Monday 27 May 2013

Gauging Govan: Independence saves the Social Chapter and stops se...

Gauging Govan: Independence saves the Social Chapter and stops se...: It now looks certain that the British regime is to publish a Bill for a referendum which will give the people of south-east England the rig...

Spectator: Scottish Nationalism And Catholicism

Spectator: Scottish Nationalism And Catholicism: The level of debate on Scottish independence has gone through various phases over the years and while the Unionists point to SNP assertions ...

Spectator: Scottish Nationalism And Catholicism

Spectator: Scottish Nationalism And Catholicism: The level of debate on Scottish independence has gone through various phases over the years and while the Unionists point to SNP assertions ...

Frankly Independent: How Scotland Was 'Catcht'

Frankly Independent: How Scotland Was 'Catcht': The Scottish independence referendum which is to take place on September 18th 2014 offers an unprecedented opportunity to act upon "a...

Frankly Independent: Road to Referendum

Frankly Independent: Road to Referendum:               New book on the Scottish independence referendum released on June 5th           "A major new...

Munguin's Republic: THERE COULD BE AN ASSAULT ON OUR PERMANENT SEAT IN...

Munguin's Republic: THERE COULD BE AN ASSAULT ON OUR PERMANENT SEAT IN...: Oh no, anything but that... click to enlarge

Sunday 26 May 2013

Horror of first strike by Trident - Letters - Scotsman.com

Horror of first strike by Trident - Letters - Scotsman.com

Trust damaged by lies over oil - Letters - Scotsman.com

Trust damaged by lies over oil - Letters - Scotsman.com

Unionists no monopoly on past valour - Letters - Scotsman.com

Unionists no monopoly on past valour - Letters - Scotsman.com

Ruth Davidson under attack over Holyrood policy - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Ruth Davidson under attack over Holyrood policy - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Independence: McColl says ‘No’ vote bad for Scotland - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Independence: McColl says ‘No’ vote bad for Scotland - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Munguin's Republic: DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO GO TO ETON? ARE YOU TOO ...

Munguin's Republic: DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO GO TO ETON? ARE YOU TOO ...: HERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP Thanks to an article in The Independent we know the questions  for an Eton scholarshi...

Scots parents face £30 fine if children miss exams - Education - Scotsman.com

Scots parents face £30 fine if children miss exams - Education - Scotsman.com

Friday 24 May 2013

Campbell Martin: Bought and sold for English gold

Campbell Martin: Bought and sold for English gold: HIDDEN HISTORIES In the first of a series looking at the history of the Union from 1707 to now, Campbell Martin looks behind the myth...

Munguin's Republic: NORWAY, AS SEEN BY SOMEONE WHO WORKED THERE...

Munguin's Republic: NORWAY, AS SEEN BY SOMEONE WHO WORKED THERE...: The other day I wrote a  piece on Norway's National Day, which received few comments, probably because there wasn't that much to sa...

Munguin's Republic: CALLING ALL MAD SWIVEL-EYED LOONS... COME AND JOIN...

Munguin's Republic: CALLING ALL MAD SWIVEL-EYED LOONS... COME AND JOIN...: Click on image to enlarge. This is Ukip's ad in the Daily Telegraph. I'm amazed he didn't have something to say about  t...

Munguin's Republic: IAIN MacWHIRTER'S "ROAD TO REFERENDUM"

Munguin's Republic: IAIN MacWHIRTER'S "ROAD TO REFERENDUM": STV is to broadcast a three-part series examining the history and development of the independence question in Scotland. Road to Refere...

SCOT goes POP!: On grandiose claims about self-selecting polls

SCOT goes POP!: On grandiose claims about self-selecting polls: I've got nothing against self-selecting internet polls - I've run a few myself over the years, and they can be quite entertaining if...

Peter A Bell: Reasons for voting YES - 2

Peter A Bell: Reasons for voting YES - 2: Those who follow me on Twitter may be aware of my tweets stating reasons why I will be voting YES in Scotland's independence referendum...

fleet street fox: The knuckle-dragging jizz-stains of the English De...

fleet street fox: The knuckle-dragging jizz-stains of the English De...: ... and why they don't defend my England are the topic of today's Daily Mirror column which you can read here . If we're depor...

