Author: Speymouth
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…
Family-run Scottish hotel to close months after new owners take over
RAF base to use ‘sustainable fuel’ for aircraft
British Airways flight between Heathrow and Inverness cancelled
Coach firm unveiled as finalists in three national honours
Labour takes the devolution ball away
To paraphrase the famous phrase attributed to the American author Mark Twain, there’s lies, damn lies, and Westminster promises to Scotland. The respect agenda and the promise of greater devolution made to Scotland by the Better Together parties during 2014’s Scottish independence referendum were comprehensively trashed by the Conservatives in the…
Devolution and The F Bomb
In the Scottish Labour party’s in-house magazine we are told that ‘Labour plan to bypass Holyrood and give direct spending powers to Westminster-run Scotland Office’ – SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Scottish Secretary Ian Murray’s department is to receive £150m to spend north of the border in a controversial shake-up.’ This is the sort of action expected […] Source