Friday, 30 November 2012
Tocasaid: A Song or Three for St Andrew's Day
Tocasaid: A Song or Three for St Andrew's Day: In two years, this day could be fkn huge. The mother of all independence days. In the meantime, pour yourself a Laphroaig and sing along....
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Tocasaid: Bollocks to the Stones - the alternatives...
Tocasaid: Bollocks to the Stones - the alternatives...: Tired of the meeja coverage of Mick Jagger shaking his wrinkles with his fellow lovers of under-age lovers ? As someone who was old enoug...
NEW Irelander: New Priests, Same Old Message
NEW Irelander: New Priests, Same Old Message: You know, there are still Catholics in Ireland. In fact, in the past two weeks four young men have been ordained into the church. This is w...
NEW Irelander: Monarchy in a New Ireland
NEW Irelander: Monarchy in a New Ireland: Éire, the Irish Republic, is ninety years young as of this December; the declaration of independence from the United Kingdom was ratified by...
Monday, 26 November 2012
Leith Notes: A rebirth of Scottish Radicalism?
Leith Notes: A rebirth of Scottish Radicalism?: On the 24th November 2012 the inaugural ' Radical Independence Conference ' was held in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow. It brought tog...
Sunday, 25 November 2012
Saturday, 24 November 2012
SCOT goes POP!: Ashcroft poll : SNP lead in Westminster voting int...
SCOT goes POP!: Ashcroft poll : SNP lead in Westminster voting int...: The Tories' billionaire puppet-master Lord Ashcroft recently conducted a UK-wide mega-poll of Westminster voting intention, with a sample si...
Frankly: The Right to Decide
Frankly: The Right to Decide: The Leader of the Catalan Governing Party Challenges the Catalan Socialists and the Spanish Governing Party to Defend T...
Frankly: Rallying Call
Frankly: Rallying Call: First Minister Artur Mas on the final day of the Catalan general-election campaign Yesterda...
Friday, 23 November 2012
Lallands Peat Worrier: Scottish Labour's Samson strategy?
Lallands Peat Worrier: Scottish Labour's Samson strategy?: Back in 2011, a waggish nationalist friend half-seriously suggested that, failing everything else, Scottish Labour's best strategy to def...
SCOT goes POP!: Special appeal : Scots Wikipedia contributors need...
SCOT goes POP!: Special appeal : Scots Wikipedia contributors need...: I've just found myself writing a rather impatient email reply to someone whose heart is in the right place, but who I think is lashing out i...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Monday, 19 November 2012
SCOT goes POP!: Clinton doesn't just oppose "separatism" - he oppo...
SCOT goes POP!: Clinton doesn't just oppose "separatism" - he oppo...: Our old friend Duncan Hothersall was full of beans yesterday about the supposed 'endorsement' of the No campaign by Bill Clinton. In truth,...
Sunday, 18 November 2012
Gauging Govan: Our Responsibility For Israel's War Crimes
Gauging Govan: Our Responsibility For Israel's War Crimes: Today, the fourth strongest military power in the world is launching air, sea and rocket attacks on refugees it has launched on a ghetto de...
Scottish Navy: Down to the nitty-gritty - Part 3: A divorce settl...
Scottish Navy: Down to the nitty-gritty - Part 3: A divorce settl...: @ScottishNavy Scotland is being offered £3.7bn assets - Navy could have £1bn worth of vessels Defence Minister Peter Luff recently sugg...
Saturday, 17 November 2012
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
SCOT goes POP!: It's been a while...
SCOT goes POP!: It's been a while...: There was a time (in 2009, I think) when this blog was primarily a round-up of Scottish subsamples from UK opinion polls of Westminster voti...
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Monday, 12 November 2012
Frankly: Behind the Screen
Frankly: Behind the Screen: Confining myself more or less to merely observing the overdue exposure of the 'unacceptable jou...
Sunday, 11 November 2012
Saturday, 10 November 2012
Friday, 9 November 2012
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Lallands Peat Worrier: "Our job is to link the individual issues to the c...
Lallands Peat Worrier: "Our job is to link the individual issues to the c...: Imagine an election hustings, held somewhere in Scotland in early 2011. As you would expect, the political panel was filled out primarily...
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Frankly: Déjà Vu
Frankly: Déjà Vu: The Tory cash-for-access scandal The Daily Telegraph, March 26th 2012 Speaking to an undercover reporter, Tory Party treasurer Pet...
Frankly: Historic Resolution
Frankly: Historic Resolution: Above is a facsimile of the original resolution on American independence adopted by the Continental Congress on July ...
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Monday, 5 November 2012
Sunday, 4 November 2012
Saturday, 3 November 2012
Friday, 2 November 2012
Thursday, 1 November 2012
SNmr: 20 years out of date?
SNmr: 20 years out of date?: I've been busy in recent weeks getting the first piece of written work for my PhD finished. It is now in, I've caught up with my sleep and s...