Tuesday 30 October 2012

Tocasaid: Homegrown Horrors for Halloween

Tocasaid: Homegrown Horrors for Halloween: On Oidhche Shamhna - the night before Samhain - the door between 'our' world and the world of the dead was reputed to open, allowing for...

Monday 29 October 2012

Scottish Navy: Scotland is a maritime nation - how do we look aft...

Scottish Navy: Scotland is a maritime nation - how do we look aft...: @ScottishNavy " Scotland is a maritime nation with more than 11,000 miles of coastline, including nearly 800 islands, critical under-sea ...

Philip Hammond lays down gauntlet to SNP over Trident - News - Scotsman.com

Philip Hammond lays down gauntlet to SNP over Trident - News - Scotsman.com

‘Edinburgh’s tawdry, down-at-heel and tired’, summit told - Transport - Scotsman.com

‘Edinburgh’s tawdry, down-at-heel and tired’, summit told - Transport - Scotsman.com

Gauging Govan: The Five Stages of Unionism

Gauging Govan: The Five Stages of Unionism: 1. Denial There will never be a referendum on Independence. Not now, not ever. 2. Anger  The Government doesn't even have the right to ho...

Devolution godfather will vote for independence if No campaign lack answers

Devolution godfather will vote for independence if No campaign lack answers

Frankly: The Impact of Finance on Growth

Frankly: The Impact of Finance on Growth:                     For the benefit of those who are not reading the French-language version of the Paul Jorion blog ...

Sunday 28 October 2012

Scottish independence: Follow recommendations of election watchdog, warns David Cameron - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: Follow recommendations of election watchdog, warns David Cameron - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Gauging Govan: Bitter Together - hatred to the core

Gauging Govan: Bitter Together - hatred to the core: It was interesting to see, last week, that the ultra-right wing, anti-Catholic bigots of the Democratic Unionist Party are the latest suppo...

Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: A single question, but we still get three choices.

Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: A single question, but we still get three choices.

Weegiewarbler's Appendix: The Berwick Effect.

Weegiewarbler's Appendix: The Berwick Effect.: Elizabeth II – the illegitimate monarch. No, it’s not treason to state an issue that has the strong appearance of being supported by docum...

Frankly: Forward

Frankly: Forward:          First Minister Alex Salmond Scottish National Party conference, Perth, October 20th 2012         "...

Peter A Bell: The claws are out

Peter A Bell: The claws are out

SCOT goes POP!: Why are YouGov so convinced they can "improve" on ...

SCOT goes POP!: Why are YouGov so convinced they can "improve" on ...: I overlooked this YouGov poll on independence the other day, which essentially shows an identical position to the previous poll by the same...

Saturday 27 October 2012

Scots referendum yes ‘10 times more likely to succeed’ | UK News | Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express

Scots referendum yes ‘10 times more likely to succeed’ | UK News | Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express

Dispatches from Paisley: Some Thoughts About The Conference Season

Dispatches from Paisley: Some Thoughts About The Conference Season

Poblachd na h-Alba (Scottish Republic): From Independence to a Scottish Socialist Republic...

Poblachd na h-Alba (Scottish Republic): From Independence to a Scottish Socialist Republic...: Hugo Chavez democratically elected socialist President of Venezuela An Independent Scotland has a better chance of adopting not only pol...

Alex Salmond accused of bid to rig ministerial code inquiry - News - Scotsman.com

Alex Salmond accused of bid to rig ministerial code inquiry - News - Scotsman.com

Tocasaid: Alternatives to independence?

Tocasaid: Alternatives to independence?: Apart from the crazy notion of standing on your own two feet and doing things in your own way there are many reasons to vote 'NO!...

Scottish independence: Michael Moore seeks bigger role for Electoral Commission - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: Michael Moore seeks bigger role for Electoral Commission - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Peter A Bell: Certainty - and where to find it

Peter A Bell: Certainty - and where to find it

Lallands Peat Worrier: Uncertainty which cannot be eliminated, certainly ...

Lallands Peat Worrier: Uncertainty which cannot be eliminated, certainly ...: Not black, not white, but mingling motley.  If there was one lesson powerfully to emerge from the legal-political debate before the Edinb...

