As many have suspected all along, the news breaks today. Nicola Sturgeon and Colin Beattie have been cleared of the charges brought against them in the long running case. While this is pleasing for all their supporters, some concern remains around what happens now. Not being an investigative journalist, I will comment no further. I will continue to follow closely what happens in the weeks to comeRead More →
Sandy Luk, Chief Executive at the Marine Conservation Society, said: Today marks a fantastic win for our seas, as MPs voted in favour of a deposit return scheme in England and Northern Ireland. With plans already in motion in Scotland and the Welsh Government exploring an ambitious scheme to include reuse, this is a great step towards schemes starting across the UK in October 2027. Am I living on another planet? Scotland has already done the work on this and we were ready to get it underway BUT the Westminster Government would not allow us. The Scottish Government is being taken to court by BiffaRead More →
In the 5 years from the 2019 General Election which resulted in the rapid departure of Jeremy Corbyn and then the arrival of Sir Keir Starmer as the new Labour Leader on, it must be said, a pretty left wing agenda a lot of things might have been expected. The first was just how quickly Starmer ditched each and every policy promise he had made to win the Leadership. And along with the promises on policy went the left-wing members first in the Shadow Cabinet and subsequently from the party in huge numbers either sickened or sidelined. I was recently having a conversation with someoneRead More →
Keir Starmer is in danger of becoming another sound bite Prime Minister. Loves a good press statement in people’s workplaces, making them listen while not getting on with their work. Putting into action and achieving seem to be a bit challenging for him though. This week we had the announcement that he wants to be big in AI computing. He made reference to Skills England being part of this. Just months ago he removed £800 million from an AI project being done at Edinburgh University. There seems to be a pattern of removing funding from projects in Scotland then announcing spending on similar projects inRead More →
New year, but the same old games going on. The Scottish budget is due to be debated and voted on next month. The Greens have a very inflated opinion of themselves. They still see themselves as king makers. The rest of us see them for what they are. They rejoice in threatening to bring down Government bills unless their less than popular ideas get given passage. Meanwhile we have the never-ending vicious Ms Baillie criticising everything the Scottish Government does and Anas Sarwar siding with the UK Labour leader despite his decisions going against what people want. If team Anus had their way, not onlyRead More →
In recent weeks there has been polling which had got some folk pretty excited. But there’s always the question with one off polls; are they indicative of changes in mood or just outliers. Just as the Des Moines Register poll found Kamala Harris ahead of Trump by 3% in the solidly Republican state of Iowa just a few days before Trump won the state by 13%. And which has now resulted in a court case against the paper. I’m relatively comfortable with the Times poll which gave the SNP a decent lead and put Independence at 54%. Comfortable because I think it reflects the regretRead More →
Recent images of aircraft landing during Storm Darragh remind us of the skills that pilots need to develop to get through the most inclement weather. It takes years of effort and determination. To get through the storms we’ve been riding as a movement we require as steady a hand as the most experienced pilot. With grit and an eye on our goal we will get through. Polls show we are on the rise again. The UK is failing and no matter who is in power the British state will never deliver for Scotland. Instead we see further incursions on our autonomy and the blatant theftRead More →
Well you have to look at the polls and wonder who this new party is taking on, or absorbing, is it the old Tories, or are they playing at grasp the thistle. There is no doubt Farage is making all populist noises now in Scotland, but what are their views on Independence? When you’ve stopped laughing, maybe we need to look at this regime more closely. Don’t ever underestimate Mr F, he is cunning and genuinely wants to be the next Prime Minister, but how does he seduce Scotland with the support for Independence increasing? He does the most obvious thing, divide and rule. With the forming ofRead More →
Oh well, I got that forecast badly wrong. Sadly we now have a convicted felon leading perhaps the most disreputable cabinet in US history with a number of his picks facing allegations of sexual misbehaviour and the chaos already underway with Matt Gaetz withdrawing from the Attorney General pick. We were told that Team Trump had learned from the mistakes made in cabinet selection from 2016 but it seems that they lied about that too. However, what’s been done cannot be undone and we now face 4 more years of global chaos. It makes me glad that I am in the winter rather than spring ofRead More →
I’ll admit it, I was wrong. Contrary to my predictions, Kamala Harris didn’t win the US presidential elections. I read the polls wrong and let my hope get in the way of my fears. The world waits for the next chapter in the Trump tale. With such an unpredictable character it’s hard to see what will unfold. Two things we do know for sure. First, Trump has a history of falling out with his supporters and advisors, and secondly, this time he doesn’t have to worry about reelection. It’s distinctly possible that Trump and Elon Musk will be enemies before long. There will be resignations,Read More →
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