Month: August 2023

Labour’s moonbeams and fairy dust

Speymouth August 21, 2023

During an interview last week, Anas Sarwar, the branch manager of Labour’s Scottish Optional Identity Mark, told us that even though he personally opposes independence, that ““doesn’t mean you don’t have the right to support independence, or the right to wish a referendum at some point in the future.” Is Anas…

Review – Greater than the Sum of Our Parts by Nada Elia

Speymouth August 21, 2023

Review – Greater than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism and Palestine by Nada Elia True liberation only comes when oppressed groups rise together in solidarity and recognize the interconnectivity of our struggles. At demonstrations throughout Scotland and the rest of our Disunited Kingdom, we increasingly hear cries to Unite the Struggles. And so, […] Source

Remembering Lorna Waite

Speymouth August 20, 2023

Dr Lorna Janet Waite Born Kilwinning 27 August 1964. Died Edinburgh 12 August 2023 Lorna J. Waite grew up in the industrial town of Kilbirnie in Ayrshire. When she was a teenager, the economic and social heart was ripped out of her community by the closure of Glengarnock Steelworks. That governmental vandalism contributed to her […] Source

Buyer’s Regret

Speymouth August 20, 2023

Figures show massive numbers of buyer’s regret for those who backed Brexit. Grimsby, once Europe’s biggest fishing port, voted 70% for Brexit, but now voters say Brexit was based on ‘rhetoric and broken promises’ (How Brexit Failed England’s Premier Fishing Town). A poll this week showed 62% wanting to rejoin the EU. That figure might […] Source

The BBC’s toxic presence in Scottish public life

Speymouth August 18, 2023

There’s a definite pattern to BBC Scotland’s handling of Scottish Government stories. There is no point in the BBC continuing to deny it. The Corporation is not a public service broadcaster informing and educating the people of Scotland in an even handed and unbiased way about the issues of the day,…