Monday, 31 December 2012
Sunday, 30 December 2012
Lallands Peat Worrier: Independence Quotation of the Day...
Lallands Peat Worrier: Independence Quotation of the Day...: I'm an honours list grinch. I imagine a good few of you are too, and survey the bi-annual dishing out of damehoods and ennobling shoulde...
Saturday, 29 December 2012
Frankly: Lehendakari Urkullu
Frankly: Lehendakari Urkullu: The swearing in of the new First Minister of the Basque Country , Iñigo Urkullu, leader of the Basque Natio...
Frankly: Christenmass
Frankly: Christenmass: First Minister Alex Salmond's 2012 Christmas message The Bible's Christmas Message ...
Friday, 28 December 2012
Thursday, 27 December 2012
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Monday, 24 December 2012
Lallands Peat Worrier: 2012 in review: We Were Warned...
Lallands Peat Worrier: 2012 in review: We Were Warned...: Holly berries, little ruby bursts. Robin redbreasts frozen to branches. The White Witch abroad. It may be more of a case of in the dreich...
SCOT goes POP!: The imperial delusion lives on
SCOT goes POP!: The imperial delusion lives on: The SNP's Angus MacNeil and Labour's George Foulkes found some rare common ground a few days ago in condemning the Queen's 'silent' particip...
Sunday, 23 December 2012
Friday, 21 December 2012
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Scottish Vision: Independence, Nationalism & Internationalism
Scottish Vision: Independence, Nationalism & Internationalism: A few weeks ago I had a conversation with my boss about how the concept of nationalism reconciles itself with the idea of solidarity. His...
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
fleet street fox: Setting the world to rights.
fleet street fox: Setting the world to rights.: THE Queen attended a Cabinet meeting today, and promptly dissolved the Government. Her Majesty announced a return to an absolute monarchy ...
Frankly: The Beauty of Dreams
Frankly: The Beauty of Dreams: The newly re-elected Presiding Officer of the Catalan Parliament, Núria de Gispert, sets the scene for an ...
Monday, 17 December 2012
Sunday, 16 December 2012
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Friday, 14 December 2012
Thursday, 13 December 2012
SCOT goes POP!: Why the Northern Ireland demographic shift does ma...
SCOT goes POP!: Why the Northern Ireland demographic shift does ma...: Ten years ago, the results of the Northern Ireland census were greeted with a not inconsiderable amount of unionist gloating. All the expec...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: David Miliband - Iraq War supporter and enemy of ...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: David Miliband - Iraq War supporter and enemy of ...: The recent Danish political dram Borgen, a fine example of Scandinavian noir, was followed avidly by many Scottish viewers, notably the po...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Scotland, the EU – and Barroso …
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2012: Scotland, the EU – and Barroso …: Scotland's independence will create a situation for which there is no real precedent, and no clarity or certainty in European law or EU hist...
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Monday, 10 December 2012
ianssmart: Some thoughts on Nicola's speech.
ianssmart: Some thoughts on Nicola's speech.: Every so often, somebody makes a serious "State of the Nation" speech and Nicola Sturgeon did so yesterday . There was bit of "lucky whi...
Sunday, 9 December 2012
The Scottish Aeneas: Edinburgh's Theatre Royal in the Georgian period
The Scottish Aeneas: Edinburgh's Theatre Royal in the Georgian period: Eighteenth century Edinburgh was late in welcoming the theatre, considering its worldwide reputation even then as a centre for learning and ...
Saturday, 8 December 2012
Frankly: 2013?
Frankly: 2013?: The ERC Wants the Catalan Independence Referendum to Be Held in September 2013 VilaWeb, November 29th 2012 ...
Frankly: Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters
Frankly: Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters: On December 5th a report was published by Aberdeen University confirming the "substantial remaining ...
Gauging Govan: Better Together's Tory Gold for Activists
Gauging Govan: Better Together's Tory Gold for Activists: The anti-independence "Better Together" campaign, an alliance of Labour, the British Government, the BNP and the Orange Order, have struggl...
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Gauging Govan: Who Are The Antis?
Gauging Govan: Who Are The Antis?: In the battle for Scotland to revert to its normal state, and join the nations of the world, it appears to be generally accepted that the el...
Frankly: St Andrew's Day
Frankly: St Andrew's Day: Blair Jenkins , chief executive of Yes Scotland , delivers a Saint Andrew's Day message,...
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
SCOT goes POP!: Open questions
SCOT goes POP!: Open questions: Leaving aside the obvious jibe that 'Open Unionism' is a contradiction in terms, my eye was caught by this article of the 'anyone to the le...
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
SCOT goes POP!: Our Head of State for 2060 has just been selected....
SCOT goes POP!: Our Head of State for 2060 has just been selected....: We don't have a clue about his or her personality, talents or intelligence, but we're absolutely certain that he/she will be just the chap/c...
Monday, 3 December 2012
Lallands Peat Worrier: "My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with m...
Lallands Peat Worrier: "My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with m...: I confess, Nicola Sturgeon has never before struck me as a likely devotee of Thomas Stearns Eliot, but I'm always happy to be surprised. ...