Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Tocasaid: Euskadi - colour and culture against the big natio...
Tocasaid: Euskadi - colour and culture against the big natio...: Having been in the Basque Country for the past few days, I've noticed much in comparison with the situation at home in Scotland from ...
Tocasaid: The new Scottish dictionary - some suggestions...
Tocasaid: The new Scottish dictionary - some suggestions...: It is good news that £2million has been promised to the project which will create a new and comprehensive Scottish / Gàidhlig dictio...
SCOT goes POP!: Dramatic YouGov poll suggests that Scots are least...
SCOT goes POP!: Dramatic YouGov poll suggests that Scots are least...: Still no sign of that elusive YouGov poll on referendum voting intentions - there hasn't been one since October 2012, which in some ways...
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Munguin's Republic: Financial reports show that 144 staff members at t...
Munguin's Republic: Financial reports show that 144 staff members at t...: Financial reports show that 144 staff members at the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) received more than £2.8 million ($4.3 million/€3.3 m...
Munguin's Republic: REPORT OF LABOUR FOR INDEPENDENCE CONFERENCE -- Al...
Munguin's Republic: REPORT OF LABOUR FOR INDEPENDENCE CONFERENCE -- Al...: I have been delighted to see the coverage of our policyconference this past weekend. In what one social website described as one ofthe top ...
Sunday, 28 July 2013
Tarff Advertiser: Jim Murphy's last hurrah?
Tarff Advertiser: Jim Murphy's last hurrah?: The nasty vicious Nu Blu Labour civil war in Scotland continues, to the delight of the 'Yes Campaign' and the SNP with Milliband...
SCOT goes POP!: Yes campaign gains support in latest independence ...
SCOT goes POP!: Yes campaign gains support in latest independence ...: The good news from the latest poll of referendum voting intentions conducted by Panelbase is that the Yes vote is up one point. The bad new...
Saturday, 27 July 2013
This week's @newsundayherald front page
This week's @newsundayherald front page: This week's @newsundayherald front page
SCOT goes POP!: Our future is in safe hands with Gavin Pearson
SCOT goes POP!: Our future is in safe hands with Gavin Pearson: As we all know, budding DJs are required to take a degree in Un-Self-Awareness at the University of Foot-In-Mouth, and I'm delighted to ...
Friday, 26 July 2013
Frankly Independent: Right Royal News
Frankly Independent: Right Royal News: September 14th 2014 Is Best Date for Catalan Independence Referendum El Punt Avui, July 23rd 2013 ...
Frankly Independent: The Catalan Plan
Frankly Independent: The Catalan Plan: This post consists in an item of news which seems unlikely to be reported in the anglomedia. Yesterday the Catalan First Minister ( P...
Thursday, 25 July 2013
SCOT goes POP!: More evidence that Labour is heading for defeat
SCOT goes POP!: More evidence that Labour is heading for defeat: Although YouGov have yet to match ICM by producing a poll showing the Tories level-pegging with Labour, the latest one does show Labour'...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : GALIZA MOURNING IN GALIZA DAY // GALIZA ESTA DE LO...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : GALIZA MOURNING IN GALIZA DAY // GALIZA ESTA DE LO...: At least 78 dead and more expected. Such a horrible thing to happen. Nothing to celebrate today in Galiza Day. Today Galiza is crying ...
Tarff Advertiser: Tribal Warfare - Better Together's new ruse ...
Tarff Advertiser: Tribal Warfare - Better Together's new ruse ...: I wonder how many folk missed the recent leak from Better Together that their next big campaign will be to target 'tribes' within S...
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
The Real McGowan: Project Fear: Another One Bites The Dust
The Real McGowan: Project Fear: Another One Bites The Dust: 'Mini-Schengen' plan a stormer of an own goal for Pro-union camp This week it has been revealed, by the Financial Times, th...
SCOT goes POP!: Congratulations, Mrs Windsor, it's a head of state...
SCOT goes POP!: Congratulations, Mrs Windsor, it's a head of state...: By a rough extrapolation, Kate Middleton's son was just one of the 5000 or so babies born yesterday in the sixteen Commonwealth Realms t...
Some nuclear facts you should know: 24 hours each day, 365 days each year, there is at...
Some nuclear facts you should know: 24 hours each day, 365 days each year, there is at...: 24 hours each day, 365 days each year, there is at least one British nuclear submarine concealed at sea, armed with 48 nuclear warheads....
Monday, 22 July 2013
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Sun’s shining – who needs politics?
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Sun’s shining – who needs politics?: What happens to campaigning when the sun shines and Scots emerge into a Mediterranean climate, set up the barbecues, eat al fresco and brief...
