Saturday, 30 November 2013
Friday, 29 November 2013
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : RAJOY FRONTE AO EXEMPLAR PROCESO ESCOCES #Indyref ...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : RAJOY FRONTE AO EXEMPLAR PROCESO ESCOCES #Indyref ...: New article of opinion published in Sermos Galiza http://www.sermosgaliza.com/ Novo artigo de opinion publicado en Sermos Galiza ...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : RECOMMENDED ARTICLE : "What Mariano Rajoy didn’t s...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : RECOMMENDED ARTICLE : "What Mariano Rajoy didn’t s...: I would like to recommend you all this great article by Wee Ginger Dug about Rajoy and Spain. http://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2013/11/28...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : The Rajoy 'intervention' and why the traditional m...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : The Rajoy 'intervention' and why the traditional m...: This article was published in NewsnetScotland: http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-opinion/8403-the-rajoy-intervention-and...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : O LAMENTABLE ESPECTÁCULO DO PROXECTO MEDO #Project...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : O LAMENTABLE ESPECTÁCULO DO PROXECTO MEDO #Project...: Preguntas ao Primeiro Ministro - 28 DE NOVEMBRO DE 2013 O debate que tivo lugar no Parlamento escocés o pasado 28 de novembro durante...
SCOT goes POP!: A visit to the Scottish Parliament
SCOT goes POP!: A visit to the Scottish Parliament: I know many readers of this blog will have visited the Scottish Parliament on countless occasions, but today was actually the first time I h...
Thursday, 28 November 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Sturgeon v the Lib Dems' third choice
SCOT goes POP!: Sturgeon v the Lib Dems' third choice: I wonder just how much of a realist Alistair Carmichael is. It won't have been a surprise to any of the viewers of tonight's refere...
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Munguin's Republic: I'M SICK OF THE BBC AND BETTER TOGETHER TREATING M...
Munguin's Republic: I'M SICK OF THE BBC AND BETTER TOGETHER TREATING M...: I gave up listening to the news interviews yesterday on the subject of our country’s future because they were almost unremittingly biased...
Munguin's Republic: I'M SICK OF THE BBC AND BETTER TOGETHER TREATING M...
Munguin's Republic: I'M SICK OF THE BBC AND BETTER TOGETHER TREATING M...: I gave up listening to the news interviews yesterday on the subject of our country’s future because they were almost unremittingly biased...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : CANTO ANTES O DIGO…. #SpanishBetterTogether
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : CANTO ANTES O DIGO…. #SpanishBetterTogether: Non tardou nin un minuto. O mesmo minuto que, tan sobrado o señor Almunia, lle daría a Escocia para saír da Unión Europea se o SI gaña...
A Sair Fecht: Where There's Muck, There's Brass
A Sair Fecht: Where There's Muck, There's Brass: It's been a long time since I've had to think about my school qualifications. This morning, however, I've dusted off my passes i...
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Hidden Wealth.
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: Hidden Wealth.: It gets you that way. You find yourself in a long Facebook natter and suddenly you realise there is a fact which doesn't often get highl...
Frankly Independent: The Book of Revelations
Frankly Independent: The Book of Revelations: White Paper on independence launch, Glasgow, November 26th 2013 Numerous overseas journ...
SCOT goes POP!: Listen, Darling. No, this time, actually LISTEN.
SCOT goes POP!: Listen, Darling. No, this time, actually LISTEN.: What in general has been a very uplifting day was only very marginally blighted by the unavoidable delight of listening to Alistair "Dr...
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
The Calum Maclean Project: Alba ag Gul / Scotland’s Wailing
The Calum Maclean Project: Alba ag Gul / Scotland’s Wailing: If Calum Maclean were alive today then he would have been very pleased to see the publication of the White Paper on Scotland’s independen...
SCOT goes POP!: #Indyplan Eve Poetry (aka Burns Will Be Turning In...
SCOT goes POP!: #Indyplan Eve Poetry (aka Burns Will Be Turning In...: A little-known fact about myself (ie. no-one actually gives a monkey's) is that in 2008 I was one of the runners-up in Fish Publishing&#...
Monday, 25 November 2013
Munguin's Republic: IS THIS A CHANGE IN THE HERALD'S ATTITUDE TO THE D...
