s leadership election. But the excited claims of sections of the British…
Glasgow shop from Still Game given alcohol licence
The End of the SNP’s Imperial Era, What Comes Next and the Politics of Liberation
The SNP’s leadership contest has not so far been the greatest advert for the party. Shaped by the end of the Salmond-Sturgeon era of the SNP and Scottish politics which has lasted for nearly two decades, behind the once impressive, professional and disciplined façade a deep malaise and decay has been revealed. In recent days […] Source
Alcohol industry ‘trying to obstruct public health policy’
Mortons Rolls restarting production after financial rescue
The real cancel culture is Tory cancel culture
To absolutely no-one’s surprise, emails and WhatsApp messages leaked to the Guardian newspaper show that the BBC “regularly” bows to pressure from the Conservative Government over the wording of its headlines and the framing of its stories. The whistle blower claims that among other instances of the BBC pandering to the…