Dispatches from Paisley: Game On?

Dispatches from Paisley: Game On?: A couple of weeks ago, the much belegred Yes Scotland campaign received a boost with a Panelbase poll that showed for the first time in...

Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: The Westminster Al Qaeda ... You decide.

Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: The Westminster Al Qaeda ... You decide.: Something has been troubling me for some time; it did in 1979 before that referendum, it has again for more than a year. It crystalise...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : LETTER OF FM ALEX SALMOND REPLYING TO CAMERON

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : LETTER OF FM ALEX SALMOND REPLYING TO CAMERON: Esta é a carta de resposta do Primeiro Ministro Alex Salmond a Cameron ante a súa negativa de aceptar un debate en directo sobre o Referendu...

SCOT goes POP!: We need to talk about independence

SCOT goes POP!: We need to talk about independence: As I think I've mentioned before, I hardly ever talk about politics in 'real life'.  In fact, I sometimes wince when I hear peop...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Libro recomendado // Recommended book

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Libro recomendado // Recommended book

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Xente interesante en Compostela

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Xente interesante en Compostela: Mirade a quen me atopei onte na Rua de San Pedro en Compostela: Eduard Punset. Unha fermosisima sorpresa.

Gilleasbuig Aotrom: Gilleasbuig còir a' sìneadh a-mach làimh-cuideacha...

Gilleasbuig Aotrom: Gilleasbuig còir a' sìneadh a-mach làimh-cuideacha...: Rannsaich seo! Soillse/UHI advertise for something-or-other, but don't bother to proofread their ad Bha e na thlachd d...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Rally Scottish Independence

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Rally Scottish Independence: Rally Scottish Independence , un álbum en Flickr. More pictures

SCOT goes POP!: Photos at 5.54 : Inveraray and thereabouts

SCOT goes POP!: Photos at 5.54 : Inveraray and thereabouts: This is the first post I've prescheduled to keep things ticking over while I'm off on my travels.  Well, actually strictly speaking ...

Frankly Independent: The Whole Truth

Frankly Independent: The Whole Truth:              The Fear Factor: The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth         The Truth, the Whole ...

Frankly Independent: No Turning Back

Frankly Independent: No Turning Back:              President of the Generalitat of Catalonia Artur Mas Opening the General Policy Debate in the Catalan Parlia...

Logic's Rock: Typhoid Johann Spreads Infective Internet Meme

Logic's Rock: Typhoid Johann Spreads Infective Internet Meme: Johann Lamont's disgraceful likening of the Yes Scotland movement to a virus has sparked a particularly effective backlash with &q...

The Kelpies sculptures beside M9 near completion - Visual Arts - The Scotsman

The Kelpies sculptures beside M9 near completion - Visual Arts - The Scotsman

Tarff Advertiser: Seig Heil, Mein Furher!

Tarff Advertiser: Seig Heil, Mein Furher!: According to Joann Lamont in her speech to the Labour Conference, Scots who think independence is a good idea for Scotland have a ' n...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : #Rally4indyref #indyref #Scotland

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : #Rally4indyref #indyref #Scotland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_n7PrPreN0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Alba Matters: Adam Tomkins School of Impartiality

Alba Matters: Adam Tomkins School of Impartiality: Adam Tomkins, Professor of Public Law at the University of Glasgow, is a semi-regular pundit in the Scottish media. A unionist to the bone, ...

Lallands Peat Worrier: Victim Fantasies

Lallands Peat Worrier: Victim Fantasies: "Now we see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help. I'm being oppressed!"  Victim fantasies seem to have become ...

Tocasaid: The Bureau de Change 2013

Tocasaid: The Bureau de Change 2013: Or, the United Colours of Independence go to Calton Hill. Do we only do marches like this because Better Together can't? Could you re...

Peter A Bell: Project Fear becomes Project Hate

Peter A Bell: Project Fear becomes Project Hate

Logic's Rock: Snake Oil & Something for Nothing

Logic's Rock: Snake Oil & Something for Nothing: Better Together are offering "free" 'limited edition' T-shirts to those who "donate" £10 or more to their campa...

Frankly Independent: Insurrection

Frankly Independent: Insurrection:              The song La Via (The Way) by Pepet and Marieta set to a variety of video clips of the recent Catalan Way hu...

Frankly Independent: Part of the Union

Frankly Independent: Part of the Union:              The Fear Factor: Part of the Union         The good old anglo-union. You can't beat it. Even th...

Frankly Independent: Casals

Frankly Independent: Casals:   No, not that one. Pablo , whose Catalan name was Pau, which means peace , did speak movingly about Catalonia in public, on at least on...

