Monday, 31 March 2014

Frankly Independent: Something Is Afoot

Frankly Independent: Something Is Afoot: When the 15th Duke of Hamilton and 12th Duke of Brandon , Scotland's premier peer and Hereditary Keeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse...

SCOT goes POP!: Why did Alistair Carmichael tell a direct lie abou...

SCOT goes POP!: Why did Alistair Carmichael tell a direct lie abou...: I'd heard that Alistair Carmichael made a questionable comment about the recent TNS-BMRB poll on today's edition of the Sunday Polit...

Tarff Advertiser: Least Worst Prospect?

Tarff Advertiser: Least Worst Prospect?:  "William Bain is certainly not a man anyone could accuse of complacency. The Labour MP for Lambhill in Glasgow knows estates like th...

Tarff Advertiser: Deep Thought ..

Tarff Advertiser: Deep Thought ..: After reading the contrary articles posted on the Gruniad web site on the currency union / no currency union issue, while waiting for Noel ...

Tarff Advertiser: Deep Thought ..

Tarff Advertiser: Deep Thought ..: After reading the contrary articles posted on the Gruniad web site on the currency union / no currency union issue, while waiting for Noel ...

Peter A Bell: Mystery Ministers and Jerking Knees

Peter A Bell: Mystery Ministers and Jerking Knees: Knee jerk It doesn't take much to get some knees jerking! A piece by Nicholas Watt in The Guardian ( Independent Scotland 'ma...

Peter A Bell: Johan Lamont does Monty Python

Peter A Bell: Johan Lamont does Monty Python: As I watched Johann Lamont's antics over the past week I was reminded of Monty Python's  famous "Dead Parrot" sketch. T...

SCOT goes POP!: Does Nick Clegg's logic make Vladimir Putin the ri...

SCOT goes POP!: Does Nick Clegg's logic make Vladimir Putin the ri...: I must confess that I haven't been watching Nick Clegg's speech to the Scottish Lib Dem diehards.  (After making it through eight wh...

SCOT goes POP!: Sagacity on Saturday : The indispensable building-...

SCOT goes POP!: Sagacity on Saturday : The indispensable building-...: "It is impossible for one to be internationalist without being a nationalist.  Internationalism is possible only when nationalism becom...

Munguin's Republic: FOTOS ON FRIDAY

Munguin's Republic: FOTOS ON FRIDAY: True true Single, all the way please You see, that's how we'd pay for stuff! OK, posh boy, what's your answer to...

The Calum Maclean Project: A New Pibroch: Lament for Calum Maclean

The Calum Maclean Project: A New Pibroch: Lament for Calum Maclean: To mark the untimely death of Calum Maclean (1915–1960), one of Scotland’s foremost collectors, at only the age of forty-four, Fran...

SCOT goes POP!: Boost for SNP in Holyrood voting intention figures...

SCOT goes POP!: Boost for SNP in Holyrood voting intention figures...: In recent months, YouGov have slipped out of line with other pollsters with regard to Holyrood voting intentions, showing the SNP in a somew...

Bytes fae the biddy...: Sophia's Eurovision 2013 preview...

Bytes fae the biddy...: Sophia's Eurovision 2013 preview...: Ah wisnae gaunnae this year, but... ach weel why no? Ah hae tae say ah've no been as excited this year as ah usually get, maist y...

Thursday, 27 March 2014

The Calum Maclean Project: An Oral Account of the Vatersay Raiders

The Calum Maclean Project: An Oral Account of the Vatersay Raiders: Appearing in court on the 2nd of June, 1908, ten cottars from the small island of Vatersay were presented before the Court of Sessi...

Munguin's Republic: WHERE'S ALL THAT SOCIALIST STUFF WE WERE PROMISED ...

Munguin's Republic: WHERE'S ALL THAT SOCIALIST STUFF WE WERE PROMISED ...: Congratulations to the following Labour MPs: Look... a socialist (about to leave parliament?) Diane Abbott Ronnie Campbell ...

Tocasaid: SPT shoot themselves in the foot

Tocasaid: SPT shoot themselves in the foot: In short, Glasgow Labour Party Strathclyde Passenger Transport has banned these ads for Wings Over Scotland on the grounds that they ar...

SCOT goes POP!: Was the Yes vote in the recent ICM poll even highe...

SCOT goes POP!: Was the Yes vote in the recent ICM poll even highe...: You might remember that when Scotland on Sunday reported a big swing to Yes in their ICM poll at the weekend, I was slightly surprised to l...

SCOT goes POP!: Breakthrough for pro-independence campaign in land...

SCOT goes POP!: Breakthrough for pro-independence campaign in land...: Although the No lead has been slipping in recent YouGov polls, the pace of change has been frustratingly sluggish compared to most other pol...

