Month: March 2025
Whisky workers at several Highland and Moray distilleries balloted for strike action
Moray & Banffshire Heroes 2025: VOTE NOW for your charity of the year!
Moray West MP officially opens Elgin office
Open letter regarding Gaelic community development and the Scottish Languages Bill
To: Kate Forbes MSP (Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic). Jenny Gilruth MSP (Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills) and all Members of the Scottish Parliament. A chàirdean, We are heartened by the recent remarks by the Deputy First Minister that she is considering strengthening the provisions for areas of linguistic […] Source
Single malt whisky is ‘proud British brand and export’, says Labour minister
Oil giant behind Rosebank faces investigation over Palestine human rights concerns
UK Government rejects English bid to change definition of single malt whisky
Huge Scottish investment firm changes name after heavily mocked rebrand
Kenny MacAskill: Control over energy is still the key to independence
Alba, Jackanory and a ‘Very Strange Election’
The astonishing revelations about the lack of democracy within the Alba party keep coming. On March 1 the blogger Craig Murray revealed that he had been asked to stand aside from the National Executive by Alex Salmond, despite being elected. The former Ambassador wrote: “I have owed an explanation and I now feel free to […] Source
The Roots and Vision of a Nation
The Opening Address to the Convention on Scotland’s Future Greyfriars Charteris Centre, Edinburgh, 1 March 2025 Alastair McIntosh Good morning. What does it mean to be a human being? What does it mean to be in this body, with these people, standing on the solid ground of Scotland’s soil, right now? I ask, haunted by […] Source
The end of the Anglosaxon transatlantic alliance
Anyone who’s not a fan of Putin or who hasn’t drunk deep of the MAGA Kool-Aid was horrified by the disgusting scenes in the Oval Office yesterday when America’s extortionist in chief and his pet rodent JD Vance ambushed the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who was in Washington DC ostensibly to…