Scotland’s severed tongues

The Scottish languages bill is currently winding its way through the Scottish Parliament. The Bill gives the Gaelic and Scots languages official status in Scotland and makes improvement to the support for the Gaelic and Scots languages in Scotland. This also includes changes in relation to Gaelic and Scots in Scotland’s…

Scotland is Not Northern Ireland

Scotland needs a different constitutional path out of the Union than that laid out for Northern Ireland, and a different one from that proposed by Stephen Noon and Kezia Dugdale with the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Glasgow argues Gordon Guthrie. John Taylor checked himself out of the hospital where he was […] Source

Truth, Progress, Humanity and Genocide

“People ask how I’m doing. I laugh at the chasm of the question. How is anyone doing? Climate catastrophes, genocide, the election from hell” so answers Sarah Kendzior, one of the most astute writers on the American crisis. While it’s mesmerising to lean-in to the US elections with a wry and smug complacent European superiority, […] Source

Praying for Persecution: How Anti-Abortion Activists are Waging a Disinformation Campaign in Scotland

After a long campaign spearheaded by Back Off Scotland, Scotland has this year passed landmark legislation making it illegal for anti-abortion activists to intimidate and harass patients and staff outside healthcare settings. The bill enjoyed tremendous popularity, sailing through Parliament with a landslide of cross-party support. However, some religious organisations and right-leaning news outlets are […] Source