Munguin's Republic: Q: WHO RULES SCOTLAND? A: THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAN...

Munguin's Republic: Q: WHO RULES SCOTLAND? A: THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAN...: Of the 31 ministers of the UK government none is from Northern Ireland; 1 is from Wales and 2 are from Scotland.  This means that 28 a...

Pictish Beastie: Munguin's Republic: DON'T LET THEM DO IT AGAIN

Pictish Beastie: Munguin's Republic: DON'T LET THEM DO IT AGAIN: Munguin's Republic: DON'T LET THEM DO IT AGAIN : *Click to enlarge Well, that worked marvellously well for us, that 1979 thing. Li...

Munguin's Republic: NOW WE CAN'T ADVERTISE OUR MEDIA IN THE ''DEMOCRAT...

Munguin's Republic: NOW WE CAN'T ADVERTISE OUR MEDIA IN THE ''DEMOCRAT...: Someone, whose name is suspected to be Blair and who may or may not have a job with a political campaign based in Glasgow has complained ...[British censorship of free speech]

Alistair Darling warns independence referendum is an 'uneven contest' thanks to SNP access to public purse - Telegraph

Alistair Darling warns independence referendum is an 'uneven contest' thanks to SNP access to public purse - Telegraph [An hilarious deflection from the issue of the British establishment machine's access and utilisation of a much, much larger "public purse" in pursuit of its Doublethink propaganda]

The Calum Maclean Project: Robert the Bruce, King of Scots

The Calum Maclean Project: Robert the Bruce, King of Scots: With the coming commemoration of the 700th year of the Battle of Bannockburn , fought near Stirling on the 24th of June 1314, it would no...

Munguin's Republic: NOW WE CAN'T ADVERTISE OUR MEDIA IN THE ''DEMOCRAT...

Munguin's Republic: NOW WE CAN'T ADVERTISE OUR MEDIA IN THE ''DEMOCRAT...: Someone, whose name is suspected to be Blair and who may or may not have a job with a political campaign based in Glasgow has complained ...

SCOT goes POP!: New TNS-BMRB referendum poll puts the pro-independ...

SCOT goes POP!: New TNS-BMRB referendum poll puts the pro-independ...: A new TNS-BMRB poll on the referendum has just been released, and in complete contrast to ICM, Panelbase and Survation it shows a very sligh...

SCOT goes POP!: Pro-independence campaign close gap to just 7% in ...

SCOT goes POP!: Pro-independence campaign close gap to just 7% in ...: I wouldn't normally dream of taking delight in Kenny Farquharson's befuddlement over his failure (just for once) to keep us in the d...

Frankly Independent: Viva la Libertà

Frankly Independent: Viva la Libertà:            The scene in the Piazza dei Signori in Treviso when the result of the Veneto independence referendum was annou...

Dispatches from Paisley: There Is No Room For Complacency

Dispatches from Paisley: There Is No Room For Complacency: For all that this budget has hardly received very much pre publicity, this budget has all the hallmarks of being a revolutionary one with fa...

Tommy Ball's Blog: An awful week for the Left ends with more appallin...

Tommy Ball's Blog: An awful week for the Left ends with more appallin...: This week has been marked by two huge, yet entirely different losses on the Left. It began on Monday with the dreadful shock of Bob Cro...

Lallands Peat Worrier: Constitutional illiteracy

Lallands Peat Worrier: Constitutional illiteracy: The public know one thing about the British constitution, and it isn't true. The criminal lawyer is always asked how she can bear to ...

Logic's Rock: From Carry On Screaming to Carry On Camping

Logic's Rock: From Carry On Screaming to Carry On Camping: Is Project Fear trying a new image with its choice of celebrity endorsements? First, the Krankies, then John Barrowman's cringeworthy I...

Munguin's Republic: GOOD RESULT FOR THE YES CAMPAIGN AT DUNDEE AND ANG...

Munguin's Republic: GOOD RESULT FOR THE YES CAMPAIGN AT DUNDEE AND ANG...: After hearing the arguments at the Dundee and Angus College referendum debate a massive 83% of students backed independence, up from...

Munguin's Republic: AND YOU WILL BE WELCOME...

Munguin's Republic: AND YOU WILL BE WELCOME...: I saw this on Facebook. It looks as if it may have come from a local newspaper, perhaps the local version of the Metro. It's the kind...

Frankly Independent: Scotland, Catalonia and Euskadi

Frankly Independent: Scotland, Catalonia and Euskadi:          Scotland, Catalonia and the Basque Country 60 Minutos EITB, March 14th 2014         The 2014 autumn ...

SCOT goes POP!: An independent Scotland beckons, as Yes campaign c...