Monday 20 May 2013

Tarff Advertiser: Yes and No - what is the difference?

Tarff Advertiser: Yes and No - what is the difference?:  The Sunday Times (Scotland) poll by IPSOS/MORI in October 2012 largely supports the Yes Campaign's viewpoint of the trend towards a ...

SCOT goes POP!: Panelbase poll : Yes campaign closes gap to just e...

SCOT goes POP!: Panelbase poll : Yes campaign closes gap to just e...: I'll have to make this a very quick post because I'm in a mad rush, but the latest Panelbase poll on independence has thankfully con...

Friday 17 May 2013

Tocasaid: No taxi for Nigel

Tocasaid: No taxi for Nigel: Sometimes, living in Edinburgh, you kind of get used to living in the glow of history. Famous residents from Hume to Donnchadh Bàn. Super...

dcomerf: Sterling, The Big One

dcomerf: Sterling, The Big One: It's been the big issue of the past week, so let's discuss some of the currency options for an independent Scotland and the advantag...

SCOT goes POP!: Sturgeon wins first setpiece TV independence debat...

SCOT goes POP!: Sturgeon wins first setpiece TV independence debat...: I think pretty much every independence supporter who watched tonight's STV debate will have come away feeling considerably more confiden...

Wednesday 15 May 2013

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Nicola Sturgeon’s speech – 13th May 2013

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Nicola Sturgeon’s speech – 13th May 2013: ( N.B. All emphases, italicisation, etc. are mine, and represent my view of significance. They were not present in the SNP transcription of...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Pete Wishart’s speech in Commons EU withdrawal deb...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Pete Wishart’s speech in Commons EU withdrawal deb...: SCOTLAND AND FRUITCAKE. MY SPEECH ON THE UK’S EXIT FROM EUROPE Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP): In the few minutes availab...

AC/DC back plan for Bon Scott statue in Kirriemuir - News and features - Scotsman.com

AC/DC back plan for Bon Scott statue in Kirriemuir - News and features - Scotsman.com

Sràid of shame - Letters - Scotsman.com

Sràid of shame - Letters - Scotsman.com

On this day: Charles II restored king at Edinburgh | Wilson quit as leader of SNP - News - Scotsman.com

On this day: Charles II restored king at Edinburgh | Wilson quit as leader of SNP - News - Scotsman.com

Scottish Parliament’s first French MSP sworn in - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Scottish Parliament’s first French MSP sworn in - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Cardinal Keith O’Brien to leave Scotland - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Cardinal Keith O’Brien to leave Scotland - Top stories - Scotsman.com

100 New business people sign up to vote YES

100 New business people sign up to vote YES

Joan McAlpine: I welcome 'loser' Gordon Brown joining in the referendum debate

Joan McAlpine: I welcome 'loser' Gordon Brown joining in the referendum debate

Sunday 12 May 2013

Recruiting an army for William Wallace

Recruiting an army for William Wallace

An Fhìrinn: Would You Join?

An Fhìrinn: Would You Join?: An interesting question raised by Yes Scotland a few months ago was, how many Scots would vote to join the union if Scotland were already in...

Calum Cashley SNP: Scottish Politics Twitter League

Calum Cashley SNP: Scottish Politics Twitter League: Here's a Scottish Politics Twitter League compiled earlier today - obviously not comprehensive but a bit of an interest in terms of...

Calum Cashley SNP: Two grand extra to live in Scotland

Calum Cashley SNP: Two grand extra to live in Scotland: Scots pay a higher average tax than the rest of the UK.  Nearly £2,000 a year more - each. £1,890.38 more to be precise.  Here's how: ...

Old Glenbogle: More Orange than Dale Winton. A short dialogue o...

Old Glenbogle: More Orange than Dale Winton.

A short dialogue o...
: More Orange than Dale Winton. A short dialogue on the Monarchs we Share. Part Two. If you're reading this after Part One  yest...

Old Glenbogle: UKIP: a colonial view of Scotland.UKIP Breakthrou...

Old Glenbogle: UKIP: a colonial view of Scotland.
UKIP Breakthrou...
: UKIP: a colonial view of Scotland. UKIP Breakthrough! , screamed perhaps prematurely the press yesterday, as the English local governme...

