Wednesday 31 July 2013

Tocasaid: Euskadi - colour and culture against the big natio...

Tocasaid: Euskadi - colour and culture against the big natio...: Having been in the Basque Country for the past few days, I've noticed much in comparison with the situation at home in Scotland from ...

Tocasaid: The new Scottish dictionary - some suggestions...

Tocasaid: The new Scottish dictionary - some suggestions...: It is good news that £2million has been promised to the project which will create a new and comprehensive Scottish / Gàidhlig dictio...

SCOT goes POP!: Dramatic YouGov poll suggests that Scots are least...

SCOT goes POP!: Dramatic YouGov poll suggests that Scots are least...: Still no sign of that elusive YouGov poll on referendum voting intentions - there hasn't been one since October 2012, which in some ways...

Sunday 28 July 2013

Tarff Advertiser: Jim Murphy's last hurrah?

Tarff Advertiser: Jim Murphy's last hurrah?: The nasty vicious Nu Blu Labour civil war in Scotland continues, to the delight of the 'Yes Campaign' and the SNP with Milliband&#3...

SCOT goes POP!: Yes campaign gains support in latest independence ...

SCOT goes POP!: Yes campaign gains support in latest independence ...: The good news from the latest poll of referendum voting intentions conducted by Panelbase is that the Yes vote is up one point.  The bad new...

Thursday 25 July 2013

Scottish independence: Air and naval defence plans - Top stories - The Scotsman

Scottish independence: Air and naval defence plans - Top stories - The Scotsman

SCOT goes POP!: More evidence that Labour is heading for defeat

SCOT goes POP!: More evidence that Labour is heading for defeat: Although YouGov have yet to match ICM by producing a poll showing the Tories level-pegging with Labour, the latest one does show Labour'...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : GALIZA MOURNING IN GALIZA DAY // GALIZA ESTA DE LO...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : GALIZA MOURNING IN GALIZA DAY // GALIZA ESTA DE LO...: At least 78 dead and more expected. Such a horrible thing to happen. Nothing to celebrate today in Galiza Day. Today Galiza is crying ...

Tarff Advertiser: Tribal Warfare - Better Together's new ruse ...

Tarff Advertiser: Tribal Warfare - Better Together's new ruse ...: I wonder how many folk missed the recent leak from Better Together that their next big campaign will be to target 'tribes' within S...

Sunday 21 July 2013

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Sun’s shining – who needs politics?

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Sun’s shining – who needs politics?: What happens to campaigning when the sun shines and Scots emerge into a Mediterranean climate, set up the barbecues, eat al fresco and brief...

Frankly Independent: Here Is the News

Frankly Independent: Here Is the News:               BBC Scotland News, July 18th 2013           Here is the news: BBC Scotlandshire news provision i...

Iona celebrates anniversary of St Columba’s arrival - Heritage - The Scotsman

Iona celebrates anniversary of St Columba’s arrival - Heritage - The Scotsman

Munguin's Republic: HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?

Munguin's Republic: HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?: She’s not really my kind of singer, but no one could deny, surely, that Susan Boyle has a wonderful voice.  Be that as it may, I'...

Munguin's Republic: THIS WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO HIDE BAD NEWS (AND FOR...

Munguin's Republic: THIS WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO HIDE BAD NEWS (AND FOR...: I've just read John Humphries ' column over at Yougov on the subject of THE baby, which, I read, is due at any time now.  Appar...

Tarff Advertiser: Something is very rotten in ......

Tarff Advertiser: Something is very rotten in ......: .... Western capitalism. The biggest smell comes from the current so called 'neo-liberal' economic model of capitalism which I wo...

Thursday 18 July 2013

Tocasaid: San Fermin - Acts of Man

Tocasaid: San Fermin - Acts of Man: All cultures have their detritus. Some of it left over from less civilised times is filed alongside art, poetry and song under the catch-...

Monday 15 July 2013

Scottish independence: UK defence would be damaged - UK - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: UK defence would be damaged - UK - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: Isle of Man currency model - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Scottish independence: Isle of Man currency model - Top stories - Scotsman.com

Tarff Advertiser: That Was a Week that Was ...

Tarff Advertiser: That Was a Week that Was ...: With hind sight I wonder if those of us promoting the 'Yes Campaign' will look on the last week and be able to say this was the po...

SCOT goes POP!: Just 11% of Scots think Labour have a strong leade...

SCOT goes POP!: Just 11% of Scots think Labour have a strong leade...: One fairly consistent feature of GB-wide polling is that Labour tend to fare better in supplementary questions among Scottish respondents th...

The Real McGowan: UWS Scottish Living Wage SRC Motion

The Real McGowan: UWS Scottish Living Wage SRC Motion: Scottish Living Wage - SAUWS SRC Motion Lodged by Andrew McGowan After talking to staff at my union, the Student Association of the Uni...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Scrap Trident before it scraps humanity!

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Scrap Trident before it scraps humanity!:   The only sure way to get rid of the obscenity of the Trident weapons system – a system of mass destruction on a scale the planet has...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Will it really be independence?

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Will it really be independence?: " Will it really be independence?" stuff still touted by those hostile to Scotland’s independence, by the fearful and confused – ...

Firebrand councillor Billy McAllister resigns from housing association in protest over bedroom tax

Firebrand councillor Billy McAllister resigns from housing association in protest over bedroom tax

Saturday 13 July 2013

Logic's Rock: Captain Darling Tries to Polish the Turd

Logic's Rock: Captain Darling Tries to Polish the Turd: Don't get too excited, he fails miserably as all turd-polishers do. Following on from Yesterday's pre-release of key points of h...

