Tag: David Cameron
Fact Check: Can Scotland hold #indyref2 without a Section 30 from...
Why #indyref2 is very different from 2014. The Scottish Parliament has powers that it did not have in 2014.
Brexicon* 2: Return of the language of post-truth politics
‘We are respecting the wishes of the Scottish People …’
One of many breathtaking conceits perpetrated on Scotland by the Westminster government. The very same...
Brexit and the corrosive force that is British unionist intransigence
Commentary by Derek Bateman
I do wish you Scottish Nationalists would learn to accept the result of a referendum. You’ve lost twice now. So what’s...
‘Submarine’ May presides over a Tory Party in not-so-well-hidden Euro turmoil
Commentary by Russell Bruce
May faces Tory accusations of failing to campaign for Remain and being an ‘enemy agent’
Just as the Labour party begin a...
Brexit shocker throws Indyref2 into play as Sturgeon describes new poll...
By a Newsnet.scot reporter
The UK's shock decision to leave the European Union has thrown the Scottish constitutional question wide open, with First Minister Nicol...
The tampon tax has never really been about tampons
Commentary by Cee Smith
The tampon tax has never been about tampons.
It began as a neat summation of the sexism that still exists in society.
A...
Reflections on the EU, the BBC, and voting for both while...
Commentary by Derek Bateman
And I thought the Holyrood elections would take precedence over Europe…no sooner do I write it than the First Minister does...
Brexit impact on workers’ law: be careful what you wish...
Commentary by Derek Bateman
We have so much democracy, it’s coming out of our ears. It seems every year brings another election, every spring we’re...
Migrants and tax credits – Cameron ‘misguided and misleading’, say researchers
By Russell Bruce
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has released some limited information from the UK government on migrant tax credit...
Bombs Away: Threading through the moral maze as the RAF gets...
Commentary by Derek Bateman
Funny how the Syria bombing saga mirrors events pre-Iraq. Cameron’s off-guard ‘terrorist sympathisers’ remark reminded me of John Reid, as Tony...