Old Glenbogle: Nothing but a Pack of Cards

Old Glenbogle: Nothing but a Pack of Cards: Her Majesty the Queen opened another Gilbert & Sullivan-inspired session of the British Imperial Parliament this week, seemingly weighed...

Frankly Independent: Consistency

Frankly Independent: Consistency:               Dennis Canavan MP and Jack McConnell at an anti-cuts campaign rally at Stirling University (Brig magazine, O...

Frankly Independent: Catalonia Explained

Frankly Independent: Catalonia Explained:                A BBC documentary on Catalonia dating from 1979           Here is a broadcasting curiosity fo...

Frankly Independent: Secession in the EU

Frankly Independent: Secession in the EU:               For those who may be under the impression that Germans have no sense of humour - and I don't know where...

Frankly Independent: Scaremongering

Frankly Independent: Scaremongering:               La Gaceta, May 12th 2013         Hysterical unionist scaremongering emerges as an art form with the...

Munguin's Republic: SNAPS ON SUNDAY

Munguin's Republic: SNAPS ON SUNDAY: This is what they want. Yellow trousers explosion in a paint factory shaping the future to a racist, homophobic, isolationist future with ...

Trump to launch legal campaign against Salmond - Environment - Scotsman.com

Trump to launch legal campaign against Salmond - Environment - Scotsman.com

Half of Scots back right to send child to Gaelic school - Education - Scotsman.com

Half of Scots back right to send child to Gaelic school - Education - Scotsman.com

UKIP leader Nigel Farage insists he will play a key role in the campaign against Scottish independence

UKIP leader Nigel Farage insists he will play a key role in the campaign against Scottish independence

SUBROSA: Take Your Pick

SUBROSA: Take Your Pick

Better Together?

Better Together?

Forget ‘poundland’ and think dollars - Letters - Scotsman.com

Forget ‘poundland’ and think dollars - Letters - Scotsman.com

United we fell - Letters - Scotsman.com

United we fell - Letters - Scotsman.com

SNP MPs to block move for early EU vote - News - Scotsman.com

SNP MPs to block move for early EU vote - News - Scotsman.com

Independence: Brown urges Scots not to give up on UK - News - Scotsman.com

Independence: Brown urges Scots not to give up on UK - News - Scotsman.com

Michael Gove would back Britain leaving the EU - UK - Scotsman.com

Michael Gove would back Britain leaving the EU - UK - Scotsman.com

Thursday 9 May 2013

SCOT goes POP!: "You're an idiot - now go and play with something ...

SCOT goes POP!: "You're an idiot - now go and play with something ...: I realise there's a slight danger of turning this blog into one long transcription of my exchanges on Twitter, and I'll try not to m...

Immigration fear - Letters - Scotsman.com

Immigration fear - Letters - Scotsman.com

Obituary: Archimandrite John Maitland Moir, priest. - Obituaries - Scotsman.com

Obituary: Archimandrite John Maitland Moir, priest. - Obituaries - Scotsman.com

Accent clash - Letters - Scotsman.com

Accent clash - Letters - Scotsman.com

Eddie Barnes: Ma’am keeping mum on Independence - News - Scotsman.com

Eddie Barnes: Ma’am keeping mum on Independence - News - Scotsman.com

Independence: Purdah ‘would affect SNP but not UK’ - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Independence: Purdah ‘would affect SNP but not UK’ - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Wednesday 8 May 2013

fleet street fox: The Queen's Speech...

fleet street fox: The Queen's Speech...: ... and why Guy Fawkes should come back from the dead is the topic of today's column for the Daily Mirror which you can read here . No...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Confessions of a Cybernat.

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Confessions of a Cybernat.: I would have liked to title this blog I Was a Teenage Cybernat – just like the ‘B’ movies of the 1970s – but I wasn’t, because I wasn’t a n...