Munguin's Republic: IS THIS A CHANGE IN THE HERALD'S ATTITUDE TO THE D...: The Herald’s editorial takes a pleasingly balanced and sensible line on the White Paper on Independence. The thing that most caught m...
Munguin's Republic: DEAR, DEAR, DEAR
Munguin's Republic: DEAR, DEAR, DEAR: ...as long as they were already there to begin with. Dear Rt Hon Mr Alexander How proud did it make you to open a food bank f...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: The IFS FMQs – Lamont and Salmond deconstructed – ...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: The IFS FMQs – Lamont and Salmond deconstructed – ...: JOHANN LAMONT: Presiding Officer, this week the Institute of Fiscal Studies – a respected independent think tank often quoted by the First ...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: The IFS FMQs – Lamont and Salmond deconstructed – ...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: The IFS FMQs – Lamont and Salmond deconstructed – ...: JOHANN LAMONT: Presiding Officer, this week the Institute of Fiscal Studies – a respected independent think tank often quoted by the First ...
SCOT goes POP!: Support for independence increases in latest Panel...
SCOT goes POP!: Support for independence increases in latest Panel...: Broadly speaking, it's 'steady as she goes' in the latest Panelbase poll on independence referendum voting intentions, with the ...
Frankly Independent: Voting for Scotland
Frankly Independent: Voting for Scotland: An influential and powerful Labour figure for nearly four decades, Alex Mosson, former Labour Lord Provost of Glasgow, recently explained ...
Sunday, 24 November 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Has Peter Capaldi 'gone English' for Doctor Who?
SCOT goes POP!: Has Peter Capaldi 'gone English' for Doctor Who?: I said back in August that if Peter Capaldi followed David Tennant's example , and spoke his first words as Doctor Who in an English ac...
Tarff Advertiser: Scotland is not Gaza but ...
Tarff Advertiser: Scotland is not Gaza but ...: " Feeling frustrated at there being so many nutters, lunatics and psychopaths running this planet. So much pain and suffering every...
Saturday, 23 November 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Sorry to be so repetitive..
SCOT goes POP!: Sorry to be so repetitive..: ...but if the No campaign and their friends in the media can't help themselves, why should I? From the Guardian - "Darling, cha...
Friday, 22 November 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Compare and contrast
SCOT goes POP!: Compare and contrast: Scenario A - The SNP First Minister of devolved Scotland expresses a mere opinion on the likelihood that the London government would agree...
Thursday, 21 November 2013
SCOT goes POP!: A few more constructive things you can do with you...
SCOT goes POP!: A few more constructive things you can do with you...: These Indiegogo fundraising campaigns for pro-independence causes seem to be sprouting up all over the place now - which is perhaps hardly s...
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Reporting the Referendum: Black holes and white lies
Reporting the Referendum: Black holes and white lies: Another day, another "black hole" (though I see the online version is a lot more restrained ). Surely the No side will have to ...
SCOT goes POP!: Wisdom on Wednesday : I suppose we all thought th...
SCOT goes POP!: Wisdom on Wednesday : I suppose we all thought th...: "I seem to remember that OGH's last lauding of a Scottish Lib Dem was to say that Willie Rennie was the man the SNP fear. Have we a...
Tarff Advertiser: Would you 'Adam and Eve' it ....
Tarff Advertiser: Would you 'Adam and Eve' it ....: The UK Cabinet and Justice Minister, Chris Grayling, with responsibility for ensuring the 'UK's Laws...
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Magnus Gardham and the currency question
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Magnus Gardham and the currency question: I thought Magnus Gardham would have let his non-story of yesterday die quietly to avoid further embarrassment. But no, today he unwisely tri...
Scotland!: Haste Ye Back
Scotland!: Haste Ye Back: As you can probably imagine, there are many things that we saw or did while in Scotland that we didn't share in the previous blogs eithe...
Monday, 18 November 2013
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : VISITANDO ESCÓCIA? VISITING SCOTLAND? You must GO...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : VISITANDO ESCÓCIA? VISITING SCOTLAND? You must GO...: Unha das experiencias personales mais maravillosas que tiven en Escocia (e son moitíiisisisismas) foi durante un verán en Aberfoyle. Go A...
Alba Matters: Why UKIP won't get an MEP in Scotland in 2014
Alba Matters: Why UKIP won't get an MEP in Scotland in 2014: As someone who found maths to be a breeze at school, it always annoys me to see the media making basic mistakes with numbers. It's parti...
