by Prof. John Robertson  |  Talking-Up Scotland  |  17 Dec 2018  |  Image :  Pixabay This appeared on Friday 14th. We’re grateful to reader Scott for alerting us to it. Here’s the main part: ‘Scottish Labour MP criticised for joining forces with the Tories to vote down a key amendment to the Fisheries Bill which would have required […]

…when he should be starting on the humble pie secure-cf-c.ooyala.com/...aTowODE7WX The frightening thing is that this man is an elected official. He really should, even if he has a personal bias in one way or another (as we all do), be in possession of the basic facts. But no. The EU apparently stops Britain building …...

The future of welfare: Universal Credit or Citizens Basic Income? asks Susan Rae. This time next week many of the city’s children will be reaching peak excitement as Christmas beckons. […]The post The future of welfare appeared first on Edinburgh Greens.

The London Supreme Court last week not only confirmed that the Westminster Parliament could overrule at will any Scottish Government legislation, irrespective of the Scotland Act and the Sewell Convention, but it also ruled that Westminster had already successfully done so, by retrospectively passing provisions in the EU (Withdrawal) Act that overruled the Bill on […]The post The Scottish...

The London Supreme Court last week not only confirmed that the Westminster Parliament could overrule at will any Scottish Government legislation, irrespective of the Scotland Act and the Sewell Convention, but it also ruled that Westminster had already successfully done so, by retrospectively passing provisions in the EU (Withdrawal) Act that overruled the Bill on […]The post The Scottish...

What would happen if we just announce indyref two ballot result will be on the 29th of March?

Hypothetically, a last minute vote for independence would preempt our departure from the EU.

So it would create a political crisis in which Scotland votes to leave the UK BEFORE it leaves Europe.

What would happen if we just announce indyref two ballot result will be on the 29th of March?

Hypothetically, a last minute vote for independence would preempt our departure from the EU.

So it would create a political crisis in which Scotland votes to leave the UK BEFORE it leaves Europe.

This appeared on Friday 14th. We’re grateful to reader Scott for alerting us to it. Here’s the main part: ‘Scottish Labour MP criticised for joining forces with the Tories to vote down a key amendment to the Fisheries Bill which… Continue reading →

I have always enjoyed Christmas, as a kid it was about the gifts like all the other kids but as I got older it was about family and having a break. I always looked forward to it and loved the build up, buying the gifts, but this year I’m not really looking forward to Christmas […]

I have always enjoyed Christmas, as a kid it was about the gifts like all the other kids but as I got older it was about family and having a break. I always looked forward to it and loved the build up, buying the gifts, but this year I’m not really looking forward to Christmas […]

Thanks to BJS Alba for the first 8 of these cartoons.   Advertisements

Thanks to BJS Alba for the first 8 of these cartoons.   Advertisements

Theresa Mayhem has had a go at Tony Blair for going to Europe to encourage another referendum on the UKs membership of the EU. Theresa Mayhem noted: “However there are too many people who want to subvert the process for their own political interests – rather than acting in the national interest.” Obviously Mayhem doesn’t […]

Theresa Mayhem has had a go at Tony Blair for going to Europe to encourage another referendum on the UKs membership of the EU. Theresa Mayhem noted: “However there are too many people who want to subvert the process for their own political interests – rather than acting in the national interest.” Obviously Mayhem doesn’t […]

This article started with reading a tweet:  Which then prompts, the question, – if Scotland must make a future national scale decision on independence, or anything else for that matter, then who should be entitled to vote?  Those of you who have been following our twitter for a while, will know that we’ve always been […]

This article started with reading a tweet:  Which then prompts, the question, – if Scotland must make a future national scale decision on independence, or anything else for that matter, then who should be entitled to vote?  Those of you who have been following our twitter for a while, will know that we’ve always been […]

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In a timelyintervention this week one of the Scottish National Party’s longest servingMPs, Angus MacNeil, sought to remind his parliamentary colleagues in bothWestminster and Holyrood that the SNP stands for Scottish independence and isnot the ‘Scottish Stop Brexit Party’ thenational.scot/...g-brexit/. Writing in The...