“This seems to be the season of storms, both meteorological and political.”
Maree Todd: “Shambolic points-based immigration proposals are an insult to Scotland”
Climate Change and Farming
“Naturally reared, climate friendly Scotch suckler bred beef needs to be differentiated from imports and dairy beef to give consumers a clear choice.” Jim Walker
The Value of Nothing
The UK Government erroneously presumes that what is high-paid is high-skill and what is low-paid is low-skill. Boris Johnson, a highly paid chancer with no discernible talent whatsoever, proves the opposite.
Scotland’s Draft Budget: 2020/2021
A Balancing Act
Brexit Day
“I felt it important to get some important observations out to the wider movement.”
Brexit: What Happens Next?
For just under a year the UK will exist in a ‘Transition Zone’.
Keeping Strong European Research Links
The University of Aberdeen has announced a new £100,000 fund to help maintain and strengthen its European research links.
Brexit: 11pm Friday 31st of January 2020
A few images from Orkney
Poetry Corner:The Road Not Taken
On Friday night at 11pm we leave the EU and just like in today’s poem; the fork in the road is directly in front of us all.
Letters: “HOW WILL YOU MARK 23:00hrs on FRIDAY 31st JANUARY?”
“I started this week watching some of the events to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945”
