“The story of how I came to spend a significant portion of my life in Orkney begins, bizarrely enough, in Morayshire.”
Farming Matters: The Road Less Travelled
Finnie Slates Tory Contempt
“It is simply unacceptable for a Tory government, with no mandate in Scotland, to suggest it will defy the wishes of the Scottish Parliament.”
UK Gov Failing Universities with Brexit
“our aim is to keep Scotland in the single market, so we continue to be part of EU education and research programmes”
Nicola Sturgeon Announces Independence Referendum to be Called
“It will be decided by the people of Scotland. It will be Scotland’s choice.”
Farming Matters :Endgame
“For Orkney farmers and those Scottish farmers firth of here, Brexit presents an existential threat”
Need to Protect Scottish Farming
“With the imminent triggering of Article 50 it is essential that Scotland, farming and fishing issues are at the heart of future discussions.”
Seamless Transfer into the EU for a Future United Ireland
” we would need to ensure a seamless transfer into the EU as happened in the case of East and West Germany.”
Bernie Bell: “There’s ‘nowt so queer as folk’”
“Often, the only way I can deal with what’s happening around me is to remind myself that …..’There’s ‘nowt so queer as folk’.”
UK must obey EU free movement laws until it leaves the EU, say MEPs
“MEPs stressed the uncertainty in which the 3.1 million EU nationals living in the UK were left after the June 2016 referendum on EU membership.”
Poetry Corner
A poem written in the wake of Brexit