SCOT goes POP!: An independent Scotland beckons, as Yes campaign c...: The third Panelbase referendum poll of 2014 has been released in the last few minutes - and not to put too fine a point on it, it's a cr...

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

SCOT goes POP!: UK "democracy" does Judge John Deed

SCOT goes POP!: UK "democracy" does Judge John Deed: I know I should be way, way past this point by now, but my jaw dropped to the floor last night when Alex Massie (a man who in all apparent s...

SCOT goes POP!: Wisdom on Wednesday : The reason for asking the qu...

SCOT goes POP!: Wisdom on Wednesday : The reason for asking the qu...: "Whatever the future holds, research shows that, in 2013, Scots are still more discontented with the balance of powers between Westmins...

SCOT goes POP!: Five opinions of Andrew Marr that are not actually...

SCOT goes POP!: Five opinions of Andrew Marr that are not actually...: "I think it would be quite hard to get back in, I have to say, but let's move on..." "This is what, the Andrew Marr ana...

SCOT goes POP!: Five opinions of Andrew Marr that are not actually...

SCOT goes POP!: Five opinions of Andrew Marr that are not actually...: "I think it would be quite hard to get back in, I have to say, but let's move on..." "This is what, the Andrew Marr ana...

Monday, 17 March 2014

Peter A Bell: Can! Should! Must!

Peter A Bell: Can! Should! Must!: Yes we can! Yes we should! Yes we must! With six months to go until the people of Scotland vote on the constitutional future of our nat...

Tarff Advertiser: Overload ...missing what is important ..

Tarff Advertiser: Overload ...missing what is important ..: There are times when even the most devoted follower of the Scottish independence debate suffers from overload. I thought I had developed an...

Munguin's Republic: AMAZINGLY THEY ACTUALLY TURNED SOMEONE DOWN

Munguin's Republic: AMAZINGLY THEY ACTUALLY TURNED SOMEONE DOWN: This is a corker! Probably there to spot the "bear" faced lies, this fellow joined the pensioners afternoon out. Well, it&...

SCOT goes POP!: The numbers you are about to see are a CARICATURE....

SCOT goes POP!: The numbers you are about to see are a CARICATURE....: ComRes have conducted a new poll of European election voting intentions, showing that UKIP hold a narrow lead across Great Britain as a whol...

SCOT goes POP!: The numbers you are about to see are a CARICATURE....

SCOT goes POP!: The numbers you are about to see are a CARICATURE....: ComRes have conducted a new poll of European election voting intentions, showing that UKIP hold a narrow lead across Great Britain as a whol...

Tocasaid: House hunting with David Cameron

Tocasaid: House hunting with David Cameron: Bad news for Scotland. The Tories are having their annual North British shindig in our capital city. The good news is, David Cameron, t...

Frankly Independent: GERS

Frankly Independent: GERS:              First Minister Alex Salmond on Scotland's finances March 12th 2014         Scotland has been ...

Tarff Advertiser: What we can learn from the NHS in England?

Tarff Advertiser: What we can learn from the NHS in England?: The problem, as I see it, for the NHS in England is it no longer knows whether it is fish or fowl.  Is it...

SCOT goes POP!: Hammerblow for McDougall's crazy obsession with ma...

SCOT goes POP!: Hammerblow for McDougall's crazy obsession with ma...: There have been a number of encouraging polls for the pro-independence campaign this year, but there were two in particular that stood out -...

SCOT goes POP!: Wisdom on Wednesday : No-one forced the MoD to put...

SCOT goes POP!: Wisdom on Wednesday : No-one forced the MoD to put...: "The Americans were much more sensible. When they set up house in the Holy Loch they brought most of their own infrastructure with them...

Frankly Independent: The Dark Side

Frankly Independent: The Dark Side:                   In Scotland it is not unknown for benighted anglo-unionists to be urged by enlightened 'cybernats...

Tarff Advertiser: You have been warned!

Tarff Advertiser: You have been warned!: The case for a Yes vote . Be aware, the positiveness of the contributors maybe found to be disturbing as will the factual accuracy. If yo...

Tocasaid: Crow v. Galloway

Tocasaid: Crow v. Galloway: The RMT were not my union, but it was clear that Bob Crow fought tooth and nail for his members and the working class. He had more passio...

Monday, 10 March 2014

Tocasaid: Women, days and nations

Tocasaid: Women, days and nations: Yesterday was International Women's Day and one or two things caught my eye while window shopping on sites such the BBC and Bella ...

SCOT goes POP!: Let's play rounders!

SCOT goes POP!: Let's play rounders!: I've just noticed something rather peculiar.  Of the seven BPC pollsters that have published referendum polls so far, there are five tha...

SCOT goes POP!: Sagacity on Saturday : Dragging the Westminster pa...

