Month: January 2020

I only caught the last few seconds of that, but it sounded like Nicola Sturgeon has firmly chosen the Andrew Wilson magical thinking approach of "persuade and the obstacle will ...

In an open letter to “European friends and neighbours”, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland was “proud European nation”.  Nicola Sturgeon urges Europe to “leave a light on” for Scotland  ...

VOX  LIMINIS, an organisation that undertakes arts-based research into issues affecting those that have experienced the criminal justice system, has recently published a paper giving insight into the hostile environment ...

Have a great 2020, readers. We’re still in the UK, for now. (Pic by Rafal Miazga, from Woot! 2019 tape magazine for the ZX Spectrum.) Category culture Trackback: ...

YouGov have conducted the first poll of the Labour leadership contest, and given the good track record of similar polls in the past, it now looks pretty likely that the ...

The nawbaggery has started early this year. It’s never really gone away of course, but in 2020 we can expect a deluge of miserabilism from the UK media as it ...

Welcome to the latest episode of the dugcast, and this week The National’s editor Callum Baird has torn himself away from his busy schedule so that I can interrupt him. ...

I'm going to update the blog properly quite soon - honestly.  I just got a bit out of habit over the festive period.  In the meantime, though, a quick note ...

The Transgender Inquiry we are not allowed to know about. You remember when Penny Mordaunt announced investigation into the rise in young people presenting at gender clinics? @carolinefff FOI request ...

From less than 10 years ago: A plebiscitary election? Now there’s an idea you don’t hear much any more. Category comment, history, scottish politics, uk politics Trackback: trackback ...