SUBROSA: NATO And The EU

SUBROSA: NATO And The EU

Friday 26 October 2012

Tarff Advertiser: Why there can be no 'Reasoned' debate on the referendum

Tarff Advertiser: Why there can be no 'Reasoned' debate on the referendum

SUBROSA: Two More Fatalities

SUBROSA: Two More Fatalities

The Courier - UK Government accused of 'hypocrisy' for refusing to release legal advice on independence and the EU

The Courier - UK Government accused of 'hypocrisy' for refusing to release legal advice on independence and the EU

Peter A Bell: Let's be clear!

Peter A Bell: Let's be clear!

Lallands Peat Worrier: Salmond: Nixonian, Clintonian, Delboyian...

Lallands Peat Worrier: Salmond: Nixonian, Clintonian, Delboyian...: And in a single bound, free . Well, not quite, but Alex Salmond certainly cleared some much-needed waddle-room for himself at this aftern...

Peter A Bell: Communication and understanding

Peter A Bell: Communication and understanding

Tuesday 16 October 2012

Lallands Peat Worrier: Blinded by the Westminster prism...

Lallands Peat Worrier: Blinded by the Westminster prism...: On the theme of significant political images , yesterday afforded another telling little scene, courtesy of the BBC's midday Daily Politi...

The Hidden Ireland...: Guards flaunt the law with impunity!

The Hidden Ireland...: Guards flaunt the law with impunity!: “There can be but one conclusion: this important element of the language legislation is now, for all intents and purposes, in crisis:” the C...

Scottish Independence: Alex Salmond challenges David Cameron to TV debate - News - Scotsman.com

Scottish Independence: Alex Salmond challenges David Cameron to TV debate - News - Scotsman.com

Eddie Barnes: All is changed – the independence genie cannot go back in the bottle - Comment - Scotsman.com

Eddie Barnes: All is changed – the independence genie cannot go back in the bottle - Comment - Scotsman.com

Dr Steven Reid: A union of two crowns - Comment - Scotsman.com

Dr Steven Reid: A union of two crowns - Comment - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: ‘An historic day’ as referendum deal is signed - The Scotsman - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: ‘An historic day’ as referendum deal is signed - The Scotsman - Scotsman.com

Frankly: Annexation

Frankly: Annexation: "It has been the misfortune of our country to have had our records twice destroyed by an English Usurpation, with a de...

Monday 15 October 2012

ianssmart: Why I got it wrong

ianssmart: Why I got it wrong: Alright, it does appear now more likely than not that there will be a referendum. I am finally forced to make that concession by a single ...

Scottish independence: Alex Salmond given to end of 2014 for referendum - The Scotsman - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: Alex Salmond given to end of 2014 for referendum - The Scotsman - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: The key battlegrounds in run-up to the referendum - The Scotsman - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: The key battlegrounds in run-up to the referendum - The Scotsman - Scotsman.com

Lallands Peat Worrier: The Edinburgh Agreement: legally, what does it mea...

Lallands Peat Worrier: The Edinburgh Agreement: legally, what does it mea...: In Scotland today, one group of people are lachrymose, their disappointment stinging.  This afternoon the Scottish and Westminster govern...

Lallands Peat Worrier: Cameron: a willing actor in Salmond's drama?

Lallands Peat Worrier: Cameron: a willing actor in Salmond's drama?: Just a brief supplementary observation on top of what one reader described as this afternoon's whistle-stop tour through the main implicat...

Sunday 14 October 2012

The Hidden Ireland...: Adams modestly hits the nail on the head!

The Hidden Ireland...: Adams modestly hits the nail on the head!: A correction to Miriam Lord, a backhanded compliment for Enda Kenny and a short exposition of his philosophy on speaking Irish. The follow...

Saturday 13 October 2012

Even loyal labour voters won't back No campaign

Even loyal labour voters won't back No campaign

UK and Scottish Government reach referendum deal

UK and Scottish Government reach referendum deal

Tory minister issues snotty grammar rules for mandarins

Tory minister issues snotty grammar rules for mandarins

Ruth Davidson is losing more hearts and minds

Ruth Davidson is losing more hearts and minds

Tocasaid: Rutting season

Tocasaid: Rutting season: The Scottish word for October is Dàmhair and describes the time of year when the stags would descend from the mountains and rut in the gl...

