“And The Glitter Is Gone”: On How to Leave the EU with Emotional Intelligence.
The sun is setting over New York. We are on a roof, with the horizon at waist level, and with …
Tag Archives: Scottish Independence
Where You Belong (a review of GE2019).
‘You are pitiful, isolated individuals! You are bankrupts. Your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on—into …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Westminster Hour Part 2.
[The following contains spoilers.] Two hours of the day are currently “Westminster Hours” at Sweet Novotel. The first play in …
Aren’t the different Project Fears actually all the same one?
Why aren’t the Scottish National Party more sanguine about Brexit? Isn’t it logically in their obvious interests for a “no …
The Reverend Stuart Campbell Sues for Defamation!
What bliss it was to be alive in Bath that morning. As the Reverend Stuart Campbell was preaching his sermon …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 23).
[SCENE: The outside seating at the 56 North gin bar. Tychy, James, Tori, Pablo and Hutu the Clown are sitting …
The Last Ever Can of Irn-Bru in the World.
I went to visit Angus shortly after the twelfth referendum. NO had once again won by the slenderest of margins. …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 22).
[SCENE: The BrewDog on the Cowgate, an apparently half-dismantled bar with bare brickwork on the walls and a stripped-away ceiling. …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 21).
[SCENE: The Caley Picture House. James, Tychy, Pablo, and Tori are drinking in one of those stylish wooden alcoves.] Tychy …
Catalan Nationalism versus City Statehood for Barcelona.
Catalan independence is still, despite everything, inconceivable. It is still all but a political impossibility. For a start, there is …
GE2017 or GE2017s?
The historical significance of GE2017 lies not only in its confirmation of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum but in its …
The Distress of the Scottish Parliament.
Progeria is a devastating but fortunately highly rare genetic disorder in which children age up to ten times faster than …
Brexit and My Favourite New Statistic.
67%! This is now my favourite statistic. When I first encountered it – yesterday in the latest Scottish Social Attitudes …
“FAKE NEWS”: A Guest Post from President Donald Trump.
[The following is a transcript of some remarks about “fake news” which President Trump made during last night’s press conference.] …
An Independent Scotland Looks Set To Continue.
Tychy is relieved to report that after the uncertainties of the last week, the social media project, an independent Scotland, …
