Author: Speymouth

A matter of (dis)respect

Speymouth February 10, 2023

Members of Holyrood’s Finance Committee have for a second time written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, asking him to appear before a meeting of the committee in the Scottish Parliament so that he can answer MSPs’ questions about the impact of British Government economic and financial policies on…

The Conservatives are gunning for our human rights

Speymouth February 8, 2023

The European Convention on Human Rights was drawn up after WW2 in the Hague in order to ensure a framework of legal protections designed to prevent the rise of fascist regimes like those which had only a few years previously torn the world apart and led to the deaths of millions…

Oil company profits double but are they taxed appropriately?

Speymouth February 7, 2023

Shell last week reported an annual profit of almost $40bn for 2022 (£33.3bn). This is double their profits of $19.2bn (£16bn) for 2021 and smashed their previous record of $28.4bn (£23.7bn) set in 2008. Just today, BP also reported profits for 2022 of $28bn (£23.3bn), more than double the amount it made in 2021 and […] Source

Release Me

Speymouth February 6, 2023

Each month we feature some of the best fresh tunes just released from around Scotland. This month includes tracks from brand new albums by James Yorkston (‘The Great White Sea Eagle‘), Young Fathers (‘Heavy Heavy‘), Hamish Hawk (‘Angel Numbers‘), Callum Easter (‘Get Forever…Delete Don’t Want‘), Lindsey Black (‘Flight‘), Belle and Sebastian (‘Late Developers‘) and LT […] Source

There’s no delusion like Tory self-delusion

Speymouth February 6, 2023

There’s common or garden delusion, and then there’s the industrial strength delusion of former Prime Minister Liz Truss who in her brief time in office cost the public purse some £30 billion according to the Resolution Foundation. This works out at over £612 million for every day of her 49 day…