SCOT goes POP!: Ten reasons why Scottish independence isn't "point...

SCOT goes POP!: Ten reasons why Scottish independence isn't "point...: Except in fairly extreme circumstances, it's probably a bit silly to call for a boycott of anything. But from a personal point of view, I m...

Tuesday 2 October 2012

Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Perspectives – Something that is Lacking in Labour.

Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Perspectives – Something that is Lacking in Labour.

Labour Party Conference: Ed Miliband makes pitch for the centre ground - Politics - Scotsman.com

Labour Party Conference: Ed Miliband makes pitch for the centre ground - Politics - Scotsman.com

Labour Party Conference: Johann Lamont accuses SNP of being ‘dishonest on independence’ - Politics - Scotsman.com

Labour Party Conference: Johann Lamont accuses SNP of being ‘dishonest on independence’ - Politics - Scotsman.com

WELSH RADICAL REPUBLICAN FRONTLINE.: A WELSH REPUBLICAN REALITY OR JUST 'GREEN PLAID' P...

WELSH RADICAL REPUBLICAN FRONTLINE.: A WELSH REPUBLICAN REALITY OR JUST 'GREEN PLAID' P...: HHHhhmmm!!! Trap  perhaps  not although I have no problem in declaring as I have already done way back when this was an issue, that both C...

Tocasaid: A menagerie of Tories

Tocasaid: A menagerie of Tories: As collective nouns go, it could be worse. A fossil of Tories? A coffin of Tories? A toley of Tories? A bastard of Tories? Whatever, ba...

Tocasaid: Scottish punk rock: Dùisg!

Tocasaid: Scottish punk rock: Dùisg!: Compared to the Basque Country or even our Celtic cousins in Cymru, Scotland has a paucity of bands composing new material in her own la...

A Scottish Liberal: I challenge Simon Hughes on our pluralist credentials

A Scottish Liberal: I challenge Simon Hughes on our pluralist credentials

Scottish independence: Academics examine EU future - Politics - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: Academics examine EU future - Politics - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: Referendum should have tight spending limits, says Alex Salmond - Politics - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: Referendum should have tight spending limits, says Alex Salmond - Politics - Scotsman.com

Monday 1 October 2012

Labour Party conference: Ed Miliband to launch attack on ‘forces of division’ as Johann Lamont set to portray First Minister as heir to Margaret Thatcher - News - Scotsman.com

Labour Party conference: Ed Miliband to launch attack on ‘forces of division’ as Johann Lamont set to portray First Minister as heir to Margaret Thatcher - News - Scotsman.com

Independent Scots would have to apply to rejoin EU, says Lord Wallace - News - Scotsman.com

Independent Scots would have to apply to rejoin EU, says Lord Wallace - News - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: Only Labour can stop UK break-up, says Ed Miliband - The Scotsman - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: Only Labour can stop UK break-up, says Ed Miliband - The Scotsman - Scotsman.com

The Lockerbie Case: The dead still wait...

The Lockerbie Case: The dead still wait...

Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Either Holyrood or Westminster must go.

Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Either Holyrood or Westminster must go.

Scotland Says Yes: Toxic words from Tom Greatrex, the Pearly King of ...

Scotland Says Yes: Toxic words from Tom Greatrex, the Pearly King of ...: How many thousands of jobs might an Independent Scotland create by not investing in Nuclear by renewables, education and health?

Alba Matters: Douglas Alexander: he devolves, but he doesn't... Revolve

Alba Matters: Douglas Alexander: he devolves, but he doesn't... Revolve

SCOT goes POP!: European Ryder Cup team puts Team GB to shame : th...

SCOT goes POP!: European Ryder Cup team puts Team GB to shame : th...: What a joy the last three days have been. Unfortunately I only managed to catch the occasional bit of Andy Murray's charge towards the US O...

A Sair Fecht: Inside Salmond's Mind: It's Obvious

A Sair Fecht: Inside Salmond's Mind: It's Obvious: We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. (George Orwell) It is, perhaps, a ...

Labour For Independence: An Apology of Sorts

Labour For Independence: An Apology of Sorts: " I get why your angry, I'm angry too" Earlier this week I posted my rebuttal to Johann Lamonts big new policy speech. I have to be th...