Tocasaid: Johann Lamont - a woman of many faeces

Tocasaid: Johann Lamont - a woman of many faeces: In the past, the Iron Lady of Scottish politics has perhaps been unfairly treated. Say, portrayed as a sad auld jakie whose days of yo...

Gauging Govan: Lamont's Scotland

Gauging Govan: Lamont's Scotland: It's November 2016. With the independence referendum lost, Scotland languishes under a Conservative government with no Scottish MPs.  J...

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

SCOT goes POP!: Would-be hostage-takers demand "input" on whether ...

SCOT goes POP!: Would-be hostage-takers demand "input" on whether ...: My calendar seems to have gone seriously awry this year. I could have sworn it was September 26th, not April 1st ... "People with an Ulst...

Tocasaid: Numbers

Tocasaid: Numbers: No, not the book of the Old Testament much favoured by many latter-day cherry picking Christians, but the number of people who took to t...

Monday, 24 September 2012

Lallands Peat Worrier: A hanged man's lesson for Holyrood...

Lallands Peat Worrier: A hanged man's lesson for Holyrood...: In his Sunday Herald column this morning, Ian Bell takes blasphemy for his theme, dipping into the Scottish history books to recount th...

SCOT goes POP!: Why my sympathy for Kate over the topless photos i...

SCOT goes POP!: Why my sympathy for Kate over the topless photos i...: I suppose I can see as a matter of principle that it's objectionable to furtively photograph a woman with a telephoto lens while she is sunb...

SCOT goes POP!: In photos : Scotland reclaims Andy Murray

SCOT goes POP!: In photos : Scotland reclaims Andy Murray: Apologies for the shameless 'politicisation of sport' title, but as the saying goes, what goes around comes around.  So Andy Murray is "Brit...

Saturday, 15 September 2012

Lallands Peat Worrier: A boo-er's defence of devolution...

Lallands Peat Worrier: A boo-er's defence of devolution...: On the purely hypothetical subject of booing , and the irreverent heckling of Scottish public figures by crowds, don't lets forget what Wal...

SCOT goes POP!: The West Iberian tragedy

SCOT goes POP!: The West Iberian tragedy: I'm just back from my first-ever trip to "Portugal".  I don't think I've ever been so moved by a visit to any "country".  As I was travellin...

Sunday, 9 September 2012

Munguin's Republic: THEY ARE ALL EVEN MORE UNPOPULAR HERE THAN THEY AR...

Munguin's Republic: THEY ARE ALL EVEN MORE UNPOPULAR HERE THAN THEY AR...: Our regular reader, Arbroath1314 pointed out this gem which I felt deserved a slightly higher prominence than where it was as comment 22 on ...

Saturday, 8 September 2012

Help Catalonia: For Democracy in Southern Europe

Help Catalonia: For Democracy in Southern Europe: Josep Huguet Biosca, former Minister of the Government of Catalonia (2004-2010). President of the Irla Foundation. Industrial enginee...

SNmr: They come bearing half-truths

SNmr: They come bearing half-truths: The CBI Director-General, John Cridland, has come north to tell Scotland we shouldn't be independent.  He has every right to do so. But wh...

Thursday, 6 September 2012

fleet street fox: A crying shame.

fleet street fox: A crying shame.: THIRTEEN years ago a country which had 4million or so children living in poverty announced it would do something about it. Their leaders, ...

Frankly: Not Waving but Choking

Frankly: Not Waving but Choking:                 The Catalan National Day Demo, September 11th 2012          Why is the grand old man of Cata...

Saturday, 1 September 2012

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The SNP and NATO – the argument in detail

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: The SNP and NATO – the argument in detail: On Sunday, I set out the basic SNP argument for the proposed NATO U-turn, and offered a basic classification of the elements of that argume...