The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 27).
[SCENE: The interior of the Bennets Bar. James, Tychy and Tori are seated four tables down with bottles and glasses of …
Tag Archives: SNP
The Dawn of Scottish Independence.
Although the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had announced her departure from frontline politics yesterday, in reality she has been protractedly …
Nicola Sturgeon Is No Revolutionary.
Yesterday’s ruling at the Supreme Court basically confirms that anybody who had voted for an independence referendum during the last …
Austerity Comes to Scotland.
Somewhere deep in the imagination of every Scottish nationalist exists a thriving and virtuous social democracy. A city upon a …
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. …
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 …
Chewing On Jackson Carlaw.
“I can’t help but wonder what part sharing this may have played in today’s events.” This is Andrew Tickell, the …
How to Defeat the Scottish Nationalists (Warning: Contains Traces of Machiavellianism).
Could Nicola Sturgeon’s own carelessness have already sown the seeds of her eventual knockout defeat? Here is her in January …
Would An Independent Scotland Have Been Able To Afford The Furlough Scheme?
Supposing that Scotland had voted to become independent in 2014. Supposing that this nation had not fallen stillborn from the …
Handiwork: A Ghost Story for Halloween.
“Fingal himself was there, strong in the grey locks of years. Full rose his sinewy limbs; and wide his shoulders …
GE2017 or GE2017s?
The historical significance of GE2017 lies not only in its confirmation of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum but in its …
Him or Her?
So should it be him or her? The authentic, genuine Jeremy Corbyn, so different to other politicians, who has lately …
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 …
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