by Ian Bell The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) advises that a country cannot depend forever on a diminishing resource. This is insightful. The institute also counsels that if you Continue reading
Analysis by Kevin Williamson The BBC’s reporting on the current conflict in Gaza has been subject to claim and counter-claim of bias from pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli camps. Surely they can’t Continue reading
By Mike Small This Saturday a significant event is taking place in Glasgow. It’s the first coming together of a new coalition after the implosion of the last major configuration Continue reading
The Scottish Labour Party have chosen to disengage from their own voters with regards to the possibilities that exist for Scotland: either within the Union or through Independence. Instead they’ve Continue reading
by Robin McAlpine I have been waiting with interest to see how the SNP responded to the Israeli actions in Gaza. The reason for my interest is to see if Continue reading
by Patrick Harvie MSP The most important people in the debate about Scotland’s independence referendum are the ones who’ve not made up their minds yet. Some people are motivated by Continue reading
With just three days to the first Radical Independence Conference Allan Armstrong makes the case for a Scottish republic. Most people understand a republic to be a state without a monarch. Continue reading
Monday , 1pm: a BBC report states that the death toll has now risen to 94 Palestinians and 3 Israelis. 1- Ahmad Al-Ja’bary, 52 years old. 2-Mohammed Al-hams, 28 years old. Continue reading
A recent statement by Professor Noam Chomsky indicates a different take on Israeli aggression than he has had in the past. His statement has been misquoted over the weekend, so, for Continue reading
Here’s the 4th episode of the For A’ That podcast where The Peat Worrier and myself (Michael Greenwell) are joined by Gary Dunion of, amongst other things, Bright Green Scotland. We talk about Starbucks and other Continue reading
A SONNET FOR GAZA Shalom. This is not a time for clandestine poets to hurl shoes over Jericho’s fortified walls. Stay calm. The stench of exploding verse will not deter Continue reading
by Margaret Woods I recently spent an extraordinary evening at the Citizen’s Theatre. To a packed audience the National Theatre of Scotland performed “Glasgow Girls – The Musical” – the Continue reading
by Jim & Margaret Cuthbert This article puts forward an argument which may, in Nationalist circles, be a minority view. Namely, that gross errors of judgement have been made in Continue reading
by Jonathon Shafi, Conference Organiser In just a few weeks, two contrasting visions of a Scottish future have taken shape. In Lamont’s new order, Scotland will observe a diplomatic silence Continue reading
An open letter to Laurie Sansom, the artistic director designate of the National Theatre of Scotland from Thom Cross You have taken up the challenge in difficult days I assure Continue reading
Someone stuck the article below (from The Scotsman) on the noticeboard outside my office. I wasn’t sure if it was specifically aimed at myself but I stopped to read it and there Continue reading
by Nathan Sparling Pride. Pride is what I felt last year in Scotland whilst leading thousands of students in the campaign for Equal Marriage. We helped bring together tens of Continue reading
Writing exclusively for Bella Caledonia Mark Cousins voices some of his concerns over the new Ben Affleck action thriller, Argo In the early 1990s, I started seeing films from Iran. Continue reading
by Michael Greenwell For episode 12 of The Scottish Independence Podcast I spoke with MSP and co-convenor of the Scottish Green Party, Patrick Harvie. We discussed the decision of the Greens Continue reading
by Joan McAlpine Can we really be threatened with yet another pump price rise from the Westminster government? We already pay the highest fuel and heating bills in Europe – Continue reading
by Robin McAlpine Can we at least start off by agreeing on one thing; this isn’t the Middle Ages. Up until now the constitutional debate has been carried out as Continue reading
It’s now just ten days until the much-anticipated Radical Independence Conference kicks off in Glasgow. Jean Urquhart MSP, who recently resigned from the SNP over the NATO U-turn, has sent Continue reading
An Apology for Idlers by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) BOSWELL: We grow weary when idle. JOHNSON: That is, sir, because others being busy, we want company; but if we were Continue reading
Raise your rum glass and jingle your pieces of eight for today is Robert Louis Stevenson Day. At long last the great Scottish writer is put on a par with Continue reading
Listen up Uncle Sam’s Auntie’s back in town; Get on message (you can forget Plan B) Wake up and smell whatever’s going down: Close your eyes – tastes just Continue reading
by Lesley Riddoch Is the BBC out of the woods? BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten steadied nerves on Sunday’s Andrew Marr Show with a candid if partial admission of systemic Continue reading
In case you missed it in yesterday’s Scotland on Sunday, here’s film critic Hannah McGill‘s thoughts on Creative Scotland’s unfathomable wunderplan to press ahead with a 7 person ALL-MALE judging panel Continue reading
Slightly later on a Sunday than usual here’s the 3rd episode of the For A’ That podcast where The Peat Worrier and myself (Michael Greenwell) go more international than usual as we talk about Continue reading
by Benoit Renaud, head of Québec solidaire’s co-ordinating committee The people of Québec, the only Canadian province where the majority of the population has French as their first language, have been struggling for Continue reading
Hullo, I’m Alistair Darling. You may remember me as the UK Secretary of State for Transport who brought in wholesale change in the railway sector without addressing the fundamental problems Continue reading
