Friday, 31 August 2012
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
SCOT goes POP!: A few thoughts on the forthcoming Quebec election
SCOT goes POP!: A few thoughts on the forthcoming Quebec election: Quebec goes to the polls in a few days' time, in a provincial election which could in theory set in train a sequence of events leading to a ...
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
SCOT goes POP!: Lib Dems on supporting their own votes-at-16 polic...
SCOT goes POP!: Lib Dems on supporting their own votes-at-16 polic...: The Liberal Democrats' support for votes at 16 is remarkably similar to their legendary "100 years of support for Home Rule" - they're terri...
Lallands Peat Worrier: Women and Alex Salmond: An academic postscript...
Lallands Peat Worrier: Women and Alex Salmond: An academic postscript...: Last week , I took a skeptical look at the received wisdom, echoed most recently by the Economist magazine, that women in Scotland aren'...
Monday, 27 August 2012
Sunday, 26 August 2012
SCOT goes POP!: How might the different referendum permutations im...
SCOT goes POP!: How might the different referendum permutations im...: I'm in a bit of a rush, so just a very quick note to let you know that I've got a guest article at Political Betting today, on how the inde...
Lallands Peat Worrier: The Unpolitical: the SNP's pied Lord Advocate...
Lallands Peat Worrier: The Unpolitical: the SNP's pied Lord Advocate...: Cast your mind back through the Stygian fug of time, to the spring of 2007. The SNP had, by the narrowest of margins, displaced the Labo...
Friday, 24 August 2012
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Why don’t BetterTogether and the UK want a second ...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Why don’t BetterTogether and the UK want a second ...: I felt this comment and reply warranted being pulled out on to the main blog page DougtheDug Sunday, August 19th 2012 I find that ther...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: A cry of frustration about process–and my reply
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: A cry of frustration about process–and my reply: COMMENT Barontorc Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Am I just becoming exasperated or what? Tell me who controls the REFERENDUM? What has it...
fleet street fox: The perks and perils...
fleet street fox: The perks and perils...: ... of life in the spotlight are the topic of today's column for the Daily Mirror, which you can read here . Enjoy the weekend - and keep ...
Thursday, 23 August 2012
The Magistrates' Blog: Here We Go (1)
The Magistrates' Blog: Here We Go (1): There has been a considerable furore over the recent 'guidance' issued about blogging by Judicial Office Holders. Many people think that the...
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Monday, 20 August 2012
Sunday, 19 August 2012
Frankly: "On Equal Terms"
Frankly: "On Equal Terms": A copy of the Scotland Act 1998 dedicated to Donald Dewar by Tony Blair : "Scotland and England together on equal terms!...
Frankly: The Scolympians
Frankly: The Scolympians: Agence Bretagne Presse, August 16th 2012 Click here to access the remainder of the above article (in French). ...
Saturday, 18 August 2012
Lallands Peat Worrier: Misleading anti-Nationalist invective, Vol. 56...
Lallands Peat Worrier: Misleading anti-Nationalist invective, Vol. 56...: Someone’s been nibbling the bitter almonds. In the Telegraph this morning, BBC lawyer Alistair Bonnington has written an extraordinary g...
Thursday, 16 August 2012
Munguin's Republic: REPOSTED (AT HIS REQUEST) FROM CRAIG MURRAY'S BLOG...
Munguin's Republic: REPOSTED (AT HIS REQUEST) FROM CRAIG MURRAY'S BLOG...: I returned to the UK today to be astonished by private confirmation from within the FCO that the UK government has indeed decided - after ...
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Words that inspire a nation … update for NATO
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Words that inspire a nation … update for NATO: I first put this piece up about a year ago. It seems it needs updating - THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE – SCOTTISH VERSION When in the ...
Monday, 13 August 2012
Sunday, 12 August 2012
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Scotland in NATO - the core arguments against
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Scotland in NATO - the core arguments against: 1. NATO is a nuclear organisation, committed to the possession and first-strike use of Trident nuclear missiles. 2. NATO is comprised of 2...
Saturday, 11 August 2012
Friday, 10 August 2012
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Scotland’s soul – as perceived in 2009 –before the...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Scotland’s soul – as perceived in 2009 –before the...: Scotland's soul - before devo-max ideas, before consultants got a hold of it, before 'Britishness', before the NATO U-turn , before the remo...
