Wee Ginger Dugcast – Friday 15 March 2019 by qwertyfan March 15, 2019 0 Welcome to the 15 March edition of the Wee Ginger Dugcast, in which The National’s Callum Baird and I discuss... Read moreDetails
With 334 MPs voting against, the ‘People’s Vote’ option now looks dead by qwertyfan March 14, 2019 0 Although the headline moment tonight was the wafer-thin defeat of the Benn amendment, which may once again increase the chances... Read moreDetails
A matter of self-respect by qwertyfan March 14, 2019 0 Another day, another dying of democracy in the House of Commons. What’s the point of parliamentary votes when the government,... Read moreDetails
What the hell now? by qwertyfan March 14, 2019 0 So, some official and very brief Wings analysis, because we just watched an army of pundits on the TV all... Read moreDetails
The end of the rope by qwertyfan March 14, 2019 0 Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the ALDE group in the European Parliament (essentially the Euro Lib Dems), is by no means... Read moreDetails
The Plague Houses by qwertyfan March 14, 2019 0 For some time, most polls for “Who’d make the best UK Prime Minister?” – the stat that really decides who wins general... Read moreDetails
Gaffe reveals why Sturgeon refused to meet nuclear waste protestor by qwertyfan March 14, 2019 0 The Scottish Government has mistakenly revealed that Nicola Sturgeon refused to meet an Aboriginal nuclear waste protestor in an attempt... Read moreDetails
If the European elections go ahead, the SNP’s chances could be boosted by a split Kipper vote by qwertyfan March 14, 2019 0 Just as an interesting addendum to the previous post about the increasing possibility that the UK may take part in... Read moreDetails
May’s Government is broken – Newsnet.scot by qwertyfan March 13, 2019 0 By Russell Bruce For nearly 3 years May has trundled along attempting to get her party behind her. After twists... Read moreDetails
Tonight’s votes mean that, one way or another, a moment of truth for the independence movement is arriving by qwertyfan March 13, 2019 0 On the narrowest of margins does history turn. If the Spelman amendent had been defeated (and it would have taken... Read moreDetails