Tuesday 7 May 2013

Too much negativity in currency debate - Letters - Scotsman.com

Too much negativity in currency debate - Letters - Scotsman.com

Emma Cowing: It’s not ‘Glasgwegian’ Billy, it’s just … old - News - Scotsman.com

Emma Cowing: It’s not ‘Glasgwegian’ Billy, it’s just … old - News - Scotsman.com

Eddie Barnes: Nationalists are realising that a softly-softly approach can win more Yes votes than bullying - News - Scotsman.com

Eddie Barnes: Nationalists are realising that a softly-softly approach can win more Yes votes than bullying - News - Scotsman.com

Frankly Independent: Dancing on the Head of a Pin

Frankly Independent: Dancing on the Head of a Pin: As you may well not have failed to notice, last week a distinguished US economist, Paul Krugman , and the recently-appointed leader of the ...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Yes facts on Twitter - @moridura

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Yes facts on Twitter - @moridura:   Peter Curran ‏ FACTS, FACTS: If you are undecided about Scotland's independence, or know someone who is, the answers ca...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: 500 days to go before 2014 referendum – Nicola Stu...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: 500 days to go before 2014 referendum – Nicola Stu...

Independence: Top lawyer’s tweets spark race row - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Independence: Top lawyer’s tweets spark race row - Top stories - Scotsman.com

SCOT goes POP!: Questions to which the answer is "don't ask questi...

SCOT goes POP!: Questions to which the answer is "don't ask questi...: It's strategy, Jim, but not as we know it. The No campaign seem to have convinced themselves that the masterstroke that will win this r...

Tocasaid: Those Bitter Together 500 questions...

Tocasaid: Those Bitter Together 500 questions...: Think you missed one folks... Would Darling's eyebrows remain black once the BBC are forced to remove cricket from their news cov...

Logic's Rock: A Foray into Cybernattery

Logic's Rock: A Foray into Cybernattery: For the uninitiated, Cybernat (occasionally Cybergnat) is the derogatory term used by the Labour Political and Media Establishment in Scotla...

Logic's Rock: The Perfect Storm, The Shit Storm and Der Stürmer

Logic's Rock: The Perfect Storm, The Shit Storm and Der Stürmer: The morning of 1st May was surprisingly dreich as the Edinburgh summer of 2013 faltered yet again, so having merely gazed at the garden I s...

Monday 6 May 2013

Saturday 4 May 2013

Frankly Independent: Hype Cycle

Frankly Independent: Hype Cycle:              "[...] in technology, it is what happens after a technology fades for a time from the public eye whe...

Gauging Govan: Better Together's Rightist Inspirations

Gauging Govan: Better Together's Rightist Inspirations: I blogged a couple of days ago on the National Collective 's revelations that fully half of the anti-Scotland campaign's funding ca...

Gauging Govan: Anti-Scotland Campaign Is Deliberately Confusing V...

Gauging Govan: Anti-Scotland Campaign Is Deliberately Confusing V...: The anti-Scotland BetterTogether campaign, which shares a sponsor with indicted war criminal Zeljko "Arkan" Raznatovic, and is su...

Munguin's Republic: GOLLY GOSH, I MEAN OLD CHAP, WHAT SCHOOL DID FARAG...

Munguin's Republic: GOLLY GOSH, I MEAN OLD CHAP, WHAT SCHOOL DID FARAG...:   It's just not right, what! *Click for a larger image. Brookes, The Times. Congratulations to Nigel Farage and UKIP. They certa...

SCOT goes POP!: Disaster for Labour : local election results confi...

SCOT goes POP!: Disaster for Labour : local election results confi...: Leaving aside for one moment the London media's new-found love affair with a hard-right party (a match made in heaven if ever there was ...

English patriotism is one of the overlooked reasons for UKIP's rise » Spectator Blogs

English patriotism is one of the overlooked reasons for UKIP's rise » Spectator Blogs

Friday 3 May 2013

SCOT goes POP!: Here's why Labour are probably going to lose the n...

SCOT goes POP!: Here's why Labour are probably going to lose the n...: Until recently, I tended to go along with the conventional wisdom that the balance of probability points to a Conservative defeat at the nex...

Peter A Bell: Distinct voices

Peter A Bell: Distinct voices: In a piece in today's Herald , the paper's Political Editor, Magnus Gardham, displays his signature misunderstanding of Scotland&#3...

SCOT goes POP!: Clegg In Seventh Heaven As Libs Lick Lousy Loony

SCOT goes POP!: Clegg In Seventh Heaven As Libs Lick Lousy Loony: The future of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party was called into question tonight, as it sensationally found itself pipped for seventh ...