“Ireland’s calm maturity in the face of Westminster duplicity should remind us that there’s an opportunity, if we wish to take it, to be honest and better and different.”
The Crossing Point
We Didn’t Start The Fire
“who is best placed to deliver Scotland’s fundamental needs? The people we vote for now, or the people we haven’t voted for since 1955?”
Surviving the Shipwreck
“Independence has never been more vital to our health, prosperity and wellbeing. How fortunate we are to be allowed to escape a bouroch not of our making. “
Time To Move On
“This is an occasional reminder of the age old truth that if you have to ask permission to leave then it isn’t an equal partnership. Why must we beg for a piece of what’s already ours?”
Let Scotland Be Scotland
“A few folk I’ve spoken to today were genuinely surprised at the admittedly astonishing scale of Scotland’s food and drink sector that I outlined in my post this morning. “
This Land is Your Land
“We’re all Scotland’s story and we’re all worth the same” (The Proclaimers)
Faster Horses
” Circumstances always change – it’s the only thing that stays the same – and either independence is a good idea or it is not. “
The Tide Comes In
“the other things the England squad embody – diversity, an enquiring mind, a social conscience, hinterland”
England, Your England
“Firstly, well played on your stunning win yesterday and I’m pleased that we remain the only team in Euro 2020 to take a point at your own midden.”
Game On
“we face the prospect of being evicted from the Euros against our will, which in a darkly comic kind of way rather sums up the experience of being Scottish in the age of Brexit.”
