Friday, 31 May 2013
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Positive straw in the wind for the SNP as European...
SCOT goes POP!: Positive straw in the wind for the SNP as European...: It's been far too long since I irritated "Carlotta Vance" by reporting the results of a Scottish subsample from a GB-wide poll...
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Question Time for Scotland's 'Popular Front'
SCOT goes POP!: Question Time for Scotland's 'Popular Front': The SNP website has today isolated a number of specific questions for the No campaign from Jim McColl's interview in the Scotsman - ...
Monday, 27 May 2013
Gauging Govan: Independence saves the Social Chapter and stops se...
Gauging Govan: Independence saves the Social Chapter and stops se...: It now looks certain that the British regime is to publish a Bill for a referendum which will give the people of south-east England the rig...
Spectator: Scottish Nationalism And Catholicism
Spectator: Scottish Nationalism And Catholicism: The level of debate on Scottish independence has gone through various phases over the years and while the Unionists point to SNP assertions ...
Spectator: Scottish Nationalism And Catholicism
Spectator: Scottish Nationalism And Catholicism: The level of debate on Scottish independence has gone through various phases over the years and while the Unionists point to SNP assertions ...
Frankly Independent: How Scotland Was 'Catcht'
Frankly Independent: How Scotland Was 'Catcht': The Scottish independence referendum which is to take place on September 18th 2014 offers an unprecedented opportunity to act upon "a...
Frankly Independent: Road to Referendum
Frankly Independent: Road to Referendum: New book on the Scottish independence referendum released on June 5th "A major new...
Munguin's Republic: THERE COULD BE AN ASSAULT ON OUR PERMANENT SEAT IN...
Munguin's Republic: THERE COULD BE AN ASSAULT ON OUR PERMANENT SEAT IN...: Oh no, anything but that... click to enlarge
Sunday, 26 May 2013
Munguin's Republic: DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO GO TO ETON? ARE YOU TOO ...
Munguin's Republic: DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO GO TO ETON? ARE YOU TOO ...: HERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP Thanks to an article in The Independent we know the questions for an Eton scholarshi...
Saturday, 25 May 2013
Peter A Bell: Yes success
Peter A Bell: Yes success: If the mainstream media is to be believed then the Yes Scotland campaign isn't doing too well. On the few occasions when the organis...
Tarff Advertiser: Do they give a monkeys?
Tarff Advertiser: Do they give a monkeys?: The problem for both the 'Scottish' Conservatives and their Better Together pals in 'Scottish' Labour is they are trappe...
Friday, 24 May 2013
Campbell Martin: Bought and sold for English gold
Campbell Martin: Bought and sold for English gold: HIDDEN HISTORIES In the first of a series looking at the history of the Union from 1707 to now, Campbell Martin looks behind the myth...
Munguin's Republic: NORWAY, AS SEEN BY SOMEONE WHO WORKED THERE...
Munguin's Republic: NORWAY, AS SEEN BY SOMEONE WHO WORKED THERE...: The other day I wrote a piece on Norway's National Day, which received few comments, probably because there wasn't that much to sa...
Munguin's Republic: CALLING ALL MAD SWIVEL-EYED LOONS... COME AND JOIN...
Munguin's Republic: CALLING ALL MAD SWIVEL-EYED LOONS... COME AND JOIN...: Click on image to enlarge. This is Ukip's ad in the Daily Telegraph. I'm amazed he didn't have something to say about t...
Munguin's Republic: IAIN MacWHIRTER'S "ROAD TO REFERENDUM"
Munguin's Republic: IAIN MacWHIRTER'S "ROAD TO REFERENDUM": STV is to broadcast a three-part series examining the history and development of the independence question in Scotland. Road to Refere...
SCOT goes POP!: On grandiose claims about self-selecting polls
SCOT goes POP!: On grandiose claims about self-selecting polls: I've got nothing against self-selecting internet polls - I've run a few myself over the years, and they can be quite entertaining if...
Peter A Bell: Reasons for voting YES - 2
Peter A Bell: Reasons for voting YES - 2: Those who follow me on Twitter may be aware of my tweets stating reasons why I will be voting YES in Scotland's independence referendum...
fleet street fox: The knuckle-dragging jizz-stains of the English De...
fleet street fox: The knuckle-dragging jizz-stains of the English De...: ... and why they don't defend my England are the topic of today's Daily Mirror column which you can read here . If we're depor...
