Monday, 26 November 2018
Sunday, 25 November 2018
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov poll suggests that Scotland is even more op...
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov poll suggests that Scotland is even more op...: "The British people want us to get this done!" says Theresa May, implying that they want parliament to endorse her Brexit deal. T...
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov poll suggests that Scotland is even more op...
SCOT goes POP!: YouGov poll suggests that Scotland is even more op...: "The British people want us to get this done!" says Theresa May, implying that they want parliament to endorse her Brexit deal. T...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Crowdfunder Broadcasting Scotland - Last day #Scot...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Crowdfunder Broadcasting Scotland - Last day #Scot...: https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/crowdfunder/
Friday, 23 November 2018
SCOT goes POP!: Here's why the Scotland in Union propaganda poll s...
SCOT goes POP!: Here's why the Scotland in Union propaganda poll s...: A few hours ago, I was bemused to be contacted on Twitter by graph-wielding unionist uber-troll Steve Sayers, who I'm quite sure I block...
SCOT goes POP!: Here's why the Scotland in Union propaganda poll s...
SCOT goes POP!: Here's why the Scotland in Union propaganda poll s...: A few hours ago, I was bemused to be contacted on Twitter by graph-wielding unionist uber-troll Steve Sayers, who I'm quite sure I block...
Monday, 19 November 2018
Sunday, 18 November 2018
SCOT goes POP!: The Daily Mail should be careful what it wishes fo...
SCOT goes POP!: The Daily Mail should be careful what it wishes fo...: One of the amusing subplots of the recent Brexit chaos has been the way the Daily Mail , which previously regarded any form of compromise wi...
Friday, 16 November 2018
The Brexit Blog: The end of the beginning
The Brexit Blog: The end of the beginning: The sound we’re hearing is that of several large political chickens coming home to roost, partly as a consequence of the hopelessly ill-conc...
Thursday, 15 November 2018
SCOT goes POP!: New BOMBSHELL Scottish poll suggests Ruth Davidson...
SCOT goes POP!: New BOMBSHELL Scottish poll suggests Ruth Davidson...: As you may remember, one of the points of confusion about Channel 4's recent Survation poll was a set of Scottish voting intention figur...
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Fishing after Brexit: voices from the coast -- #B...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : Fishing after Brexit: voices from the coast -- #B...: Small-scale fishers make up the majority of the 12,000 fishers in the UK, but often don't have a voice in decision-making. So thi...
SCOT goes POP!: We're about to see the difference between a real p...
SCOT goes POP!: We're about to see the difference between a real p...: So there's a deal in principle between the UK government and the EU, but whether it will ever get through the various stages of ratifica...
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Monday, 12 November 2018
The Scottish Scaremonger: Dark Clouds Ahead - Coming Soon
The Scottish Scaremonger: Dark Clouds Ahead - Coming Soon: Coming soon from Scaremonger Books A new collection from Scotland's foremost political and economic soothsayer. An antidote...
MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: May's Resignation Blues
MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: May's Resignation Blues: Well Ms May's cabinet unity on Brexit lasted long, didn't it. Even Bojo's giant tin of turd polish could not keep the shine o...
SCOT goes POP!: New podcast
SCOT goes POP!: New podcast: Just a quick note to let you know that myself and Peter A Bell are the guests on this week's edition of the Through a Scottish Prism po...
Thursday, 8 November 2018
MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: Tesco - a little bit of sense
MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: Tesco - a little bit of sense: Dear Mr Tarry (CEO Tesco UK) Your organisation will have no doubt had a large number of ‘claimhor ' rattling e.mails on the ra...
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Friday, 2 November 2018
Thursday, 1 November 2018
SCOT goes POP!: Are online polls superior to telephone polls?
SCOT goes POP!: Are online polls superior to telephone polls?: You may have seen that Professor John Robertson has a blogpost about Saturday's Survation poll, which he regards as less reliable than ...
SCOT goes POP!: You don't stamp out anti-semitism by stamping all ...
SCOT goes POP!: You don't stamp out anti-semitism by stamping all ...: The SNP's suspension of Grouse Beater is of special interest to me, because like him I'm a pro-independence blogger who also happens...
Monday, 29 October 2018
Saturday, 27 October 2018
SCOT goes POP!: SNP with 12-point Holyrood lead in new Survation p...
SCOT goes POP!: SNP with 12-point Holyrood lead in new Survation p...: I woke up this morning to people fretting about a 'bad' Survation poll in the Daily Record , although in fact it's not as bad as...
Friday, 26 October 2018
SCOT goes POP!: SNP vote holds up in agonisingly close Coatbridge ...
SCOT goes POP!: SNP vote holds up in agonisingly close Coatbridge ...: So unfortunately it turns out that I was correct earlier tonight in suggesting that Labour's chances in the Coatbridge South by-election...
