Revelations galore at Cowal pro-union launch
The Better Together pro-union campaign had its launch event for Cowal last night, 7th October, at Dunoon Grammar School – with a platform party sandwiched by the school’s output.David Barton, at one...
View ArticleConcerns raised on loss of perspective in Salmond’s rant at Spain...
Two senior British civil servants were recently invited to Madrid by Spain’s Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, to discuss with Spanish civil servants the independence referendum to take place in Scotland...
View ArticleMurphy’s Irn Bru tour for the Union
A couple of Irn Bru crates to stand on [sometimes]. A mic [occasionally]. ‘Yes’ hecklers [always]. Humour and hard facts [a constant]. And the potential spoiler to end all spoilers – Oban’s seagull...
View ArticleSalmond smears pro-union voters as supporters of apartheid
The divisiveness of the independence campaign has now been ratcheted up in an aggravated racial slur by no less a figure than Scotland’s First Minister.Alex Salmond has likened half of the electorate...
View ArticleIndy campaigns analysis
Let’s do the thumbnails first.SNP / ‘Yes’ pro-independence campaignContent largely beneath contempt, but presentation enviably well judged and effective:deeply dishonest and unable prospectus;highly...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom devolution: a dog’s dinner to herd cats
Only Tony Blair, a second-division legal brain and a man for whom the headlines counted a great deal more than the substance of anything, could have presided over the mess that was the initial...
View ArticleBrown clueless in trying to swerve constitutional issues
Former Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, Gordon Brown, has called for Scotland to ‘stop obsessing about constitutional issues’ and get on with developing the economic performance and the...
View ArticleSyriza, one seat short of overall majority, now talisman for the Scot Nats
Tonight the radical left-wing party, Syriza, in a 95% turnout, has won the election in Greece with 36.5% of the vote – looking like finishing one seat short of an overall majority and possibly...
View ArticleJim Murphy under pressure to confirm intentions for East Renfrewshire
New Scottish Labour Leader, Jim Murphy, promised on taking office to make his political intentions known ‘in the New Year’ – in respect of whether or not he would stand in May 2015 as the Labour...
View ArticleParliamentary Labour Party moves to take control of any post-election coalitions
Deeply concerned at the prospect of any post-General Election coalition with the SNP this May, the Parliamentary Labour Party [elected Labour MPs] has apparently already booked a room for three days...
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