Month: January 2024
Labour’s betrayal of Scotland
Speymouth
On Wednesday Anas Sarwar, the branch office manager of Labour’s Scottish accounting unit tweeted: “Every vote matters – and at the next General Election a vote for Scottish Labour is a vote to put Scotland’s voice at the heart of government.” However less than 24 hours previously Labour MPs had voted…
North-east businesswoman joins university as latest Entrepreneur in Residence
Speymouth
It will be a miracle if I score against my Celtic cousin says Buckie striker
Speymouth
Scottish crypto firm lands new partnership in bid to expand
Speymouth
BrewDog boss issues statement amid backlash against wage changes
Speymouth
Final frontier rocks up to Cullen Primary!
Speymouth
Scotch whisky industry brings £7.1bn boost to UK economy
Speymouth
One Tree Falling
Speymouth
When the times darken will there be singing even then? There will be singing even then. Of how the times darken. The quote is a translation by Edwin Morgan from Bertolt Brecht’s Svendborg Poems, published in 1939 while Brecht was living in exile in Denmark, having fled from Nazi Germany. It’s a quote I often […] Source
Humza Yousaf meets senior oil and gas figures in Aberdeen
Speymouth
A Seat at the Table
Speymouth
As the general election looms – the political parties have tried to establish their messaging and define their pitch to the electorate. The SNP have created a message that they want to ‘Rid Scotland of the Tories’ and it’s both a weird and clever pitch. In doing so they want to grab on to some […] Source
Hard Talk on Leith Walk
Speymouth
Public libraries have been squeezed and under threat for many decades; a manifestation of what David Marquand and others see as a long running assault on the public domain. Thankfully, many in the city seem to be in good health and well used. One of Edinburgh’s busiest public libraries, McDonald Road, is currently celebrating its […] Source
Ryanair: Airline launches new routes from Scottish airport
Speymouth
Scotland: Britain’s military waste dump
Speymouth
Ever since the British Government started to base its nuclear submarines and their arsenal of nuclear missiles on the Clyde in the 1960s, there have been protests in Scotland against hosting weapons of mass destruction just a few miles away from the largest conurbation in the country. The British Polaris programme,…
British nationalism, the politics of warmongering
Speymouth
Stewart Milne collapse: Scottish Government issues statement
Speymouth