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Monday, 22 October 2018
MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: Worried of Kirkcudbright
MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: Worried of Kirkcudbright: Like many across Scotland the increasing stupidity of the Conservative Government has me worried, nay scared, maybe even frightened. I ha...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : The Alex Salmond Show - Episode 49 - The voices of...
A ponte entre Galiza e Escocia // The bridge between Galiza and Scotland : The Alex Salmond Show - Episode 49 - The voices of...: This week’s Alex Salmond Show hears from the voices of Ireland. Neither the Democratic Unionists nor Sinn Fein are content with the P...
Sunday, 21 October 2018
SCOT goes POP!: Why do we allow the Holyrood balance of power to b...
SCOT goes POP!: Why do we allow the Holyrood balance of power to b...: I know this is hardly the most pressing problem at the moment, but with talk of John Bercow finally taking his leave, the point has occurred...
Saturday, 20 October 2018
Friday, 19 October 2018
Thursday, 18 October 2018
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Monday, 15 October 2018
Saturday, 13 October 2018
Friday, 12 October 2018
Friday, 5 October 2018
Thursday, 4 October 2018
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
SCOT goes POP!: Britain is now a prison - the SNP must set out its...
SCOT goes POP!: Britain is now a prison - the SNP must set out its...: Britain is no longer the country that most of us grew up in, and the transformation has been incredibly recent and sudden. Every Prime Mini...
Monday, 1 October 2018
Saturday, 29 September 2018
Thursday, 27 September 2018
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Monday, 24 September 2018
SCOT goes POP!: Corbyn's day of infamy as Labour become the party ...
SCOT goes POP!: Corbyn's day of infamy as Labour become the party ...: If it was the case that Labour were simply saying that winning a majority in Scotland at the next general election would constitute a mandat...
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Lallands Peat Worrier: Under the low sky
Lallands Peat Worrier: Under the low sky: The wiser angels of my nature counselled against blogging today. Like a great many folk in the country this morning, I find myself slurpe...
Thursday, 13 September 2018
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Thursday, 6 September 2018
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
SCOT goes POP!: The case for an early independence referendum has ...
SCOT goes POP!: The case for an early independence referendum has ...: I'm more than a little troubled by Jason Michael's latest post on Random Public Journal . Obviously I agree with him that now is t...
Monday, 3 September 2018
Sunday, 2 September 2018
SCOT goes POP!: On the subject of faith, wealth, and personal choi...
SCOT goes POP!: On the subject of faith, wealth, and personal choi...: It's with great trepidation that I even think of writing a little more about the current Alex Salmond story, because no matter what I sa...
Thursday, 30 August 2018
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Poems aye, right!: Dad's Army
Poems aye, right!: Dad's Army: Dad's Army At ease, men. White helmets discarded, the men relax between shooting. The scene awaits the umpteenth take on a trie...
Monday, 27 August 2018
Sunday, 26 August 2018
On this day in Scotland: 'Bloody Friday' - the Battle of George Square
On this day in Scotland: 'Bloody Friday' - the Battle of George Square: On the 1st of February, 1919, after ‘Bloody Friday’, soldiers patrolled Glasgow’s streets. “I rode a tank In the General Strike When the...
SCOT goes POP!: Will the SNP take an electoral hit from the Daily ...
SCOT goes POP!: Will the SNP take an electoral hit from the Daily ...: The inconvenient truth for the unionist parties is that polling evidence suggests last year's general election was not some kind of sta...
Saturday, 25 August 2018
Friday, 24 August 2018
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
Spokesperson shows how to handle a hostile interview
Spokesperson shows how to handle a hostile interview: On our media training courses we often place a lot of emphasis on the importance of spokespeople maintaining their composure during media interviews.
All too often we see interviewees fall into the t...
All too often we see interviewees fall into the t...
Monday, 20 August 2018
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
SCOT goes POP!: Let's state the obvious again: waiting until Yes s...
SCOT goes POP!: Let's state the obvious again: waiting until Yes s...: You might have seen that I was name-checked the other day in an article by Iain Macwhirter about a supposed danger of SNP disunity after Nic...
Saturday, 11 August 2018
Friday, 10 August 2018
Friday, 13 July 2018
SCOT goes POP!: Spectacular Survation poll suggests SNP are on cou...
SCOT goes POP!: Spectacular Survation poll suggests SNP are on cou...: Scottish voting intentions for next UK general election: SNP 42% (+3) Conservatives 24% (n/c) Labour 23% (-4) Liberal Democrats: 8% ...
Friday, 22 June 2018
MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: Scotland does not exist
MILLFLATS MERCURY-formerly the Tarff Advertiser: Scotland does not exist: There we have it folks, according to the Tory Party's man in Scotland, Scotland does not exist in any meaningful form. According to A...