Frankly Independent: Here Is the News
Frankly Independent: Here Is the News: BBC Scotland News, July 18th 2013 Here is the news: BBC Scotlandshire news provision i...
Munguin's Republic: HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?
Munguin's Republic: HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?: She’s not really my kind of singer, but no one could deny, surely, that Susan Boyle has a wonderful voice. Be that as it may, I'...
Munguin's Republic: THIS WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO HIDE BAD NEWS (AND FOR...
Munguin's Republic: THIS WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO HIDE BAD NEWS (AND FOR...: I've just read John Humphries ' column over at Yougov on the subject of THE baby, which, I read, is due at any time now. Appar...
Tarff Advertiser: Something is very rotten in ......
Tarff Advertiser: Something is very rotten in ......: .... Western capitalism. The biggest smell comes from the current so called 'neo-liberal' economic model of capitalism which I wo...
Saturday, 20 July 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Go get 'em, Tiger! You da man! Get in the HOOOOO...
SCOT goes POP!: Go get 'em, Tiger! You da man! Get in the HOOOOO...: Yup, you've guessed it. Not content with my already impressive credentials as a woman-hater (well, if you believe Edinburgh Eye and Be...
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Tocasaid: San Fermin - Acts of Man
Tocasaid: San Fermin - Acts of Man: All cultures have their detritus. Some of it left over from less civilised times is filed alongside art, poetry and song under the catch-...
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Munguin's Republic: COME ALONG AND FILL THE HILL.
Munguin's Republic: COME ALONG AND FILL THE HILL.: Wasted on wars and unemployment while Norway invested in infrastructure, jobs and education £ 1.9 billion; thats 6% +/- our total bu...
SCOT goes POP!: ICM subsample : SNP retain lead in Westminster vot...
SCOT goes POP!: ICM subsample : SNP retain lead in Westminster vot...: More bad news for the No campaign has arrived in the shape of this month's GB-wide poll of Westminster voting intentions conducted by IC...
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Spirituality & Peace News: Scots in the Caribbean - Scotland's hidden history...
Spirituality & Peace News: Scots in the Caribbean - Scotland's hidden history...: EXPAND your knowledge of Scottish history with this surprising and enlightening lecture by Professor Geoff Palmer. Did you know that mos...
Monday, 15 July 2013
Tarff Advertiser: That Was a Week that Was ...
Tarff Advertiser: That Was a Week that Was ...: With hind sight I wonder if those of us promoting the 'Yes Campaign' will look on the last week and be able to say this was the po...
SCOT goes POP!: Just 11% of Scots think Labour have a strong leade...
SCOT goes POP!: Just 11% of Scots think Labour have a strong leade...: One fairly consistent feature of GB-wide polling is that Labour tend to fare better in supplementary questions among Scottish respondents th...
The Real McGowan: UWS Scottish Living Wage SRC Motion
The Real McGowan: UWS Scottish Living Wage SRC Motion: Scottish Living Wage - SAUWS SRC Motion Lodged by Andrew McGowan After talking to staff at my union, the Student Association of the Uni...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Scrap Trident before it scraps humanity!
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Scrap Trident before it scraps humanity!: The only sure way to get rid of the obscenity of the Trident weapons system – a system of mass destruction on a scale the planet has...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Will it really be independence?
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Will it really be independence?: " Will it really be independence?" stuff still touted by those hostile to Scotland’s independence, by the fearful and confused – ...
Saturday, 13 July 2013
Logic's Rock: Captain Darling Tries to Polish the Turd
Logic's Rock: Captain Darling Tries to Polish the Turd: Don't get too excited, he fails miserably as all turd-polishers do. Following on from Yesterday's pre-release of key points of h...
Munguin's Republic: AND WHAT OF THE ENGLISH QUESTION...?
Munguin's Republic: AND WHAT OF THE ENGLISH QUESTION...?: Iain Macwhirter This is a well thought out piece by Iain Macwhirter about the new plans for an "English Parliament" within th...
Friday, 12 July 2013
On this day in Scotland: Dr. Robert McIntyre
On this day in Scotland: Dr. Robert McIntyre: Dr. Robert McIntyre , the first Scottish National Party Member of the Westminster Parliament, was born on the 15th of December, 1913. The ...
Thursday, 11 July 2013
Tarff Advertiser: Tam O'Shanter and Meg tells all ...
Tarff Advertiser: Tam O'Shanter and Meg tells all ...: I am Iain Poulter-Giest, I investigate the paranormal. My interest was caught when I heard of the tale of Tam O'Shanter and went to in...
Guardian front page, Thursday 11 July: MoD fears for Trident sub base
Guardian front page, Thursday 11 July: MoD fears for Trident sub base: Guardian front page, Thursday 11 July: MoD fears for Trident sub base
SCOT goes POP!: UK government proposes military occupation of an i...