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
SCOT goes POP!: The Omniscare
SCOT goes POP!: The Omniscare: Hello, I am Robert MacDonald, guest poster. I yearn for the day I can get rid of Alex Salmond - by voting Yes in 2014. But what will that s...
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Dempsie's Digest: Launch of Yes: Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Dempsie's Digest: Launch of Yes: Na h-Eileanan an Iar: Was delighted to launch the inaugural meeting of Yes: Na h-Eileanan an Iar on Friday night in Stornoway. Will use any excuse ...
Monday, 20 May 2013
Tarff Advertiser: Yes and No - what is the difference?
Tarff Advertiser: Yes and No - what is the difference?: The Sunday Times (Scotland) poll by IPSOS/MORI in October 2012 largely supports the Yes Campaign's viewpoint of the trend towards a ...
SCOT goes POP!: Panelbase poll : Yes campaign closes gap to just e...
SCOT goes POP!: Panelbase poll : Yes campaign closes gap to just e...: I'll have to make this a very quick post because I'm in a mad rush, but the latest Panelbase poll on independence has thankfully con...
Sunday, 19 May 2013
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Tocasaid: Eurovision: go Nigel go!
Tocasaid: Eurovision: go Nigel go!: After his rather embarrassing by-election launch for Aberdeen Donside which happened in, er... Edinburgh, Farage has decided to prove a p...
Friday, 17 May 2013
Tocasaid: No taxi for Nigel
Tocasaid: No taxi for Nigel: Sometimes, living in Edinburgh, you kind of get used to living in the glow of history. Famous residents from Hume to Donnchadh Bàn. Super...
dcomerf: Sterling, The Big One
dcomerf: Sterling, The Big One: It's been the big issue of the past week, so let's discuss some of the currency options for an independent Scotland and the advantag...
SCOT goes POP!: Sturgeon wins first setpiece TV independence debat...
SCOT goes POP!: Sturgeon wins first setpiece TV independence debat...: I think pretty much every independence supporter who watched tonight's STV debate will have come away feeling considerably more confiden...
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Nicola Sturgeon’s speech – 13th May 2013
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Nicola Sturgeon’s speech – 13th May 2013: ( N.B. All emphases, italicisation, etc. are mine, and represent my view of significance. They were not present in the SNP transcription of...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Pete Wishart’s speech in Commons EU withdrawal deb...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Pete Wishart’s speech in Commons EU withdrawal deb...: SCOTLAND AND FRUITCAKE. MY SPEECH ON THE UK’S EXIT FROM EUROPE Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP): In the few minutes availab...
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Gauging Govan: Does Labour in Scotland have a racism problem?
Gauging Govan: Does Labour in Scotland have a racism problem?: This week, Labour in Scotland were embroiled in another race-hate scandal after leading Labour strategist, Better Together campaigner and ...
Gauging Govan: Why I'm Backing Green for Aberdeen
Gauging Govan: Why I'm Backing Green for Aberdeen: The sad death of Brian Adam at the age of 64 last month, added to the resignations and sacking of various MSPs, has left the Government, el...
Monday, 13 May 2013
Sunday, 12 May 2013
An Fhìrinn: Would You Join?
An Fhìrinn: Would You Join?: An interesting question raised by Yes Scotland a few months ago was, how many Scots would vote to join the union if Scotland were already in...
Calum Cashley SNP: Scottish Politics Twitter League
Calum Cashley SNP: Scottish Politics Twitter League: Here's a Scottish Politics Twitter League compiled earlier today - obviously not comprehensive but a bit of an interest in terms of...
Calum Cashley SNP: Two grand extra to live in Scotland
Calum Cashley SNP: Two grand extra to live in Scotland: Scots pay a higher average tax than the rest of the UK. Nearly £2,000 a year more - each. £1,890.38 more to be precise. Here's how: ...
Old Glenbogle: More Orange than Dale Winton. A short dialogue o...
Old Glenbogle: More Orange than Dale Winton.
