Month: March 2023

5 Things you need to know from the Spring Statement (2 minute read)

Speymouth March 15, 2023

  Today, the UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled his Spring Budget for 2023. It included numerous measures aimed at returning people to work and weak attempts to tackle the cost of living crisis. This blog will break down the top 5 measures and cover them from a Scottish perspective.   Energy Price Guarantee Frozen The […] Source

No honesty in Budget about Brexit’s economic damage

Speymouth March 14, 2023

When the Chancellor of the UK Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers his budget on Wednesday, he will trumpet whatever sticking plaster measures he and his team come up with – but don’t expect any honesty about the damage that Brexit is doing to the UK economy. The UK’s growth is stagnant while other countries are pulling […] Source

Is the “Islamic Republic of Iran” a democracy?

Speymouth March 13, 2023

A look into the elections, government structure, and fundamental democratic features in Iran. The name of the political system in Iran since 1979 has been the “Islamic Republic of Iran”, so it’s a self-declared democracy, but is it a real democracy in its form, function, and nature? The question is, can we recognize a country […] Source

Wheen – New and Collected Poems by Stuart Paterson

Speymouth March 13, 2023

The power of the word, talking and our languages Wheen: New and Collected Poems, Stuart Paterson, Ulster-Scots Community Network £10. Reviewed by Sheena Wellington. “Nae need tae gan oan owrelang Aboot the lied, its history o trauchle Enough that we ken wi every leevin braith –‘ thi daith o ony leid’s a country’s daith” The […] Source

Gaslighting Britain

Speymouth March 13, 2023

The Lineker affair has been exhilarating but also embarrassing. Here’s a government engaging in what is clearly unprecedented neo-fascist and racist policies and the central opposition to that is a tv presenter. I mean, there’s a benefit to having Carole Vorderman, Gary Linker, Joe Lycett and whatshername off of Dragon’s Den as the Vanguard of […] Source

The BBC : enablers of British nationalist authoritarianism

Speymouth March 13, 2023

The BBC has always insisted that it is politically neutral and unbiased, even as it broadcasts a debate programme from the independence supporting predominantly working class city of Dundee with an audience that seemed to be mostly composed of middle class Brexit supporting Conservatives with English accents. Allegations of pro-government and…

SNP leadership candidates respond to Business for Scotland’s 10 key questions

Speymouth March 12, 2023

Last week Business for Scotland wrote on behalf of our members to each of the candidates for the SNP leadership asking them to answer ten key questions about the economic policy, relations with business, EU membership, and independence. We would like to thank the candidates not only for their time and effort to respond within […] Source

The urban myth of the GERS figures

Speymouth March 8, 2023

Recently The National newspaper had a week long series looking at the infamous McCrone report and Scotland’s energy potential, which successive Westminster governments have sought to minimise and downplay. As anyone who has paid even passing attention to the Scottish independence debate know, the McCrone report was commissioned by the British…