Author: Speymouth

Polls indicate the emergence of a Scottish independence mindset

Speymouth November 2, 2022

  Two polls published this week indicate thats voters in Scotland are losing faith in UK governance.  A poll by Panelbase for Believe in Scotland found that 50% of Scottish voters had more trust in the economic competence of the Holyrood government than they did in the UK Government. Only 28% had more trust in […] Source

Permacrisis

Speymouth November 2, 2022

The Collins dictionary has announced its word for the year, the word that sums up the past year. 2022 is defined by the word permacrisis, that’s what the UK has become now, a failing state led by the failing government of an unfit party that lurches from one crisis to another,…

Braverman’s brutal Britain

Speymouth November 1, 2022

Dear God, what a nasty, miserable, brutal, and cold hearted island we live on under this detestable Conservative regime. If you are a whiny bleating Tory snowflake who still supports this government when evidence of its institutional cruelty is so apparent and abundant you should not just be upset at being…

Brazilian Elections: The Fight has just started

Speymouth October 31, 2022

During the military dictatorship in Brazil, songwriter Chico Buarque (you might have seen his face before on this meme), wrote an iconic samba anthem that to this day is known as a rallying cry against authoritarianism. It happily declares that ‘Amanhã vai ser outro dia / Tomorrow will be another day’ and: I’ll pay to […] Source

Consultation on a Scottish Languages Bill

Speymouth October 31, 2022

The Scottish Government have announced ‘A consultation on our commitments to Gaelic, Scots and a Scottish Languages Bill.’ Read the full paper here: Ministerial Foreword – Scottish Government Commitments to Gaelic and Scots and a Scottish Languages Bill: consultation – gov.scot (www.gov.scot) They state: “The Scottish Government has made a number of commitments to the […] Source

The Long, the Short and the Appalling

Speymouth October 31, 2022

On Ukania’s Zombie economics, Batman and Macdiarmid. THE LONG, THE SHORT AND THE APPALLING: From The Province of The Cat by George Gunn. A long lived monarch dies. A short lived Prime Minister quits. An appalling constitutional, political and economic mess continues with no way out in sight. Welcome to the play, film, novel no-one […] Source

Sunak’s political honeymoon is already over

Speymouth October 31, 2022

The Conservatives continue to provide evidence of their unfitness for office despite the coronation of a new unelected Prime Minister who unlike the previous unelected Prime Minister looks as though he will enjoy a honeymoon period in office albeit one which is likely to be short lived and which will not…