Tag: scottish independence
Westminster’s £25 billion Trident announcement makes “eloquent case” for independence
TRIDENT - WHAT THE PAPERS DIDN'T SAY On what was a very busy news day in Scotland, little attention was given to Defence Secretary Liam...
New poll shows only a minority of voters support the Union
A newly released opinion poll confirms that only a minority of voters support the Union in both Scotland and the UK generally. The survey...
Daily Mail columnist in “racist rant” against Scots
by Ben Borland A CONTROVERSIAL English author was accused of a "racist rant" yesterday after describing Scots as "rotten sporran danglers" who live...
A Beginner’s Guide to Scottish Independence and Britain
by Gerry Hassan, Open Democracy It has never been very simple to describe Scotland and Britain to people from other places.Scotland is a nation,...
Bank of England inflation report: Behind the gobbledy-gook
by George Kerevan THE latest Bank of England quarterly inflation report, published today, makes grim reading. Let’s start with the exact wording of the...
Constitutional crisis
by Peter Thomson So here we are in Scotland with voters who have achieved what we were told was impossible – a...
Alex Salmond vows to keep promise
by Paula Murray Alex Salmond yesterday insisted he will not be cajoled into fast-tracking the referendum on Scottish independence, as speculation grew that it could be held...
Last week’s letters
Should the 'state religion' of an independent Scotland be secularism ? The recent upsurge of the press with regards to sectarianism as manifested in...
Union – the parasite in Scotland’s body
Parasite – hanger on, one who lives at the expense of society or of others and contributes nothing. (Chambers Dictionary 1998) by Peter Thomson...