Logic's Rock: Aye, Have a Dream

Logic's Rock: Aye, Have a Dream: My favourite placard of the day. Photo: Simon Thoumire . Yours truly. Photo: Archie MacFarlane . It was a truly inspiring day yes...

Héraldique européenne... le blog: Commémoration du décès du Roi Jacques (James) IV d...

Héraldique européenne... le blog: Commémoration du décès du Roi Jacques (James) IV d...: Aujourd'hui 9 septembre 2013, commémoration du 500e anniversaire de Roi Jacques (James) IV Stuart , Roi d'Ecosse. Jacques (Jam...

Tarff Advertiser: Chauvinistic British Intellectual - moi?

Tarff Advertiser: Chauvinistic British Intellectual - moi?

SCOT goes POP!: Up next...

SCOT goes POP!: Up next...: In the highly unlikely event that things have gone according to plan, I should be off on my travels by now. When I get back, I hope to write...

Peter A Bell: No hate here!

Peter A Bell: No hate here!: If anybody still doubts that the anti-independence campaign is anti-Scottish then they need only read the article by Simon Heffer in today...

Frankly Independent: Playing with Fire

Frankly Independent: Playing with Fire:                   Here we are just a year away from the Scottish independence referendum, and yet another European Uni...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: One year to go – Scotland the Brave or Scotland th...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: One year to go – Scotland the Brave or Scotland th...:

Logic's Rock: #1Year2Yes

Logic's Rock: #1Year2Yes: Here's to voting to ditch the troughers in Westminster, Commons and Lords, in 1 year's time. Tell them where to stick their pri...

Editorial: One Year to Yes?

Editorial: One Year to Yes?: On 18 September 2014, a year from today, Scotland will go to the polls on one of its biggest decisions in 300 years.  There have been various opinion polls recently […]

RosaMary: L'Ajuntament d'Agramunt obligat a treure les bande...

RosaMary: L'Ajuntament d'Agramunt obligat a treure les bande...: Dimecres, 18 de setembre de 2013 13:30 h El jutjat de Lleida ha sentenciat que l'Ajuntament d'Agramunt ha de posar la bandera es...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : SOBERANIA PARA GALIZA // SOVEREIGNTY FOR GALIZA (...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : SOBERANIA PARA GALIZA // SOVEREIGNTY FOR GALIZA (...: 15 de Setembro de 2013 Manifestación celebrada en Compostela na que reafirmamos o dereito á soberanía de Galiza 15th September 2013 ...

Logic's Rock: David Cameron on Scottish Independence

Logic's Rock: David Cameron on Scottish Independence: David Cameron was invited by The Sunday Herald to write a piece defending the Union to sit opposite a piece by Alec Salmond. Both the P...

Graphical Yes: Scotland is virtually powerless to stop the Tories...

Graphical Yes: Scotland is virtually powerless to stop the Tories...: Download as A4 poster . Download as A4 poster . Election data . Duration data .

Tarff Advertiser: Only working class can be socialists .....

Tarff Advertiser: Only working class can be socialists .....

SCOT goes POP!: Boost for pro-independence campaign as ICM show a ...

SCOT goes POP!: Boost for pro-independence campaign as ICM show a ...: I was slightly worried earlier this evening when Blair McDougall and Euan McColm eagerly retweeted the news of an impending (and extremely r...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: The Black Ink Art of Spin by Headline – or is it j...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: The Black Ink Art of Spin by Headline – or is it j...: I take a keen interest in media, especially print media. I am one of a dying breed – a newspaper subscriber (the the Herald/Sunday Herald )...

Munguin's Republic: FOTOS ON FRIDAY... 'PRIVATISATION OF POST' AND 'B...

Munguin's Republic: FOTOS ON FRIDAY... 'PRIVATISATION OF POST' AND 'B...: SO FIRST THERE IS THIS ODIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT FROM SAINT VINCE... ...and Labour needn't get bent out of shape about it. Peter Mandelson d...

Logic's Rock: Wings & Waffle about LGBT Issues.

Logic's Rock: Wings & Waffle about LGBT Issues.: Wings over Scotland's Rev. Stuart Campbell's (almost) comprehensive fisking of Duncan Hothersall 's opening remarks at the Eq...

Calum Cashley SNP: Labour's lies and the liars without shame

Calum Cashley SNP: Labour's lies and the liars without shame: The Bedroom Tax Lie More than a week ago Labour boasted of its 'action' on the Bedroom Tax, Jackie Baillie repeated that she was b...

aangirfan: 'RUSSIA SHOT DOWN TWO US MISSILES'

aangirfan: 'RUSSIA SHOT DOWN TWO US MISSILES': Reportedly, on 3 September 2013, Russia shot down two US ballistic missiles that were heading towards the Syrian coast,  allegedly &#39...