Munguin's Republic: SLOWLY SLOWLY CATCHY MONKEY
Munguin's Republic: SLOWLY SLOWLY CATCHY MONKEY: I must admit that I thought that starting the referendum campaign early was a daft move. People have short interest spans and after the 6...
SCOT goes POP!: Advantage Independence
SCOT goes POP!: Advantage Independence: One piece of advice you sometimes hear tennis commentators giving is that if you get your opponent break point down, the first thing you sho...
Sunday, 17 November 2013
Dispatches from Paisley: A Bit Of A Heated Debate
Dispatches from Paisley: A Bit Of A Heated Debate: One of the by-products of the news surrounding both Grangemouth and BAE Systems has been the he said, she said nature of studio discuss...
Sign for Scotland: Ten a Penny - Westminster's Current Currency Threa...
Sign for Scotland: Ten a Penny - Westminster's Current Currency Threa...: George Osborne, the UK Chancellor, has made a number of threats since the referendum on Scottish Independence was announced… http://uk....
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Scottish Power Pipe Band in Compostela #music #bag...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Scottish Power Pipe Band in Compostela #music #bag...: Well, here I am again... Great to see and listen to Scottish pipes in Compostela... even when Iberdrola is in the middle of this event...
Smatterings: Currency, currently
Smatterings: Currency, currently: Currency demands 'should be set out,' read yesterday's BBC Scotland's Politics headline. Darling piles on pressure over ...
Frankly Independent: Louise Batchelor Reporting
Frankly Independent: Louise Batchelor Reporting: Former BBC reporter and environment correspondent Louise Batchelor explains why she will be voting Yes in the Scottish independence refer...
Munguin's Republic: MORE LIES FROM NO
Munguin's Republic: MORE LIES FROM NO: By Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp The unionist myth that the UK subsidises Scotland is one of the greatest confidence tricks in political history....
Munguin's Republic: RANDOM THOUGHTS
Munguin's Republic: RANDOM THOUGHTS: Thanks a lot to whoever brought asked this lot to look after our sick ' They said it would be a game-changer. And in many ways th...
Munguin's Republic: GEORGE KEREVAN ON THE POUND STERLING
Munguin's Republic: GEORGE KEREVAN ON THE POUND STERLING: Much has been made of Alistair Darling's warnings that we cannot take for granted the Bank of England (they forgot that it covered othe...
Munguin's Republic: SNAPS ON SUNDAY
Munguin's Republic: SNAPS ON SUNDAY: Johann, Ruth...girls, can I join your club...? (some daft UKIP MEP wi the taste o an ingin) ...Erm, if we're not busy doing someth...
Saturday, 16 November 2013
SCOT goes POP!: What to look out for in the independence referendu...
SCOT goes POP!: What to look out for in the independence referendu...: Because there has only been one poll so far this year showing an outright lead for the pro-independence campaign , it's been easier for ...
Friday, 15 November 2013
Tommy Ball: SSP Candidate for Shettleston: Glasgow versus Sarwar: Bedroom Tax Protests Rock L...
Tommy Ball: SSP Candidate for Shettleston: Glasgow versus Sarwar: Bedroom Tax Protests Rock L...: Despite the refusal of the BBC and STV to cover it, there has been a huge online reaction to the Scottish Socialist Party's protest aga...
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Frankly Independent: The Price of Freedom
Frankly Independent: The Price of Freedom: 1714 by Alfred Bosch Next year, when the tercentenary of the fall of Catalonia will be comme...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : NUNCA MAIS #PRESTIGE #IMPUNIDADE #IMPUNITY
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : NUNCA MAIS #PRESTIGE #IMPUNIDADE #IMPUNITY: http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/11/13/inenglish/1384345343_305910.html http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/10/24/inenglish/1351084535_240836.ht...
SCOT goes POP!: Practically identical, yet again
SCOT goes POP!: Practically identical, yet again: Those among the anti-independence commentariat who like to peddle the idea that there's nothing much to choose between public opinion in...
SCOT goes POP!: Practically identical, yet again
SCOT goes POP!: Practically identical, yet again: Those among the anti-independence commentariat who like to peddle the idea that there's nothing much to choose between public opinion in...
Tarff Advertiser: Follow the Money - 2
Tarff Advertiser: Follow the Money - 2: In the US Medical bills underlie more than 60% of bankruptcies in the US and the level of student debt has reached an eye-watering $1.2tn...
