Author: Speymouth
Greggs opening 150 stores in the UK – see the sites revealed in Scotland
Clothing retailer ‘closing down’ Glasgow city centre store
Scotland’s EU trade slowly strangled by Brexit red tape
For 16 months in a row, exports from the UK have fallen, due to Brexit. Businesses say they are losing their EU customers. They prefer to avoid the Brexit-related customs checks, delays and uncertainty that dealing with Scottish business now entails, by switching to suppliers in the single market. The effects are uneven – oil […] Source
Quantifying BBC bias
Anyone who follows the Scottish independence debate will be aware that the BBC’s reputation for fairness and impartiality comes with an important caveat: Except for viewers in Scotland. During the independence referendum campaign in 2014 the BBC was shameless in its shilling for Britain. The examples are legion. The Corporation gave…
Moray police officer receives volunteering award
Breaking News: Transport Minister steps down
Moray Council condemns ‘offensive and abusive’ comments following drag queen story-time event announcement
Scottish Football: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
As Scottish football grinds to a shuddering halt, we cast our eye over the health of the game. As @AgentScotland points out: this year saw the highest total attendances since the 1950s; eleven out of twelve teams posted increased attendances; we have the highest attendance per capita in World Football; the sixth highest attendances top […] Source
The Whiteness of Scottish Fan Media
As part of our mini-series at the end of season 2022/23, Joe McCann looks at the state of fan media replicating old forms of representation. A couple of days before The Scottish League Cup Final, The Overlap dropped their preview of the game on YouTube. Kelly Somers, Chris Sutton, and Ally McCoist fronted the programme […] Source
Wee Ginger Crowd Funder 2023
Media watch – Scotland does not have a problem with ‘raw sewage’ being ‘dumped’ in rivers
Campaign to save Kilgraston School raises £1.2m
Sunak’s trying to hide from accountability
The Official Inquiry into the government’s handling of the covid pandemic will probably go the same way as other official inquiries into the British government’s handling of other important isues. It will be characterised by arse-covering, blame shifting, deflection, pathetic excuses, the scapegoating of minor players, and then nothing much of…