Friday 23 November 2018

Sunday 18 November 2018

SCOT goes POP!: The Daily Mail should be careful what it wishes fo...

SCOT goes POP!: The Daily Mail should be careful what it wishes fo...: One of the amusing subplots of the recent Brexit chaos has been the way the Daily Mail , which previously regarded any form of compromise wi...

Friday 16 November 2018

Monday 12 November 2018

The Scottish Scaremonger: Dark Clouds Ahead - Coming Soon

The Scottish Scaremonger: Dark Clouds Ahead - Coming Soon: Coming soon from Scaremonger Books A new collection from Scotland's foremost political and economic soothsayer. An antidote...

MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: May's Resignation Blues

MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: May's Resignation Blues: Well Ms May's cabinet unity on Brexit lasted long, didn't it. Even Bojo's giant tin of turd polish could not keep the shine o...

SCOT goes POP!: New podcast

SCOT goes POP!: New podcast: Just a quick note to let you know that myself and Peter A Bell are the guests on this week's edition of the Through a Scottish Prism po...

Wednesday 3 October 2018

SCOT goes POP!: Britain is now a prison - the SNP must set out its...

SCOT goes POP!: Britain is now a prison - the SNP must set out its...: Britain is no longer the country that most of us grew up in, and the transformation has been incredibly recent and sudden.  Every Prime Mini...

Monday 24 September 2018

SCOT goes POP!: Corbyn's day of infamy as Labour become the party ...

SCOT goes POP!: Corbyn's day of infamy as Labour become the party ...: If it was the case that Labour were simply saying that winning a majority in Scotland at the next general election would constitute a mandat...

Wednesday 5 September 2018

Sunday 2 September 2018

Tuesday 28 August 2018

Poems aye, right!: Dad's Army

Poems aye, right!: Dad's Army: Dad's Army At ease, men. White helmets discarded, the men relax between shooting. The scene awaits the umpteenth take on a trie...

Sunday 26 August 2018

On this day in Scotland: 'Bloody Friday' - the Battle of George Square

On this day in Scotland: 'Bloody Friday' - the Battle of George Square: On the 1st of February, 1919, after ‘Bloody Friday’, soldiers patrolled Glasgow’s streets. “I rode a tank In the General Strike When the...

SCOT goes POP!: Will the SNP take an electoral hit from the Daily ...

SCOT goes POP!: Will the SNP take an electoral hit from the Daily ...: The inconvenient truth for the unionist parties is that polling evidence suggests last year's general election was not some kind of sta...

Tuesday 21 August 2018

Spokesperson shows how to handle a hostile interview

Spokesperson shows how to handle a hostile interview: On our media training courses  we often place a lot of emphasis on the importance of spokespeople maintaining their composure during media interviews.
All too often we see interviewees fall into the t...

Friday 22 June 2018

Friday 8 June 2018

SCOT goes POP!: Sensational YouGov poll suggests SNP would make sw...

SCOT goes POP!: Sensational YouGov poll suggests SNP would make sw...: For the first time in months we have a full-scale Scottish poll.  This one has certainly proved worth the wait, because on Westminster votin...

Sunday 13 May 2018

SCOT goes POP!: Have the Sunday Herald built bridges after last we...

SCOT goes POP!: Have the Sunday Herald built bridges after last we...: You might remember a while back that CommonSpace took a brief financial hit after running an attack piece about Wings Over Scotland that h...

Saturday 12 May 2018

Michael Collins did not start Irish Civil War

Michael Collins did not start Irish Civil War: Noted historian Ronan McGreevy has made a startling discovery about a famous assassination and the start of the ruinous Irish Civil War in 1921.

Saturday 5 May 2018

The Mo' Flo' Mojo: Ararat

The Mo' Flo' Mojo: Ararat: Ararat may still be far off and our ark may have run aground but remain cheerful.  The next tide will lift the boat off the roc...

Thursday 5 April 2018

AAV: BBC newspaper review: scrutiny of the government i...

AAV: BBC newspaper review: scrutiny of the government i...: One of the classic propaganda tricks used by tyrannical authoritarian regimes all throughout history is to attack any criticism or scruti...

Sunday 11 March 2018

SCOT goes POP!: Leonard left red-faced as Labour propaganda site a...

SCOT goes POP!: Leonard left red-faced as Labour propaganda site a...: The new Scottish Labour and anti-independence propaganda site The Red Robin has until now been best known for the inexplicable decision of...

Friday 2 March 2018

Self determination (international law)

Self determination (international law): Self-determination denotes the legal right of people to decide their own destiny in the international order.  Self-determination is a core principle of international law, arising from customary international law, but also recognized as a general principle of law, and enshrined in a number of international treatie

Saturday 24 February 2018

SCOT goes POP!: Astonishing: London Tories double down on plans fo...

SCOT goes POP!: Astonishing: London Tories double down on plans fo...: Well, we can now say one thing for certain - Michael Settle's supposed exclusive in the Herald  two weeks ago about how Westminster was ...

Saturday 17 February 2018

Thursday 15 February 2018

SCOT goes POP!: Why Pete Wishart is asking the wrong question abou...

SCOT goes POP!: Why Pete Wishart is asking the wrong question abou...: As you may have seen, Pete Wishart has an opinion piece in today's issue of  The National which effectively functions as his preliminary...

Sunday 11 February 2018

SCOT goes POP!: The weasel-worded power grab

SCOT goes POP!: The weasel-worded power grab: I suspect I'm not alone in finding Michael Settle's gossip-fuelled reporting for the Herald over the last 24 hours deeply unsatisfa...

Friday 2 February 2018

SCOT goes POP!: More on the new Survation poll

SCOT goes POP!: More on the new Survation poll: Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article in The National , with some more analysis of the new Survation poll showing supp...

Wednesday 31 January 2018

Friday 19 January 2018

Tuesday 16 January 2018

TerryEntoure: The Worst Thing About Brexit

TerryEntoure: The Worst Thing About Brexit: What is the worst thing about Brexit? Is it the xenophobia? The nasty strain of English nationalism? The return of a colonial mentality? Or ...