Month: September 2019

Just a quick blogpost, because the point I want to make can be expressed very simply.  If a snap general election is called this week, as now seems 70-80% probable, ...

Well that was pointless. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson’s speech in Downing Street was just like Theresa May’s much hyped announcements that turned out to be content free nothingness. Boris ...

Welcome to the 3rd of September 2019, which as it happens is the 80th anniversary of Britain and France declaring war on Nazi Germany, but also seems certain to be ...

A French energy giant that runs nuclear plants in Scotland has been added to a “dirty list” for working on a dam project in Burma that locals say could displace ...

On a day which began with Nicola Sturgeon presenting the Programme for Government with the climate emergency and indyref2 at its core and ended with senior Tories like Kenneth Clarke ...

As soon as I'd finished writing my blogpost last night, I thought I'd made a bit of a hostage to fortune by saying "the one thing we're sure of is ...

The wait is now over for the first full-scale poll of Scottish voting intentions since Boris Johnson entered Downing Street.  It's YouGov that have broken the duck, and the figures ...

So, British politics, eh? We’re basically on strike until things make at least an iota of sense, because there’s no point in attempting political analysis right now when events can ...

A leading Canadian drug activist has urged Scots to engage in widespread civil disobedience and set up unsanctioned safe injection facilities to reduce the number of people dying of drug ...