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Tarff Advertiser: Follow the money ...
Tarff Advertiser: Follow the money ...: Labour shoot themselves in both feet In Parliament yesterday 47 Labour MP's could not be bothered to...
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : RECOMENDADO // RECOMMENDED CAPELA LAUDA SION - A P...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : RECOMENDADO // RECOMMENDED CAPELA LAUDA SION - A P...: (Moi orgullosa do meu avó Ricardo Fernández Carreira (Músico e compositor galego) e có total agradecemento ao actual Director Alexandre Fo...
Tarff Advertiser: What do Tigger's like?
Tarff Advertiser: What do Tigger's like?: I remember reading the Winnie the Pooh story about discovering what the new animal to the Wild, Wild Wood actually needed and how long it t...
Monday, 11 November 2013
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Shipbuilding and its politicisation by Iain Davids...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Shipbuilding and its politicisation by Iain Davids...: The Dateline London foreign correspondents get to the heart of the shipbuilding jobs decision, recognising that it was Scottish politicians...
Munguin's Republic: 10 Reasons why Scotland is better being part of th...
Munguin's Republic: 10 Reasons why Scotland is better being part of th...: The Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers has come out for NO. Here, in light face, are their reasons for doing so. My responses ar...
Sunday, 10 November 2013
SCOT goes POP!: The Donaldson files
SCOT goes POP!: The Donaldson files: Back in the halcyon days when, by sheer luck, I hadn't yet been banned by the delightful Stormfront-lite website Political Betting for ...
Frankly Independent: Bordering on the Ridiculous
Frankly Independent: Bordering on the Ridiculous: Anti-independence scaremongering about the Anglo-Scottish border is the subject of the second video in the Duggy Dug series: ...
Saturday, 9 November 2013
Munguin's Republic: SO, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING THIS WEEK?
Munguin's Republic: SO, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING THIS WEEK?: Repugnant creep though Mitchell is, the police who stitched him up are even more so. If they can get away with stitching up a cabinet mem...
Friday, 8 November 2013
Munguin's Republic: YOU'RE NOT BETTER TOGETHER IF YOU ARE A SCOTTISH F...
Munguin's Republic: YOU'RE NOT BETTER TOGETHER IF YOU ARE A SCOTTISH F...: SNP MEP Alyn Smith has reacted angrily to news that the UK government has announced that it will not pass on hundreds of millions of poun...
Gauging Govan: Why I Wear a White Poppy
Gauging Govan: Why I Wear a White Poppy: It's that time of year again. This month sees the 95th anniversary of the Armistice which ended the Great War, the most efficient and in...
SCOT goes POP!: Boost for pro-independence campaign as the gap con...
SCOT goes POP!: Boost for pro-independence campaign as the gap con...: I know that a number of us have separately come to the conclusion that Blair McDougall is a thoroughly objectionable and rather thuggish ind...
Thursday, 7 November 2013
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Alba Matters: There by the grace of the UK
Alba Matters: There by the grace of the UK: There are many reasons why I reject the Christianity that my parents (and school, despite not going to a faith school) tried to bring me up ...
Lallands Peat Worrier: Scots justice for Brooks & Coulson!
Lallands Peat Worrier: Scots justice for Brooks & Coulson!: A final thought for October. Let's make it a finicky, legal one. As you cannot have missed, the trial of Andy Coulson and Rebekah Br...
Lallands Peat Worrier: Scottish Labour: learned nothing, forgiven nothing...
Lallands Peat Worrier: Scottish Labour: learned nothing, forgiven nothing...: I have an embarrassing admission to make: I rate one of President George W Bush's speech-writers. My social democratic sentiments may...
SCOT goes POP!: Things the No campaign say that don't actually mak...
SCOT goes POP!: Things the No campaign say that don't actually mak...: I see that the ever-reliable Duncan Hothersall has offered a measure of support for Ian "Ah'll gie ye a doin' after ah bayonet ...
TRIBUNA DEL BERGUEDÀ: CASA JOAN BOFILL DE SANTA COLOMA DE FARNERS. LA SE...
TRIBUNA DEL BERGUEDÀ: CASA JOAN BOFILL DE SANTA COLOMA DE FARNERS. LA SE...: Retratava el singular edifici del carrer de Sant Sebastià , 4 de Santa Coloma de Farners, el promotor Joan Bofill – sense cognom matern, ...
