As the fault lines begin to grow between the Scottish and UK governments over quaratine regulations for arrivals from abroad Lesley reflects on her invitation to appear on LBC this morning. And I clearly demonstrate,with my lapse into incoherent fury at Andrew Pierce's juvenile remarks,why I should turn down any similar request. The latest Savanta/ComRes poll makes very postive reading for the SNP...

Iain Lawson’s fine blog today reveals that Nicola Sturgeon has already taken it upon herself to answer Jim Sillars’ complaint from Thursday – which was sent to Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans, not to the First Minister – about her breaking the Ministerial Code by casting doubt on the jury’s verdicts in the Alex Salmond trial. It’s […]

So, looking at the points they make, they are telling us that if they win, the SNP will want to hold a referendum. OK, we know that. They are telling us that the SNP will hold an illegal referendum. I’m not sure that they will. They seem to have forgotten that the Green Party also … Continue reading "LET’S SEE WHAT THE TORIES ARE OFFERING US…"

SCOTLAND’S schools will begin reopening on a limited basis from Monday, Nicola Sturgeon confirmed during this afternoon’s Holyrood update.

A FURTHER 67 coronavirus deaths have been registered in Scotland over the last 24 hours, the Health Secretary has confirmed.

Podcast versions of Articles of the Treaty of Union between Scotland and England, as ratified at Edinburgh, 16th January, 1707 by kind permission of Jenny Eeles of  Random Scottish History   You can follow Jenny on Twitter https://twitter.com/FlikeNoir You can become a Patron and support the Random Scottish History work  here : https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=941750   Treaty of Union...

The first part of an occasional series looking at a strategy for a new Yes campaign.

THE branding of George Galloway's Alliance for Unity party is being investigated by the Ministry of Defence's copyright lawyers, The National can reveal.

Readers have been asking about that Labour Party broadcast, infamous less for Keir Starmer’s words (nothing special) than for its mise-en-scène: the Union Jack hanging "innocently" in the background. The post Source Direct: Swearin’ to the Flag appeared first on Source.

On the 1st February, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said 98% of older people in care homes and 88% of care home staff have had the jab and that the NHS is “ahead of schedule” to complete first doses for all over-80s by Friday. On that same day, Scotland vaccinated more of its population pro rata … Continue reading On the day they completed care homes, Scotland’s vaccinators...

How do we respond to the interconnected crises of land use, climate and food security? How do we find answers to the questions of biodiversity loss and the future of the rural economy – all in the context of recovery from the pandemic? These problems are unprecedented and grave and require a different scale of […]

Podcast versions of Articles of the Treaty of Union between Scotland and England, as ratified at Edinburgh, 16th January, 1707 by kind permission of Jenny Eeles of  Random Scottish History   You can follow Jenny on Twitter https://twitter.com/FlikeNoir You can become a Patron and support the Random Scottish History work  here : https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=941750   Treaty of Union...

The Prime Minister has said the focus now should be on fighting coronavirus

DELAYS to fishing exports are just “teething problems” following Brexit, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has claimed.

The review into the institutional structures of the UK remains unpublished despite being completed several months ago

by David Webb, chair of UK CND and convenor of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space · Boris Johnson’s recent announcement of a £16.5billion boost to the UK’s defence budget, at the expense of the foreign aid contribution, will do nothing to keep us safe and will take resources that could help ease the strain on the NHS at this critical time. However, it will be music...

ON New Year’s Day, the curtain comes down on the UK’s long engagement with Europe’s noblest and greatest effort at collaboration and liberty, the European Union.

Welcome to the latest news from the SIC. Every month, we will bring you updates from the SIC (what we’ve been up to, what we are planning, news from our members) and information from across the independence movement! We want to share your news and events too: please do get in touch and let us know what you would like to see in this newsletter. And our apologies to those of you who might have...

BORIS Johnson and the EU commission president will hold last minute talks tomorrow in an attempt to break the Brexit deadlock.