Blog break

I’m going to take a week off the blog. Holyrood and Westminster have both gone into summer recess so there should not be a huge amount of political news to report on for a while. I am still very fatigued from attending the SNP Convention in Dundee, it’s taking me longer…

After Britain

Anyone who has lived through New Labour; Starmer’s posturing; the endless Royal deaths, marriages, coronations, Jubilees and divorces; the Johnson debacle; or Gordon Brown’s endless Federalism wheeze; will recognise the Parody Britain described by Tom Nairn. When Tom Nairn wrote of the UK as a “changeling Kingdom of Thatcher, Major and Blair — a parody […] Source

Labour’s Rough Wooing

“Scotland is a poor country, one of the poorest regions of Europe. Yet with its similar population and resources, it should be as rich as Ireland or Denmark … The reason is simple: that for the past century the Scottish economy has been allowed to lapse by being run from England in England’s interest”. This […] Source

Being Seriously Concerned

Let’s imagine there’s a news story which is very important. It has received a great deal of coverage, and quite rightly.  In fact it’s literally been front page, and for a long time. Then imagine, if you will, that this story has been politicized from the outset, for reasons which are clearly recognized and understood. […] Source

The SNP convention and a plan for independence

I had originally planned to write a proper blog piece on Sunday about my experience being on a panel with Lesley Riddoch and Gordon Macintyre Kemp at the SNP independence convention in Dundee on Saturday 24 June but the day wiped me out and I needed time to rest and recuperate…

Will a new Scottish pound mean higher prices in shops?

MEMBERS of the Scottish Currency Group continue their series explaining how a separate Scottish currency can be introduced soon after independence and the implications for the Scottish economy, Scottish Government, businesses, and households … Source