A short dialogue o...: More Orange than Dale Winton. A short dialogue on the Monarchs we Share. Part Two. If you're reading this after Part One yest...
A short dialogue o...: More Orange than Dale Winton. A short dialogue on the Monarchs we Share. Part Two. If you're reading this after Part One yest...
Old Glenbogle: UKIP: a colonial view of Scotland.UKIP Breakthrou...
Old Glenbogle: UKIP: a colonial view of Scotland.
UKIP Breakthrou...: UKIP: a colonial view of Scotland. UKIP Breakthrough! , screamed perhaps prematurely the press yesterday, as the English local governme...
UKIP Breakthrou...: UKIP: a colonial view of Scotland. UKIP Breakthrough! , screamed perhaps prematurely the press yesterday, as the English local governme...
Old Glenbogle: Nothing but a Pack of Cards
Old Glenbogle: Nothing but a Pack of Cards: Her Majesty the Queen opened another Gilbert & Sullivan-inspired session of the British Imperial Parliament this week, seemingly weighed...
Frankly Independent: Consistency
Frankly Independent: Consistency: Dennis Canavan MP and Jack McConnell at an anti-cuts campaign rally at Stirling University (Brig magazine, O...
Frankly Independent: Catalonia Explained
Frankly Independent: Catalonia Explained: A BBC documentary on Catalonia dating from 1979 Here is a broadcasting curiosity fo...
Frankly Independent: Secession in the EU
Frankly Independent: Secession in the EU: For those who may be under the impression that Germans have no sense of humour - and I don't know where...
Frankly Independent: Scaremongering
Frankly Independent: Scaremongering: La Gaceta, May 12th 2013 Hysterical unionist scaremongering emerges as an art form with the...
Munguin's Republic: SNAPS ON SUNDAY
Munguin's Republic: SNAPS ON SUNDAY: This is what they want. Yellow trousers explosion in a paint factory shaping the future to a racist, homophobic, isolationist future with ...
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Munguin's Republic: ENGLISH AND UK POLITICS GET MORE BIZARRE BY THE HO...
Munguin's Republic: ENGLISH AND UK POLITICS GET MORE BIZARRE BY THE HO...: What a nice man to have as the head of a political party in Scotland. He clearly thinks even less of us than Mrs Lamont, who says we all w...
Munguin's Republic: RACIST OUTBURST FROM DEL AMITRI SINGER
Munguin's Republic: RACIST OUTBURST FROM DEL AMITRI SINGER: Justin is, of course, Scottish, and I'm not sure if you can be prosecuted for racism about your own race, but certainly as the pictu...
Friday, 10 May 2013
fleet street fox: Jimmy Savile and West Yorkshire Police...
fleet street fox: Jimmy Savile and West Yorkshire Police...: ... somehow managing to make him look more honest than they is the topic of today's column for the Daily Mirror which you can read here ...
SCOT goes POP!: Ipsos-Mori : SNP retain lead in Scottish Parliamen...
SCOT goes POP!: Ipsos-Mori : SNP retain lead in Scottish Parliamen...: As you'll probably have seen by now, the latest full-scale Scottish poll from Ipsos-Mori is out, and it shows the SNP government retaini...
Thursday, 9 May 2013
SCOT goes POP!: "You're an idiot - now go and play with something ...
SCOT goes POP!: "You're an idiot - now go and play with something ...: I realise there's a slight danger of turning this blog into one long transcription of my exchanges on Twitter, and I'll try not to m...
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
fleet street fox: The Queen's Speech...
fleet street fox: The Queen's Speech...: ... and why Guy Fawkes should come back from the dead is the topic of today's column for the Daily Mirror which you can read here . No...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Confessions of a Cybernat.
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Confessions of a Cybernat.: I would have liked to title this blog I Was a Teenage Cybernat – just like the ‘B’ movies of the 1970s – but I wasn’t, because I wasn’t a n...
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Frankly Independent: Dancing on the Head of a Pin
Frankly Independent: Dancing on the Head of a Pin: As you may well not have failed to notice, last week a distinguished US economist, Paul Krugman , and the recently-appointed leader of the ...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Yes facts on Twitter - @moridura
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Yes facts on Twitter - @moridura: Peter Curran FACTS, FACTS: If you are undecided about Scotland's independence, or know someone who is, the answers ca...
