Quarter 1 of 2023 has seen Shell add to its already enormous profits from 2022. This week the oil and gas giant reported that in the first three months of the year it recorded stronger than expected profits of £7.6bn. This is higher than its figure from the same period last year despite a slight […] Source

IT seems that there is an inexhaustible supply of questions regarding Scotland’s economy … Source

As the coronation looms you can see your democratic rights being stripped away – as the basic right to peaceful protest is removed. But there’s another aspect of this that’s worth noticing as a convergence of ‘threats’ are recognised by the British State. One is specifically climate activism – here watch Just Stop Oil protestors […] Source

During their headline show, the girl group paid tribute to their friend Mark Sheehan, who was best known for his work in The Script. …

PASSENGERS can now book up to one hour before travel using a new 'easy-to-use' app. …

A BY-election called after a Buckie councillor resigned only 103 days into the job has cost Moray Council over £27,000. …

The orgy of propaganda we’re experiencing hopes to inculcate you with a sense of reflexive impotence and a (backwards) vision of Britain as a single unitary and ancient nation. While the Monarchy v Republican public debate can seem like a performative act, a sort of Punch and Judy of anger and debasement, the Coronation should […] Source

The surround-sound of deference is becoming deafening. The tat, merch and souvenirs are becoming ubiquitous and the drum-roll of propaganda is getting louder. Just as the memory of the Queen’s endless funeral fades – the next Royal pantomime arrives. A week after the Bank of England’s chief economist, Huw Pill told a podcast that “Britons […] Source

AN AIRLINE is to double its flights to the US from a Scottish airport next month. Source

A store on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street is closing down. Source

Republicanism – anti-monarchism or the sovereignty of the people When it comes to the term ‘Crown’, most people understand this to be the same as the monarchy.  When asked why they oppose the British monarchy, its opponents usually concentrate their criticism on the antiquated class structure this upholds, and the high cost of maintaining such […] Source

THE Port of Aberdeen is to invest £55 million into becoming the UK’s first net zero port by 2040. Source

  Scotland and England were releasing different figures until now Scotland and England have been measuring wait times in A&E differently – Scotland’s figures are from “time of arrival” but England’s NHS only started the clock from the time of “decision to admit” – that is not what most people…