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Category Archive: Referendum on Independence
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One Shot- Independence or Nothing
By Mhairi McAlpine The last few days have been a remarkable display of kack-handedness, arrogance and sheer stupidity on the part of Unionist politicians. Attempting to seize the initiative on the Scottish Independence… Read More
To See Ourselves as Others See Us
By Mike Small O would some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us. – To a Louse, Robert Burns Today is going to be crucial in that the… Read More
In Defence of Democracy
We’re now entering a feeding frenzy of disinformation, misinformation and propaganda.
The ‘Three Scotlands’ and How to Win an Independence Referendum
By Gerry Hassan Scottish politics post-the election and the return of a majority SNP Government have existed in a seeming state of limbo, a kind of political phoney war. The SNP have won… Read More
Labour’s Leader Lamont
By Mike Small It’s unfair I know but the idea that there’s more likelihood of Hearts players getting paid on time than Johann Lamont breathing life energy and the feelgood factor into Scottish… Read More
The Devolution Deficit and the Independence Referendum: Part One
By Donald Adamson One of the many interesting features of devolution in Scotland is that turnouts at Holyrood elections have been consistently lower than turnouts at Westminster elections. On the surface, the reasons… Read More
Breaking Waves
The Scots and the Basques are the European nations which are most likely to break away from the states of which they are currently citizens and have most incentives to do so, according… Read More
Loves Labour Lost
By Mike Small Last night was the night for Labour hustings (which Bella sadly missed), and it’s a subject which we’ve been all but silent on. Many of you might be wondering who… Read More
Independence and the Left
By Clancy McMahon A recent Guardian editorial (23/10/11) claimed that the United Kingdom was ‘sleepwalking’ towards a break up of the union. However, anyone who witnessed Alex Salmond’s keynote speech to the SNP party… Read More
The Irish Dimension
If Scotland becomes Independent, suddenly, Northern Ireland is a constitutional Nobody’s Child.
300 Reasons for Yes
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. Mick Hucknall. Pedlars. Dungavel. Sam Cam. Question of Sport. Sandi Toksvig. The Big Society. Autumnwatch. Seb Coe. Paul Dacre. Royal Wooton Bassett.
We Are Not Men, We Are Devo
On the Difference between Legitimacy and Democracy: We are Men, We Are Not Devo.
The SNP in Inverness – the Independence ball is now rolling
by Kevin Williamson Party conferences are usually of minor passing interest to anyone beyond the party faithful. The stage-managing is drearily transparent; the debates are anything but; the set piece speeches by the… Read More
Stepping Stone or Stonewalling?
Doug Daniel on the questions needing answered by those advocating Devo-Max
Building a Movement for Yes
By Shona McAlpine The Scottish Independence Convention was formed in 2005 as a cross-party/ no party group whose purpose was to promote independence and create a space for cooperation outside of the party… Read More
Velvet and Stone
Interview with Neal Ascherson, journalist and historian, by Jamie Maxwell (@jamesmaxwell86). Neal Ascherson was born in Edinburgh in 1932. He was educated at Eton College and then at Cambridge, from which he graduated… Read More
For Scottish Democracy
‘Democracy’ is a term that has become tattered and bandied about, it has come to inhabit a similar terrain to words like ‘family’, ‘fairness’, and ‘aspiration’. Democracy in our times has become like… Read More
Changing Scotland, 4th-6th Nov, at The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool
Based at Jean Urquhart’s world famous Ceilidh Place, ‘Changing Scotland’ is a twice-a-year gathering of minds in Ullapool which brings together thinkers, activists and creatives for a weekend of ideas, debate and culture.… Read More
