Thank you NHS Scotland

The NHS in Scotland is a political football, scarcely a week goes by without Douglas Ross or Anas Sarwar mounting an opportunistic attack upon NHS Scotland even though the NHS services in England and Wales, which are run by the Conservatives and by Labour respectively, consistently performing more poorly than NHS…

The Crisis of Growth and Capital

Something important has changed. The last two IPCC reports are significant in that they have identified the economy as the problem, not the solution. Faced with this harsh truth the ruling elites, supported by a pliant and cooperative media have engaged in a total backlash, attacking not just anyone who suggests an alternative economics, but […] Source

On Crofting, Landlordism, Rewilding and Depopulation

This is my home, not just where I live, but my “home” and part of my community. There are eight croft houses and an equivalent number of new houses set in a patchwork of fields, pasture woodland and blocks of trees. Soon to be surrounded if not overcome, by new forestry. It sits on land […] Source

Today’s news

The only news in town today is of course the reported arrest of the former SNP Chief Executive Peter Murrell as part of Police Scotland’s investigation into the party’s funding. The first thing to stress here is that with an arrest this matter is part of an active criminal investigation which…

Braverman’s Dog Whistle

The home secretary, Suella Braverman, announced at the weekend that the government will consult on a plan to ensure people working with children in England have a legal duty to report signs or suspicions of any form of sexual abuse. Of course, this sounds like a perfectly reasonable proposal by Braverman and Rishi Sunak. After […] Source