In the world we now live in, the crazy is possible, and I’m suggesting that we need to prepare for it. This is the audio
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Everything has changed. It is time to consider what we once thought absurd.
This is a headline in The National in Scotland this morning: Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland. Is Scotland next? I am the author of
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For some in the UK, there might be hope
The National (the newspaper for whom I am a columnist in Scotland) noted yesterday that: SUPPORT for Scottish independence is four points stronger than support
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Get rid of the Royals and Scotland could be free
I was fascinated by this report in The National – the newspaper for which I write in Scotland – this morning: INDEPENDENCE support would rise
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In The National this morning
Those who do not follow this blog regularly might not know that I write a weekly column for the pro-independence National newspaper in Scotland every
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The SNP sent a message to Keir Starmer yesterday. They care. He needs to do so.
The SNP delivered a message to Keir Starmer on how to govern yesterday. In the Scottish budget announcement, SNP finance minister Shona Robinson announced an
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Alex Salmond, RIP
I wrote this on Twitter last night: I could add more, but I am not inclined to do so. News of Alex’s death left me
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What is an envoy to the nations and regions?
Keir Starmer has appointed Sue Gray as envoy to the nations and regions after her resignation as his chief of staff. What does that mean?
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Should the nations and regions send envoys to Starmer?
I noted Sue Gray’s resignation yesterday, with good reason. What I did not note was the fact that, as a consequence, she was appointed to
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