Thursday, 21 June 2018
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Friday, 8 June 2018
SCOT goes POP!: Sensational YouGov poll suggests SNP would make sw...
SCOT goes POP!: Sensational YouGov poll suggests SNP would make sw...: For the first time in months we have a full-scale Scottish poll. This one has certainly proved worth the wait, because on Westminster votin...
Thursday, 7 June 2018
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Sunday, 13 May 2018
SCOT goes POP!: Have the Sunday Herald built bridges after last we...
SCOT goes POP!: Have the Sunday Herald built bridges after last we...: You might remember a while back that CommonSpace took a brief financial hit after running an attack piece about Wings Over Scotland that h...
Saturday, 12 May 2018
Michael Collins did not start Irish Civil War
Michael Collins did not start Irish Civil War: Noted historian Ronan McGreevy has made a startling discovery about a famous assassination and the start of the ruinous Irish Civil War in 1921.
Saturday, 5 May 2018
The Mo' Flo' Mojo: Ararat
The Mo' Flo' Mojo: Ararat: Ararat may still be far off and our ark may have run aground but remain cheerful. The next tide will lift the boat off the roc...
Saturday, 21 April 2018
Saturday, 7 April 2018
French counter-terror boss says Putin didn't kill Litvinenko, US and UK did - and he has proof -- Puppet Masters -- Sott.net
French counter-terror boss says Putin didn't kill Litvinenko, US and UK did - and he has proof -- Puppet Masters -- Sott.net: https://www.sott.net/article/315425-French-counter-terror-boss-says-Putin-didnt-kill-Litvinenko-US-and-UK-did-and-he-has-proof
Thursday, 5 April 2018
AAV: BBC newspaper review: scrutiny of the government i...
AAV: BBC newspaper review: scrutiny of the government i...: One of the classic propaganda tricks used by tyrannical authoritarian regimes all throughout history is to attack any criticism or scruti...
Sunday, 11 March 2018
SCOT goes POP!: Leonard left red-faced as Labour propaganda site a...
SCOT goes POP!: Leonard left red-faced as Labour propaganda site a...: The new Scottish Labour and anti-independence propaganda site The Red Robin has until now been best known for the inexplicable decision of...
Friday, 2 March 2018
Self determination (international law)
Self determination (international law): Self-determination denotes the legal right of people to decide their own destiny in the international order. Self-determination is a core principle of international law, arising from customary international law, but also recognized as a general principle of law, and enshrined in a number of international treatie
Saturday, 24 February 2018
SCOT goes POP!: Astonishing: London Tories double down on plans fo...
SCOT goes POP!: Astonishing: London Tories double down on plans fo...: Well, we can now say one thing for certain - Michael Settle's supposed exclusive in the Herald two weeks ago about how Westminster was ...
Friday, 23 February 2018
The Africans Who Called Tudor England Home
The Africans Who Called Tudor England Home: Hundreds of Africans lived freely during the reign of Henrys VII and VIII.
Saturday, 17 February 2018
SCOT goes POP!: The BBC's bizarre attempt to eradicate the word 'S...
SCOT goes POP!: The BBC's bizarre attempt to eradicate the word 'S...: If you haven't been astounded enough lately, try watching the video in this tweet , because it's extraordinary . It's from the...
Thursday, 15 February 2018
SCOT goes POP!: Why Pete Wishart is asking the wrong question abou...
SCOT goes POP!: Why Pete Wishart is asking the wrong question abou...: As you may have seen, Pete Wishart has an opinion piece in today's issue of The National which effectively functions as his preliminary...
Sunday, 11 February 2018
SCOT goes POP!: The weasel-worded power grab
SCOT goes POP!: The weasel-worded power grab: I suspect I'm not alone in finding Michael Settle's gossip-fuelled reporting for the Herald over the last 24 hours deeply unsatisfa...
Friday, 2 February 2018
SCOT goes POP!: More on the new Survation poll
SCOT goes POP!: More on the new Survation poll: Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article in The National , with some more analysis of the new Survation poll showing supp...
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
SCOT goes POP!: Mainstream media's narrative lies in TATTERS as SN...
SCOT goes POP!: Mainstream media's narrative lies in TATTERS as SN...: "Mike Smithson, calling Mike Smithson...Mike Smithson, come in please." If you happen to be sitting next to a certain 'impa...
Friday, 19 January 2018
SCOT goes POP!: The ultimate betrayal: Scottish Tory MPs vote to d...
SCOT goes POP!: The ultimate betrayal: Scottish Tory MPs vote to d...: I wasn't following the notorious events in the Commons the other night very closely, so I was intrigued to see what the wording of the L...
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
TerryEntoure: The Worst Thing About Brexit
TerryEntoure: The Worst Thing About Brexit: What is the worst thing about Brexit? Is it the xenophobia? The nasty strain of English nationalism? The return of a colonial mentality? Or ...
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