SCOT goes POP!: Questions to which the answer is "don't ask questi...
SCOT goes POP!: Questions to which the answer is "don't ask questi...: It's strategy, Jim, but not as we know it. The No campaign seem to have convinced themselves that the masterstroke that will win this r...
Tocasaid: Those Bitter Together 500 questions...
Tocasaid: Those Bitter Together 500 questions...: Think you missed one folks... Would Darling's eyebrows remain black once the BBC are forced to remove cricket from their news cov...
Logic's Rock: A Foray into Cybernattery
Logic's Rock: A Foray into Cybernattery: For the uninitiated, Cybernat (occasionally Cybergnat) is the derogatory term used by the Labour Political and Media Establishment in Scotla...
Logic's Rock: The Perfect Storm, The Shit Storm and Der Stürmer
Logic's Rock: The Perfect Storm, The Shit Storm and Der Stürmer: The morning of 1st May was surprisingly dreich as the Edinburgh summer of 2013 faltered yet again, so having merely gazed at the garden I s...
Monday, 6 May 2013
SCOT goes POP!: By all means let's be civilised, but let's do it b...
SCOT goes POP!: By all means let's be civilised, but let's do it b...: Let me say straight away that I quite like Susan Calman - I've seen her live a few times, and while she's maybe not rip-roaringly hi...
Sunday, 5 May 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Fancy becoming a contributor to Scot Goes Pop?
SCOT goes POP!: Fancy becoming a contributor to Scot Goes Pop?: In recent months, the visitor numbers to this blog have reached unprecedented levels. Although that's a good thing, in a way it generat...
Saturday, 4 May 2013
Frankly Independent: Hype Cycle
Frankly Independent: Hype Cycle: "[...] in technology, it is what happens after a technology fades for a time from the public eye whe...
Gauging Govan: Better Together's Rightist Inspirations
Gauging Govan: Better Together's Rightist Inspirations: I blogged a couple of days ago on the National Collective 's revelations that fully half of the anti-Scotland campaign's funding ca...
Gauging Govan: Anti-Scotland Campaign Is Deliberately Confusing V...
Gauging Govan: Anti-Scotland Campaign Is Deliberately Confusing V...: The anti-Scotland BetterTogether campaign, which shares a sponsor with indicted war criminal Zeljko "Arkan" Raznatovic, and is su...
Munguin's Republic: GOLLY GOSH, I MEAN OLD CHAP, WHAT SCHOOL DID FARAG...
Munguin's Republic: GOLLY GOSH, I MEAN OLD CHAP, WHAT SCHOOL DID FARAG...: It's just not right, what! *Click for a larger image. Brookes, The Times. Congratulations to Nigel Farage and UKIP. They certa...
SCOT goes POP!: Disaster for Labour : local election results confi...
SCOT goes POP!: Disaster for Labour : local election results confi...: Leaving aside for one moment the London media's new-found love affair with a hard-right party (a match made in heaven if ever there was ...
Friday, 3 May 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Here's why Labour are probably going to lose the n...
SCOT goes POP!: Here's why Labour are probably going to lose the n...: Until recently, I tended to go along with the conventional wisdom that the balance of probability points to a Conservative defeat at the nex...
Peter A Bell: Distinct voices
Peter A Bell: Distinct voices: In a piece in today's Herald , the paper's Political Editor, Magnus Gardham, displays his signature misunderstanding of Scotland...
SCOT goes POP!: Clegg In Seventh Heaven As Libs Lick Lousy Loony
SCOT goes POP!: Clegg In Seventh Heaven As Libs Lick Lousy Loony: The future of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party was called into question tonight, as it sensationally found itself pipped for seventh ...
Thursday, 2 May 2013
SCOT goes POP!: House of Commons report confirms that Scottish ind...
SCOT goes POP!: House of Commons report confirms that Scottish ind...: It's rare that a report by Westminster's Foreign Affairs Committee paints such an inspiring picture of the benefits that independenc...
Peter A Bell: Beware the language police!
Peter A Bell: Beware the language police!: I think there's a point being missed in all this Calman stooshie. And it's not a point about Susan Calman - who is all but irrelevan...