Month: June 2023
Bristol Bar faces liquidation as ‘wind up’ notice issued to courts
Speymouth
The UK’s “Weak” National Grid is Crippling Scottish Business
Speymouth
The UK’s privatised national energy grid is “weak” and nowhere near where it should be to support the transition to green energy. For some privileged people like Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the lack of capacity can be overcome – he paid tens of thousands to upgrade the grid near his home to heat his personal […] Source
Crispin Odey’s hedge fund moves to break itself up
Speymouth
Johnson the liar and bully who led a lying and bullying party
Speymouth
Everyone always knew that Boris Johnson was an entitled liar and a bully who has never taken responsibility for his behaviour at any point in his life. Now it’s official, the Commons Privileges Committee has published a damning and brutal report which finds that not only had Johnson lied repeatedly to…
British Labour’s Daily Retreat
Speymouth
As Adam Bienkov from Byline Times has noted: “it turns out that everything that’s gone wrong in the last 13 years is the fault of a future government that doesn’t yet exist” … In reverse proportion to the hysteria about Starmer’s supposedly incoming government is the actual reality of Starmer’s incoming government which is characterised […] Source
Ross ‘concerned’ by unfilled posts at Dr Gray’s
Speymouth
Can you Support the Young Person’s Guarantee?
Speymouth
Minister agrees to visit Dr Gray’s to discuss maternity services
Speymouth
Now for some good news
Speymouth
Like many people who support Scottish independence and who recognise that the SNP and Green Scottish Government is the only credible political vehicle for delivering independence, I was shocked – but not hugely surprised – by yesterday’s news that Nicola Sturgeon had been arrested for questioning by the police as part…
All LloydsPharmacy branches in UK Sainsbury’s to close today
Speymouth
Scotland’s Folk Film Gathering 2023
Speymouth
The World’s first festival of folk cinema returns to Edinburgh from 12th – 29th June with screenings at Cameo, Scottish Storytelling Centre and North Edinburgh Arts plus online. Curated by Transgressive North, the Folk Film Gathering is the world’s first folk film festival, screening films that celebrate the lived experiences of communities worldwide since its […] Source
Multi-option vs. binary referendum pros and cons
Speymouth
The Scottish Government’s independence minister Jamie Hepburn has suggested that the SNP should consider the possibility of a multi-option referendum on Scotland’s constitutional future. The following options seem to be logically possible 1) independence, 2) Devo Max, 3) Crown dependency status, 4) the Status Quo, 5) a return to direct rule…
Empire State of Mind
Speymouth
On June 22, 1969, an oil slick caught fire on the Cuyahoga River just southeast of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. After Time magazine dedicated its front cover to the incident it became the poster child of the environmental movement. The visual impact of a river on fire blew peoples minds and was regarded as the catalyst […] Source
What Scotland needs to thrive
Speymouth
Lesley Riddoch, Thrive: the freedom to flourish, Luath Press, Paperback, £10.99. Reviewed by Niamh McNulty Nearly ten years on from the referendum, Riddoch has made the case for Scottish independence lively once again. Instead of that stale, decade old argument mired in dry and overwhelming policy debate, quibbling over the minutiae of the currency question […] Source
The CBI appears to be doomed – and it will not be mourned
Speymouth