THE cost-of-living crisis demands that the multi-billion profits of Big Whisky contribute to the Scottish public purse argues Bill Ramsay, convener of the SNP Trade Union Group. Source

Glenn Campbell, What will Prime Minister Truss mean for Scotland? The operation of the human subconscious is often more visible to observers than the human subject.  So when BBC Scotland’s political editor notes that “There are certainly dangers for unionists in adopting a more “muscular” approach – it could alienate moderate opinion in Scotland and […] Source

A PIPE was dislodged at the Elgin hospital on August 10. …

Paper Cup by Karen Campbell, Canongate Books £14.99 reviewed by Alec Ross. The great Scottish poet Robert Burns is referenced once, and once only, in Karen Campbell’s wonderful, empathetic, timely and moving new novel Paper Cup. But the truth is that while reading Karen’s book I couldn’t get him out of my head. The words on […] Source

Police and council both commend those who attended. …

At first it sounds like something from The Onion “Liz Truss set to secure the Union with new law to make it harder for the SNP to win”, but it’s not, its the Scottish Daily Express getting all over-excited about The Sunday Times scoop by Jason Allardyce (see here). It is a sign of absolute […] Source

BREWDOG – the country’s largest craft brewery – announced the closure of six of its UK pubs last week in a fiery statement which slammed the “clueless Government” for failing to take action on rapidly spiralling costs. Source

HMRC has issued a “winding up petition” to the company PPE Medpro Ltd which is linked to the Conservative peer Michelle Mone, citing unpaid taxes. Source

LAST week the Scottish Government released their yearly Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) report, the most intensely discussed set of statistics in the country’s constitutional debate … Source

THE future of town centres was discussed at the event. …

PEOPLE living in Shetland have been warned they could need to earn over £100,000 to avoid fuel poverty, according to the islands’ council. Source

Danny Pilkington, a tenants’ union activist and a freelance journalist, spent the day speaking with striking workers and protestors in Glasgow, at the CWU Post Office/ Royal Mail; GMB cleansing/waste; NUJ Reach Plc journalists disputes. He also spoke with people at the Glasgow Strike Rally on Buchannan Street, and the Power to the People Rally outside […] Source

WHEN discussing the huge UK energy price increases and all its consequences – including hyperinflation projected to be about 15% and strikes due to wage demands to meet these increased prices – what never seems to be mentioned is the real reason why the UK is in this situation. As Wee Ginger Dug mentions in his Saturday article, “the responsibility for this disaster lies squarely at Source