“At what point does our admirable commitment to compromise and collegiate consensus-seeking with people who have “tint their reason a’ thegither” become a lost cause?”
Farming Matters:Reasons to be Cheerful
Farming Matters: How We Will Win
“farming is a brilliant prism through which to view the unravelling permabouroch of Brexit and the ongoing discussion about our constitutional situation.”
Farming Matters: Different Days
“Some thoughts. These are different days. Firstly, backing Brexit isn’t brave. “
Farming Matters: As Ithers See Us
“In the end, it’s about how we see ourselves. It’s about pride. It’s about how we see ourselves.”
Farming Matters: The Tipping Point
“A lot has happened, and I’m not happy. To borrow from another Burns poem, I’ve been “nursing my wrath to keep it warm”.
Farming Matters:Signposts and Weathervanes
“If you vote against the very parliament – and the very country – in which you sit and whose people you represent from the proceeds of their taxes: what, pray, is the point of you? And why are you still here?”
Farming Matters: Through the Looking Glass
The question is no longer “should Scotland be independent” but is now “why on earth wouldn’t we?”
Farming Matters: A Deeper Understanding
“we must see things as they have never been and ask “why not?” Robert Kennedy
Farming Matters: The Leaving Song
“To step aside is human” (Robert Burns, ‘Address to the Unco’ Guid’)
Farming Matters: As Good As It Gets
It was and remains the simple premise that the best people to govern Scotland are the people who live there.