Munguin's Republic: AND WHAT OF THE ENGLISH QUESTION...?

Munguin's Republic: AND WHAT OF THE ENGLISH QUESTION...?: Iain Macwhirter This is a well thought out piece by Iain Macwhirter about the new plans for an "English Parliament" within th...

Friday 12 July 2013

On this day in Scotland: Dr. Robert McIntyre

On this day in Scotland: Dr. Robert McIntyre: Dr. Robert McIntyre , the first Scottish National Party Member of the Westminster Parliament, was born on the 15th of December, 1913. The ...

Wednesday 10 July 2013

Flag wavering - Letters - Scotsman.com

Flag wavering - Letters - Scotsman.com

Scotland’s construction sector must think globally - News - Scotsman.com

Scotland’s construction sector must think globally - News - Scotsman.com

Blair Jenkins: Scots prepared for independence - News - Scotsman.com

Blair Jenkins: Scots prepared for independence - News - Scotsman.com

SUBROSA: Free Scotland

SUBROSA: Free Scotland

Social Investigations: NHS privatisation: Compilation of financial and ve...

Social Investigations: NHS privatisation: Compilation of financial and ve...: This list represents the dire state of our democracy. The financial and vested interests of our MPs and Lords in private healthcare. ...

SCOT goes POP!: A plea to Yahoo "UK" : would it be possible for me...

SCOT goes POP!: A plea to Yahoo "UK" : would it be possible for me...: As you can see from the top of the sidebar, I now mainly use a Gmail account, but I still have a Yahoo email account from years ago that I n...

Monday 8 July 2013

Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Is there pact to destroy the NHS?

Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Is there pact to destroy the NHS?

Charlie Jeffrey: Support for UK is flagging - Comment - Scotsman.com

Charlie Jeffrey: Support for UK is flagging - Comment - Scotsman.com

fleet street fox: Andy Muray's Wimbledon win...

fleet street fox: Andy Muray's Wimbledon win...: ... and why it's not a game for poshos is the topic of today's Daily Mirror column which you can read here . New balls please, Pri...

SCOT goes POP!: Underground, overground, Scowimbling free, the Sco...

SCOT goes POP!: Underground, overground, Scowimbling free, the Sco...: When Andy Murray defeated Roger Federer in a best-of-five-set match on Wimbledon Centre Court to win Olympic gold last year, I suggested tha...

SCOT goes POP!: Want to know how to help the world take a small st...

SCOT goes POP!: Want to know how to help the world take a small st...: If so, click HERE to read my 1000-word potted guide over at the International Business Times . If you're in a rush, the even shorter v...

Comment: Better Together? Not if you’re a trade unionist - Comment - Scotsman.com

Comment: Better Together? Not if you’re a trade unionist - Comment - Scotsman.com

Wednesday 3 July 2013

Hugh Reilly: Neet response to fear of independence - News - Scotsman.com

Hugh Reilly: Neet response to fear of independence - News - Scotsman.com

Frankly Independent: The All-Seeing Eye

Frankly Independent: The All-Seeing Eye:               A Greek black-figure amphora (540–530 BC) showing the all-seeing eye of Argus Panoptes         &q...

Frankly Independent: Surveillance

Frankly Independent: Surveillance: In the United Stasi of America, to which Edward Snowden understandably does not wish to return right now, citizens are apparently discoura...

Frankly Independent: Uses and Abuses 2

Frankly Independent: Uses and Abuses 2: Uses and Abuses was getting a little long in the tail. So here is the sequel. The story continues. What a movie this is going to make, inc...

SCOT goes POP!: Who's talking the most nonsense about Edward Snowd...

SCOT goes POP!: Who's talking the most nonsense about Edward Snowd...: Our old friend Rod "Scotland is NOT a nation" Liddle has penned a piece in the Spectator with the supremely ironic title "W...

Tocasaid: Lipmugi Etxarri. Art of Crass.

Tocasaid: Lipmugi Etxarri. Art of Crass.: From the Basque Country, a famous tune is plagiarised and young and old celebrate their Basque culture, old and new. Members of Hesian and o...

Tuesday 2 July 2013

Political News from Scotland (Free Scotland Now!): Farage gets Bum's Rush from Edinburgh: "They even hate the union jack."

Political News from Scotland (Free Scotland Now!): Farage gets Bum's Rush from Edinburgh: "They even hate the union jack."

Tocasaid: Gaelic for punks and hackers for Gaelic

Tocasaid: Gaelic for punks and hackers for Gaelic: Clachan to those who think that Gaelic can only be promoted by shaving something of the sacred cow that is Taxpayers' Money. Recent days...

Tocasaid: Aye can? My Erse.

Tocasaid: Aye can? My Erse.: Its census time and the onslaught against our indigenous culture continues. The auld myths about Scotland and her cultural roots are bein...

Tocasaid: When is a tongue not a tongue?

Tocasaid: When is a tongue not a tongue?: While it's always sad when a language passes, and every effort should be made to preserve our linguistic diversity, sometimes it ma...

Labour figures shun Better Together over Tory role - Politics - Scotsman.com

Labour figures shun Better Together over Tory role - Politics - Scotsman.com

No barriers to trade with a Yes vote

No barriers to trade with a Yes vote