Tarff Advertiser: I hate Wee Eck so .....

Tarff Advertiser: I hate Wee Eck so .....: Here's the problem for the 'I hate Wee Eck, so I'll vote 'no' folk, they are cutting their nose off to spite their fa...

Frankly Independent: A Fine Yarn

Frankly Independent: A Fine Yarn:                 The Great Tapestry of Scotland depicting the history of Scotland at the Scottish Parliament       ...

Frankly Independent: The Fear Factor

Frankly Independent: The Fear Factor:                  Scared at the prospect of running your own country? Terrified about what the future holds? Haunted by n...

Frankly Independent: Spanish Nationalists Attack

Frankly Independent: Spanish Nationalists Attack: What Catalans have to put up with in the Spanish state:      Rent-a-thug Spanish nationalists violently disrupt a Catalan Na...

Frankly Independent: Reporting Catalonia

Frankly Independent: Reporting Catalonia:               Way Overcrowded   A Group of Fascists Attacks the Catalan Government Building in Madrid   La Vanguard...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: The Question and No Answers session – Nicola Sturg...

Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: The Question and No Answers session – Nicola Sturg...: Nicola question: "Give me three specific examples of welfare cuts that Ed Miliband will reverse?" Anas answer: No answer N...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : AVUI GALIZA ESTÀ AMB CATALUNYA // GALIZA TODAY IS ...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : AVUI GALIZA ESTÀ AMB CATALUNYA // GALIZA TODAY IS ...: BONA DIADA A TOTS  http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/4142546/20130908/tram-0-via-catalana-participants-trobin-lloc.html http://www.ser...

Tarff Advertiser: Norwegian Blue ... revisited.

Tarff Advertiser: Norwegian Blue ... revisited.: Since I read the Scottish Business for Independence article on the level of US Treasury dollars propping up the City of London's main b...

SCOT goes POP!: Should the SNP endorse a Labour for Independence c...

SCOT goes POP!: Should the SNP endorse a Labour for Independence c...: You might remember that back in March, when it briefly seemed possible that there might be a Falkirk by-election, the PB poster TheUnionDivv...

Calum Cashley SNP: Fantasy Polling

Calum Cashley SNP: Fantasy Polling: I was ignoring the Ashcroft 'poll' on the basis that it was so schonky that it might have been invented as a tale by CS Lewis during...

Dispatches from Paisley: If Labour Want To Win In 2016, They Need To Dump L...

Dispatches from Paisley: If Labour Want To Win In 2016, They Need To Dump L...: Of all the reactions to the announcement of the date of the Independence referendum a couple of weeks ago, the most…   umm..   extreme has ...

Obama Admits Public Doesn’t Want War, But Says He Knows Whats Best

Obama Admits Public Doesn’t Want War, But Says He Knows Whats Best

SCOT goes POP!: 'Besides, as one of my aunties put it, that Ruth D...

SCOT goes POP!: 'Besides, as one of my aunties put it, that Ruth D...: One observation I made in Michael Greenwell's podcast the other day was that there is, in fact, something positive that campaigners can...

Who Is Going To Buy Our Debt If This War Causes China, Russia And The Rest Of The World To Turn On Us?

Who Is Going To Buy Our Debt If This War Causes China, Russia And The Rest Of The World To Turn On Us?

Munguin's Republic: 'JUST SAY NAW', SAYS THE OTHER GEORGE

Munguin's Republic: 'JUST SAY NAW', SAYS THE OTHER GEORGE: I just spotted this advertisement for Grubby Galloway, who is touring Scotland putting his take on independence. Given that he's an ...

Munguin's Republic: GET ANOTHER JOB; GET TWO JOBS. SOME MPs HAVE GOT S...

Munguin's Republic: GET ANOTHER JOB; GET TWO JOBS. SOME MPs HAVE GOT S...: The Tories and their Liberal Democrat (!?!) friends march relentlessly on with a programme of persecution of people who are unfortunate enou...

Munguin's Republic: THIS, YOU SEE, IS THE KIND OF MESS YOU GET WHEN A ...

Munguin's Republic: THIS, YOU SEE, IS THE KIND OF MESS YOU GET WHEN A ...: (Apologies. I have no idea what happened to the formatting.)  I've just been reading a post at WOS which points out the differenc...

Gauging Govan: George Foulkes: the violent bigot who epitomises L...

Gauging Govan: George Foulkes: the violent bigot who epitomises L...: This evening on Newsnicht, the Labour Party in Scotland - unable to utilise its barely-recognised and cowardly leader Johann Lamont during...

Gauging Govan: Gordon Brown's Speech is an Embarrassment to Tory-...

