The foreign parliament

We have now had the last media debate in the SNP leadership contest, and satisfyingly it has ended with the Scottish Tories clutching their pearls in one of their regular bouts of performative outrage. One of the topics that came up in the debate, as might be expected from a Scottish…

Announcing the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill

For a Scottish Republic. Not Our King.  On September 18th, 2014, something truly remarkable in politics happened.  By the time of the Scottish independence referendum, held on that day, 97% of Scotland’s potential electorate had registered to vote and 85% took part.  This level of democracy is something unprecedented anywhere in the UK’s history.  This […] Source

Be Social – Readers Discount

We have hundreds of posters distributed across Edinburgh. If you see one – take a photo and tag us and Leamington Books on Twitter or Instagram (@leamingtonbooks) – we’ll message you a discount code that will get you £5 off the Bella Anthology as well as free postage! There’s three different kinds of posters your […] Source

A new era in Scottish politics

It has certainly been a torrid week for the SNP with the sudden resignation on Saturday of the party’s Chief Executive Officer Peter Murrell, the husband of out-going party leader Nicola Sturgeon, amidst disagreements about the handling of the party’s leadership election. But the excited claims of sections of the British…

The real cancel culture is Tory cancel culture

To absolutely no-one’s surprise, emails and WhatsApp messages leaked to the Guardian newspaper show that the BBC “regularly” bows to pressure from the Conservative Government over the wording of its headlines and the framing of its stories. The whistle blower claims that among other instances of the BBC pandering to the…

5 Things you need to know from the Spring Statement (2 minute read)

  Today, the UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled his Spring Budget for 2023. It included numerous measures aimed at returning people to work and weak attempts to tackle the cost of living crisis. This blog will break down the top 5 measures and cover them from a Scottish perspective.   Energy Price Guarantee Frozen The […] Source