Labour Is Now The Party Of The Union.
It is now clear that Thursday’s panoply of elections has strengthened the different parties of government at Westminster and Holyrood. …
Category Archives: Indyref Anguish
The Fallacy of IndyRef2.
Sometimes it is worth returning to original assumptions – assumptions that have remained undisturbed for a long time – just …
Indyref 2: A Road To Nowhere.
The route to a second Scottish independence referendum all looks like a big spaghetti pie at the moment. Pro-independence politicians …
An English Country Vicar Meets His Match.
On Sunday morning, the Reverend Stuart Campbell climbed into the pulpit and he began to preach his sermon to the …
#Indyref Epilogue.
Scotland voted No last week, but I suppose that it could have been worse. The 19th September was a terrible …
#Indyref Anguish: Failed State.
So yesterday an independent Scotland died in the street, butchered by a mob. And I snuck in amongst the throng …
#Indyref Anguish: History Repeating.
Is the independence referendum which is taking place today really so historically unique or significant? One of the tasks which …
#Indyref Anguish: Aubade.
This is going to be horrible! The whole world is sliding towards that moment on Friday morning which cannot be …
#Indyref Anguish: The Unnamed Wilderness.
On the 30th August, Hampshire police obtained a European arrest warrant for the parents of a severely ill five-year-old boy …
#Indyref Anguish: Chomsky on Independence.
Anybody in the UK should be able to write about #indyref. So should anybody throughout the entire world. I distrust …
#Indyref Anguish: The Queen Keeps Her Head.
Not with a bang, not even with a whimper, but more with a sort of frightful squeal. If we are …
#Indyref Anguish: On that Third Iraq War.
One of the most stirring and heart-warming fables from the history of the Scottish National Party recounts how, back in …
#Indyref Anguish: How to Lose.
We are currently in a late, somewhat redundant stage of #indyref and one which is likely to depress any ardent …
#Indyref Anguish: Writing About Independence.
The date was 16 January 1707 and the ink was not yet dry on the Treaty of Union. James Douglas, …
#Indyref Anguish: The Role of the Prime Minister.
If Scotland votes “Yes” to independence on September 18th, then David Cameron need not look far for a sound bite. …
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