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In: Margaret Hamilton
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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 →

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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 →

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In: Stephen Bird

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 →

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In: Michael Hance

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 →

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In: Aileen Orr

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 →

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In: Stephen Bird

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 →

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In: Michael Hance

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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In: Margaret Hamilton

Just how is this right? Used to be politicians using foodbanks to promote themselves………….but the King??? What message is he trying to give us? That he cares about us? I’ll tell you what message I am getting. He is telling me it is perfectly acceptable for his people to be needy enough to have to go ask for free handouts. This is the same attitude that the well heeled held in his grannie’s day. In their finery, they would visit the poorhouses and boast about the fundraising they did for the people whose jobs they had removed and therefore could no longer keep a roofRead More →

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In: Aileen Orr

Another budget, another cover up. There is a view in Westminster those away from the Home Counties either have not the mental capacity to understand such complicated matters like the economy, or those outside the London commuter belts just don’t matter. So when it comes to Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland they are just an afterthought. As we saw in The Budget, we were all classed as Regions, with Devolved meaning a remote branch office of the Westminster bubble. The problem with this particular work of fiction is it was not just papering over the cracks, but rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic whileRead More →

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In: Stephen Bird

As I write, there are less than 2 weeks before the polls close, votes will are counted and hopefully a clear result will be known, and I sincerely hope that Kamala Harris is the President- Elect. However, it’s almost certain that if the result is a close win for Harris,  then America faces an existential threat. To the delight of every dictator in the world from Tehran’s Supreme Leader via Moscow and Putin, Beijing  and Xi to Pyongyang and Kim Jong Un. If you think that’s being a wee bit over the top, I would point out two things. One being statements from various individualsRead More →