SCOT goes POP!: Sagacity on Saturday : Dragging the Westminster pa...: "The Honourable Gentleman keeps referring to 19th Century practices in this place. Does he not think that that is a bit unfair? I canno...

SCOT goes POP!: Telegraph shoot themselves in foot with headline i...

SCOT goes POP!: Telegraph shoot themselves in foot with headline i...: I've seen some bizarre, logic-defying Telegraph headlines on the subject of independence in my time, but this one may just take the bis...

Sunday, 9 March 2014

Tarff Advertiser: The Alexander brothers and the currency union myth...

Tarff Advertiser: The Alexander brothers and the currency union myth...: During the week we have seen the false ' love bombing ' of Cameron turn into the misdirected ' Blitz Krieg ' dive bombing b...

Frankly Independent: Euronations

Frankly Independent: Euronations:   Another incisive exposition from a Scotsman's best friend:                  For more on independent Scotland...

Tommy Ball's Blog: A pathetic, hate-filled article: and my response

Tommy Ball's Blog: A pathetic, hate-filled article: and my response: This morning, the extreme right-wing British website The Commentator produced one of the most hilarious interventions in the independence r...

Tommy Ball's Blog: British threats and smears show they know they're ...

Tommy Ball's Blog: British threats and smears show they know they're ...: The recent boorish, bullying behaviour of the British, and the shrill hysteria of those in Scotland who are loyal to them shows one thing: t...

Friday, 7 March 2014

Logic's Rock: Let Gromit Vote

Logic's Rock: Let Gromit Vote: There's a new kid on the #indyref block: Let Wallace Vote ( Facebook ) ( Twitter ) - their website isn't up yet / is down / they h...

Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: The Big Currency Bash.

Witterings of a Weegiewarbler: The Big Currency Bash.: Well, it's been hot news since Gideon laid his cards flatly and squarely on the table. The Scots and their Nation are second-class citiz...

Munguin's Republic: PROJECT FEAR AS SEEN BY A BROADCASTER WITHOUT A VE...

Munguin's Republic: PROJECT FEAR AS SEEN BY A BROADCASTER WITHOUT A VE...: Cameron was so sincere there that he had to glance down at his notes to tell us how special the UK was.  It is certainly true that, by l...

Munguin's Republic: DON'T WORRY, IT'S ONLY THE JOCKS

Munguin's Republic: DON'T WORRY, IT'S ONLY THE JOCKS: THE UK Government has been accused of treating Scotland with contempt after it was revealed a radiation leak at a nuclear testing site a...

Frankly Independent: A Puzzle of Complexity

Frankly Independent: A Puzzle of Complexity:              Ukraine's Crimea votes to hold a referendum on the region's future. (Euronews, February 28th 2014) ...[Scotland, Catalunya, Euskadi, Galiza et al]

SCOT goes POP!: Ipsos-Mori poll : SNP open up big Scottish Parliam...

SCOT goes POP!: Ipsos-Mori poll : SNP open up big Scottish Parliam...: So now we turn to the other side of the coin when it comes to the Ipsos-Mori enigma - they may be the most extreme No-friendly outlier in re...

SCOT goes POP!: Ipsos-Mori consolidate their status as the extreme...

SCOT goes POP!: Ipsos-Mori consolidate their status as the extreme...: One thing that we can certainly deduce from yesterday's Ipsos-Mori poll is that the Yes campaign are highly unlikely to go into polling ...

Sunday, 2 March 2014

ClubOrlov: Reichstag Fire in Kiev

ClubOrlov: Reichstag Fire in Kiev: Pawel Kuczyński [ Auf Deutsh ; Vielen Dank, Alexander!] [Monday Noon Update: • The Kiev regime announces general mobilization; only ...

The Scottish Scaremonger: Who's Who Who Has Cash

The Scottish Scaremonger: Who's Who Who Has Cash: A brilliant new addition to the Scaremonger "Essential Reference" range! Who's Who Who Has Cash We all know that fund r...

SCOT goes POP!: YouGov poll shows support for independence rising ...

SCOT goes POP!: YouGov poll shows support for independence rising ...: Apologies for being a bit later than usual with this poll - I've been having the week from hell.  Among many, many other calamities, I -...

Saturday, 1 March 2014

Tocasaid: Better Together, bankrupt never

Tocasaid: Better Together, bankrupt never: After learning about Better Together's financial difficulties - see below - Tocasaid finally summoned up the courage to abandon the ...

SCOT goes POP!: Sagacity on Saturday : What Blairites mean when th...

SCOT goes POP!: Sagacity on Saturday : What Blairites mean when th...: "In the Soviet Union, whatever the Constitution said, in practice the constituent republics were run from Moscow and by local henchmen ...

Labour Hame

Labour Hame [A blast from the blasted past]