Gauging Govan: Gordon Brown's Speech is an Embarrassment to Tory-...: I often find it difficult to distinguish between Howard Hughes and the sociopath Gordon Brown.  One is a wealthy man, noted for his biz...

Gauging Govan: "BetterTogether" Silence on Violence to Blame for ...

Gauging Govan: "BetterTogether" Silence on Violence to Blame for ...: On Tuesday, a BetterTogether-supporting extremist attacked an octogenarian pro-Independence campaigner with such violence and ferocity that...

Logic's Rock: Psychopathic Delusions of Grandeur

Logic's Rock: Psychopathic Delusions of Grandeur: Don't get me wrong, I'm proud of the role Scotland, the UK, the Empire, the Commonwealth and our allies played in World War 2.  I&#...

SCOT goes POP!: He's terrific, he's magnific, he's the greatest se...

SCOT goes POP!: He's terrific, he's magnific, he's the greatest se...: Just a quick note to let you know that I'm one of the participants in this week's For A' That podcast, alongside Michael Greenw...

Comment: Independence will change future, not past - News - The Scotsman

Comment: Independence will change future, not past - News - The Scotsman

Tocasaid: Pet Shop Boys v. John Kerry

Tocasaid: Pet Shop Boys v. John Kerry: John Kerry has come the full circle. He famously told a Congree inquiry into the Vietnam War: Someone has to die so that President Ni...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Scotland Tonight Debate 05/09/2013 Anas Sarwar v N...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Scotland Tonight Debate 05/09/2013 Anas Sarwar v N...

US Push For Syria Invasion Meets Strong Inner Opposition

US Push For Syria Invasion Meets Strong Inner Opposition

Peter A Bell: Of flags and feelings

Peter A Bell: Of flags and feelings: A political statement As someone with a bit of a passion for live music, one of the highlights of my year is Perth's annual Souther...

British Troops 'Fired into Bodies of Wounded Rebels and Stamped on Head of Dead Iraqi' - IBTimes UK

British Troops 'Fired into Bodies of Wounded Rebels and Stamped on Head of Dead Iraqi' - IBTimes UK

Scottish Independence: How Syria Vote Reveals Argument the No Campaign can Never Make [BLOG] - IBTimes UK

Scottish Independence: How Syria Vote Reveals Argument the No Campaign can Never Make [BLOG] - IBTimes UK

SCOT goes POP!: Cameron's Syria setback - what impact on the indep...

SCOT goes POP!: Cameron's Syria setback - what impact on the indep...: I have a new article up at the International Business Times (in fact it's been up for over 24 hours now, but I forgot to check). It co...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : THE WINGS OF THE SCOTTISH BUTTERFLY IN SPANISH MED...

A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : THE WINGS OF THE SCOTTISH BUTTERFLY IN SPANISH MED...: THE WINGS OF THE SCOTTISH BUTTERFLY IN SPANISH MEDIA There is nothing like reading the right wing Spanish press to know how terrib...

Tarff Advertiser: Clann a' Ched ........ (Children of the Mist)

Tarff Advertiser: Clann a' Ched ........ (Children of the Mist): “We became one when the Clann a’ Romaidh beat on our doors to look for our gold and wealth. We stopped our raiding. We knew our code...

SCOT goes POP!: McDougall still in no particular rush to find a le...

SCOT goes POP!: McDougall still in no particular rush to find a le...: I've just spotted this truly extraordinary tweet from the anti-independence campaign troll-in-chief Blair McDougall - "he [Salmon...

ianssmart: More Power to our Enemies

ianssmart: More Power to our Enemies: It is easy to forget that in the History of the SNP they have not always been in favour of a devolved Scottish Parliament. Going back as f...

SCOT goes POP!: Pro-independence campaign storms back into the lea...

SCOT goes POP!: Pro-independence campaign storms back into the lea...: It was fairly obvious from the hints being dropped on Twitter last night that a new Panelbase poll on the independence referendum was on its...

SUBROSA: The Best Laid Plans ...

SUBROSA: The Best Laid Plans ...

Logic's Rock: Carry on Screaming: the Heady Heights of Hypocrisy...

Logic's Rock: Carry on Screaming: the Heady Heights of Hypocrisy...: I thought I'd be inured, having seen the heady heights of hypocrisy soared many a time in my 49 years. However, Project Fear beggars ...

Logic's Rock: Clout Syria as Part of UK says Alistair Darling

Logic's Rock: Clout Syria as Part of UK says Alistair Darling: The Guardian reports that Independent Scotland would struggle on world stage, says Alistair Darling .  It is a PA piece. How disappointin...

SCOT goes POP!: Battle of the pollsters

SCOT goes POP!: Battle of the pollsters: When I first heard whispers a couple of hours ago that there was a new poll out showing a substantial No lead, I can honestly say the first ...