Scotland and the Black Swan

On Saturday Jim Sillars posted a tribute to Alex Salmond saying “Make Alex’s death a call to unity … Recognise that a divided movement cannot win.” I think it’s fair to say that’s unlikely. Despite Jim’s plea some people decided to use the event of a funeral service to shout “Traitor” at John Swinney and […] Source

New Parties, Old Cultures

It seems like there’s been a re-set to the 1970s. Scottish nationalism used to be a fringe phenomenon confined to the back-rooms of pubs and the electoral margins, glorying in ‘Scotland’s Oil’ and venerating romantic heroes. Now, the political landscape feels to have gone back to those days. Clusters of people join online to discuss […] Source