SCOT goes POP!: UK government proposes military occupation of an i...: One of the best teachers I ever had was a history teacher at Anniesland College. When he was explaining for us the significance of the West...
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Social Investigations: NHS privatisation: Compilation of financial and ve...
Social Investigations: NHS privatisation: Compilation of financial and ve...: This list represents the dire state of our democracy. The financial and vested interests of our MPs and Lords in private healthcare. ...
SCOT goes POP!: A plea to Yahoo "UK" : would it be possible for me...
SCOT goes POP!: A plea to Yahoo "UK" : would it be possible for me...: As you can see from the top of the sidebar, I now mainly use a Gmail account, but I still have a Yahoo email account from years ago that I n...
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Munguin's Republic: THE DUBIOUS TAX AFFAIRS OF THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL
Munguin's Republic: THE DUBIOUS TAX AFFAIRS OF THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL: If you missed it, Dispatche s has an interesting feature on the payment of tax and the Duchy of Cornwall. Interestingly the programme must...
Tocasaid: Kay NicMhathain: clach air a càrn
Tocasaid: Kay NicMhathain: clach air a càrn: No pun intended but I'm sure that every clach put on her càrn will be genuine. The story of the Bana-Ghaidheil from Allt Beithe in ...
Monday, 8 July 2013
fleet street fox: Andy Muray's Wimbledon win...
fleet street fox: Andy Muray's Wimbledon win...: ... and why it's not a game for poshos is the topic of today's Daily Mirror column which you can read here . New balls please, Pri...
SCOT goes POP!: Underground, overground, Scowimbling free, the Sco...
SCOT goes POP!: Underground, overground, Scowimbling free, the Sco...: When Andy Murray defeated Roger Federer in a best-of-five-set match on Wimbledon Centre Court to win Olympic gold last year, I suggested tha...
SCOT goes POP!: Want to know how to help the world take a small st...
SCOT goes POP!: Want to know how to help the world take a small st...: If so, click HERE to read my 1000-word potted guide over at the International Business Times . If you're in a rush, the even shorter v...
Sunday, 7 July 2013
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov's attention to detail
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov's attention to detail: I got mildly excited a few minutes ago when I checked the YouGov website and saw the words "Scottish Omnibus Survey", but it turne...
Saturday, 6 July 2013
Tarff Advertiser: Orange Order the Church of Scotland.....
Tarff Advertiser: Orange Order the Church of Scotland.....: Thanks to my auld aquaintance for the heads up on this. Apparently the Orange Order are saying there are 'biblical reasons' wh...
Friday, 5 July 2013
Thursday, 4 July 2013
SCOT goes POP!: A tale of one Scowimblian and one Scolionian
SCOT goes POP!: A tale of one Scowimblian and one Scolionian: On Saturday, Richie Gray will become the third different Scolionian in as many weeks to serve as the sole Scottish representative in the 23-...
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Frankly Independent: The All-Seeing Eye
Frankly Independent: The All-Seeing Eye: A Greek black-figure amphora (540–530 BC) showing the all-seeing eye of Argus Panoptes &q...
Frankly Independent: Surveillance
Frankly Independent: Surveillance: In the United Stasi of America, to which Edward Snowden understandably does not wish to return right now, citizens are apparently discoura...
Frankly Independent: Uses and Abuses 2
Frankly Independent: Uses and Abuses 2: Uses and Abuses was getting a little long in the tail. So here is the sequel. The story continues. What a movie this is going to make, inc...
SCOT goes POP!: Who's talking the most nonsense about Edward Snowd...
SCOT goes POP!: Who's talking the most nonsense about Edward Snowd...: Our old friend Rod "Scotland is NOT a nation" Liddle has penned a piece in the Spectator with the supremely ironic title "W...
Tocasaid: Lipmugi Etxarri. Art of Crass.
Tocasaid: Lipmugi Etxarri. Art of Crass.: From the Basque Country, a famous tune is plagiarised and young and old celebrate their Basque culture, old and new. Members of Hesian and o...
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Tocasaid: Gaelic for punks and hackers for Gaelic
Tocasaid: Gaelic for punks and hackers for Gaelic: Clachan to those who think that Gaelic can only be promoted by shaving something of the sacred cow that is Taxpayers' Money. Recent days...
Tocasaid: Aye can? My Erse.
Tocasaid: Aye can? My Erse.: Its census time and the onslaught against our indigenous culture continues. The auld myths about Scotland and her cultural roots are bein...
Tocasaid: When is a tongue not a tongue?
Tocasaid: When is a tongue not a tongue?: While it's always sad when a language passes, and every effort should be made to preserve our linguistic diversity, sometimes it ma...