Blog break by qwertyfan May 20, 2024 0 Just a quick note to let everyone know that we have an old friend staying with us this week so... Read more
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast | Making Your Mind Up by qwertyfan May 14, 2024 0 As the dust settles on the SNP leadership question and the Cabinet reshuffle, the focus now shifts to what policies... Read more
Going through the motions by qwertyfan May 14, 2024 0 Rishi Sunak gave a landmark speech on Monday. That’s landmark in the sense of an abandoned ruin by the side... Read more
Many thanks to everyone – fundraiser update by qwertyfan May 9, 2024 0 I just wanted to thank everyone who contributed to or supported this year’s Wee Ginger Dug fundraiser. I was even... Read more
How right wing do you need to be not to be welcome in the Labour party? by qwertyfan May 9, 2024 0 On Wednesday in the House of Commons, just as Prime Minister’s Questions was about to begin, the Conservative MP for... Read more
Starmer, leader of the City of London party, and a new first minister for Scotland by qwertyfan May 7, 2024 0 The Labour party loves to claim that it speaks for the ordinary working people of Scotland. Like so much that... Read more
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast | Decisions Decisions by qwertyfan May 7, 2024 0 Humza Yousaf officially resigned as First Minister just before noon this Tuesday.John Swinney was elected unopposed as leader of the... Read more
Starmer’s vacuous platitudes by qwertyfan May 5, 2024 0 Keir Starmer published a piece in The Observer this sunday entitled “It’s time to end the UK’s divisions: Labour is... Read more
News you may have missed on BBC Scotland by qwertyfan May 4, 2024 0 While we’ve been preoccupied with the drama of Humza Yousaf’s resignation, the votes of no confidence in Holyrood and an... Read more
An outbreak of calm by qwertyfan May 2, 2024 0 The SNP leadership contest was over even before it had begun, no doubt much to the disappointment of BBC Scotland... Read more