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Wings over Scotland on the March #Indyref #Scotlan...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Wings over Scotland on the March #Indyref #Scotlan...: http://wingsoverscotland.com/ @WingsScotland
Monday, 4 November 2013
Frankly Independent: Moore on Catalonia
Frankly Independent: Moore on Catalonia: "If people in Catalonia decide that they are going to become an independent country, I'd be very surprised if that was not re...
Frankly Independent: Law 99
Frankly Independent: Law 99: Quebec Government press conference on Law 99 RDI Matin, October 20th 2013 You see in the abov...
Frankly Independent: Not the 18th Century
Frankly Independent: Not the 18th Century: How is the Spanish government's refusal to countenance a Catalan vote on independence viewed in the European Parliament? ...
Frankly Independent: A Better Country
Frankly Independent: A Better Country: The conference address of the First Minister of Scotland in Perth on October 19th 2013 "...
Frankly Independent: Attack of the Cybernats
Frankly Independent: Attack of the Cybernats: The Fear Factor (6): Attack of the Cybernats Scared at the prospect of running your own cou...
Frankly Independent: Dilemma
Frankly Independent: Dilemma: Is Scotland facing a dilemma? A dilemma (Greek: δί-λημμα - double proposition) is a problem offering two possibilities, neither of w...
Frankly Independent: The Celtic Fronde
Frankly Independent: The Celtic Fronde: The Breton Revolt Le Parisien, October 17th 2013 Improbable though it may seem, alarm be...
Peter A Bell: Vote Yes to save the union
Peter A Bell: Vote Yes to save the union: Nicola Sturgeon Nicola Sturgeon rattled a few cages with her address to the SNP Conference in Perth when she spelled out the risks asso...
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: The Westminster Cronies Al Qaeda ... You decide.
Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: The Westminster Cronies 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...
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Johann Lamont and Gary Robertson interview – Sunda...
Moridura - - - ©Copyright Peter Curran 2013: Johann Lamont and Gary Robertson interview – Sunda...: LETTERS 30th Oct 2013 "TV interviewers must do better" John Kelly I took issue with John Kelly on a number of observations and ...
SCOT goes POP!: Kilclooney's baloney
SCOT goes POP!: Kilclooney's baloney: I've just caught up with the extraordinary letter to the Scotsman a couple of weeks ago from Lord Kilclooney (former Deputy Leader of t...
SCOT goes POP!: Kilclooney's baloney, part 2
SCOT goes POP!: Kilclooney's baloney, part 2: Lord Kilclooney, aka former deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party John Taylor, has made yet another stirring 'contribution' to ...
Saturday, 2 November 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Yeah, Blair, what have the nationalists ever done ...
SCOT goes POP!: Yeah, Blair, what have the nationalists ever done ...: Those ever-delightful anti-independence chaps on Twitter seem to be terribly excited about events in Wales today. Better Together : Devol...
Munguin's Republic: 'If it falls to me to start a fight to cut out the...
Munguin's Republic: 'If it falls to me to start a fight to cut out the...: Although Mr Aitken might have done slightly better with his operation if, on that occasion, the press hadn't been bang on right, and g...
Munguin's Republic: I LIVE IN DOWNING STREET AND BLAIR McDOUGALL THINK...
Munguin's Republic: I LIVE IN DOWNING STREET AND BLAIR McDOUGALL THINK...: Notwithstanding the fact that we have discussed changing electricity/gas suppliers and found that the majority opinion was that it was a w...
Munguin's Republic: WHY DOES LABOUR HANG ON TO LAMONT?
Munguin's Republic: WHY DOES LABOUR HANG ON TO LAMONT?: Yet another First Minister's Questions disaster Dean recently criticised me for the blog's habit of criticising Labour in gener...
Friday, 1 November 2013
SCOT goes POP!: Questions to which the answer is "Me!"
SCOT goes POP!: Questions to which the answer is "Me!": We're all hugely indebted to Andrew Morton for his illuminating report for Wings from behind enemy lines, at the 'launch' (do t...
Tarff Advertiser: A Christian Government?
Tarff Advertiser: A Christian Government?: Yesterday's discovery of the levels of death amongst UK citizens, apparently directly related to the new UK Government Benefit Policy...