Labour’s only hope: a referendum on independence
AS Labour heads for what looks like almost certain defeat in the Scottish Parliament election this week, the recriminations have already begun. How could Iain Gray have thrown away a clear...
View ArticleThat wedding. What was it all about?
So what was that all about? A rather gawky young man married a perfectly presentable young woman, and the nation rejoiced. Well, around half of it did. Some people decided that they wanted to eat in...
View ArticleWhatever happened to Unionism?
Stands Scotland where it did? Damned if I know. But it is no longer a country afraid to know itself. Somehow, the air seems different. Most Scots I’ve come across in the last seven hectic day,...
View ArticleAlex Salmond’s acceptance speech.
They always said there’d be days like this. Having sat through many dismal non-events in the press gallery of the Scottish parliament, it was a relief to see the Scottish parliament rising...
View ArticleIs it possible to ban sectarianism? Computer says no.
“Technology has given fresh energy to old hatreds and pustulent sectarianism”, Alex Salmond told the Scottish Parliament last week ” I will not have people living in fear from some idiotic 17th...
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