Month: August 2024
Time for a new indy strategy
With the SNP conference about to start and the post mortem of the party’s poor performance in July’s Westminster general election under way, it’s fair to say that there is now general agreement within the wider Scottish independence movement that the independence strategy inherited from Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon is…
Man in hospital after falling through town centre roof
Doubts cast on £1.5m funding to build replacement bridge
Volunteers transform section of popular walk
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Starmer’s honeymoon is over. I mean it was over a long time ago but now it’s over over. With some great stock phrases and familiar economics (George Osborne wants his policies back), Keir Starmer spoke of ‘tough times ahead’ and ‘No more sticking plaster politics.’ The slogan ‘Fixing the Foundations’ was rolled out, which sounds […] Source
Highlands and Islands’ best restaurants, food, and drink named in awards shortlist
Scottish vegetables producer strikes major deal with supermarket
A Highland Spaceport Fantasy
Living in the Ruins
Oasis may be re-forming but Britpop isn’t. D:ream’s ‘Things can only get better’ has turned into a nightmare. Labour’s new miserabilism – “things can only get worse” – is deeply ideological and is foreshadowing the government’s plans. In a speech today Starmer will say his government has inherited “not just an economic black hole but […] Source
Scottish distillery toasts success with new listings in major supermarkets
SNP ‘mimicking Labour with cuts claims – but Scotland has options’, Green MSP says
BBC Scotland’s definition of propaganda
Words have a dictionary definition, they also have emotional colouring which can be either positive or negative, that emotional coloration is an essential part of the word’s meaning and it is disingenuous to use a word with a strongly negative emotional colouring and to pretend that your use of the word…