Campaigners warn of Growth Commission UK aid trap as May pursues new ‘unashamed’ aid strategy in Africa by qwertyfan August 28, 2018 0 Theresa May has made clear her view that UK foreign aid should serve UK state interests CAMPAIGNERS have warned that... Read more
Ex-CIA spy Valerie Plame speaks to CommonSpace by qwertyfan August 28, 2018 0 CommonSpace interviews former CIA spy Valerie Plame, discussing the lead up to the Iraq War, her illegal exposure and the... Read more
That was then and this is now by qwertyfan August 27, 2018 0 Herman Van Rompuy, the former president of the European Council and no big supporter of the Scottish independence movement, has... Read more
The bridge over troubled waters by qwertyfan August 25, 2018 0 August is traditionally a slow news month. August is usually the month that those of us who write and blog... Read more
Will the SNP take an electoral hit from the Daily Record’s cynical reporting of the allegations against Alex Salmond? by qwertyfan August 25, 2018 0 The inconvenient truth for the unionist parties is that polling evidence suggests last year's general election was not some kind... Read more
A time of crisis is a time of opportunity by qwertyfan August 24, 2018 0 I get it, I really do. The Scottish independence movement exists in a country where the overwhelming majority of the... Read more
Some observations on Thursday night’s events by qwertyfan August 23, 2018 0 I’ve only just heard that Alex Salmond is taking the Scottish Government to court over their handling of two allegations... Read more
A GERSmas carol by qwertyfan August 23, 2018 0 It was a GERSmas morning, and all through the land the scare stories were tickling the naysayers’ glands. Doom and... Read more
The National launches a Sunday edition by qwertyfan August 23, 2018 0 You might recall that a wee while ago I posted on this blog that I’d heard some good news about... Read more
The Scottish version of Groundhog Day by qwertyfan August 22, 2018 0 It’s GERS Day, Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland, the Scottish version of Groundhog Day. It’s the day when a certain... Read more