Thursday, 9 August 2012
The Magistrate's Blog: Reflection
The Magistrate's Blog: Reflection: Guidance has just been issued by the senior judiciary which specifically refers to blogging. For reasons that are obvious I shall read the d...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: SNP party supporters and the NATO question – the c...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: SNP party supporters and the NATO question – the c...: One recent comment perhaps sums up the nature of the opposition to my arguments against NATO membership and the SNP’s handling of it. “Pet...
Tocasaid: The Labour Olympics
Tocasaid: The Labour Olympics: For it is true. While Boris, Nick and Dave from the Condems may be taking the limelight and pressing the flesh in their red, white and bl...
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Gauging Govan: How Should Scotland Function After Independence?
Gauging Govan: How Should Scotland Function After Independence?: The most important thing to remember about independence is that it is not and cannot simply be a matter of ripping the British flag down and...
Gauging Govan: Farcical Olympic Games: Culmination of Long-Runnin...
Gauging Govan: Farcical Olympic Games: Culmination of Long-Runnin...: When I arrived home from the ancient City of Stirling this evening, I started a bath running and switched the television on. It defaulted to...
A Bankie's Blether.: Tom Harris MP makes the case for Scottish Independ...
A Bankie's Blether.: Tom Harris MP makes the case for Scottish Independ...: It is not often that I agree with any of the, often drivel and generally nonsensical, tweets that emanate from Tom Harris' Twitter feed. Tom...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: NATO – a nuclear alliance: membership may lead to ...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: NATO – a nuclear alliance: membership may lead to ...: NATO is a defence alliance, controlled by the U.S.A. Its model of defence has invariably been attack on other nations. It is a nuclear allia...
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
SCOT goes POP!: Emma Thompson doesn't want independence. Let's fa...
SCOT goes POP!: Emma Thompson doesn't want independence. Let's fa...: I'm in a bit of a mad rush at the moment, but you'll probably get the gist of the point from the comment I've just left at the Telegraph we...
Munguin's Republic: A BIT OF HISTORY (AND WE GET RID OF IDS's UGLY COU...
Munguin's Republic: A BIT OF HISTORY (AND WE GET RID OF IDS's UGLY COU...: The unlikeable face of the unpleasant Iain Duncan Smith has unfortunately been staring out of the blog for too long, so although I'm a bit...
Frankly: Quebec 2012
Frankly: Quebec 2012: A 2012 election-campaign video on behalf of the pro-independence Parti Québécois, featuring its leader, Pauline Marois ...
Monday, 6 August 2012
Sunday, 5 August 2012
SCOT goes POP!: Meet the man who thinks that wanting Scotland to h...
SCOT goes POP!: Meet the man who thinks that wanting Scotland to h...: It's been quite a while since I last posted an epic exchange from Political Betting , but I'm veritably spoiled for choice this weekend. I ...
SCOT goes POP!: Scotland salutes you again, Andy - this time as th...
SCOT goes POP!: Scotland salutes you again, Andy - this time as th...: I've been trying to assess where Andy Murray stands now, in the wake of his sensational win over Roger Federer to secure Olympic gold. Whil...
Munguin's Republic: BOOZE UP...BREWERY!
Munguin's Republic: BOOZE UP...BREWERY!: Well by Olympics' standards the women's football matches in Glasgow aren't of much importance, indeed they are happening before the open...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The SNP and NATO – an internal party matter or a q...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The SNP and NATO – an internal party matter or a q...: Here is a little problem for a class of undergraduates studying politics and international affairs, majoring in defence matters - ON A PLA...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: My reasons for cancelling my SNP party membership
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: My reasons for cancelling my SNP party membership: I have decided to cancel my SNP party membership, effective immediately. This will come as no surprise to readers of this blog, nor to Twitt...
Saturday, 4 August 2012
SNmr: Why antis should go to Iceland
SNmr: Why antis should go to Iceland: The International Monetary Fund has just published its latest statistics for the relative wealth per head of different countries. And, for I...
Frankly: Another Cochrane Diatribe
Frankly: Another Cochrane Diatribe: In his latest mordant diatribe in the Torygraph, Cheering for Britain? The Word Sticks in Salmond's Throat , column...
Thursday, 2 August 2012
Den of the Hyena: The Heart of Scotland
Den of the Hyena: The Heart of Scotland: The SNP tell us that they're ready to approach Scotland's future with vision. But does today's failure to reach a decision on equal marriage...
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...
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Den of the Hyena: Grasping the Nettle
Den of the Hyena: Grasping the Nettle: In standing up for marriage equality, the SNP has not only done what is right - it has drawn the lines for a battle that could define its go...