“According to President Putin liberalism is obsolete. According to others so is globalisation, the in notions are popularism and nationalism of the inward looking kind”
Is Globalisation dead?
Is it a conspiracy ?
“Conspiracy theories are the comfort food of rationale, appealing, but not necessarily good for you. “
‘Untangling The Threads’: The Political Response to #Covid19
“The virus and the response to it was political long before I added my tuppence worth.”
Sweeping New Government Powers – The Coronavirus Act
“Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” Carl Sagan
“The antithetical mind”
“That was the phrase employed by Byron to describe the genius of Robert Burns in viewing things from the opposite perspective, of looking through the glass from the other side”
North Queensferry, Fife, 26/11/19
“Because it isn’t about bridges, or the NHS, or the SNP. It’s not even about about Yes or No. It’s “who shall speak for Scotland”?
Last Among Equals
“very often it’s the little details that hint at a broader and deeper truth.”
Scottish Greens Not To Contest Orkney and Shetland #GE2019
” had we been able to field a candidate on a job-share basis we would have done,”
Climate Change To Be Main Focus in Scottish Government’s Programme
“This year’s Programme for Government is an important part of our response to the climate emergency”
Beatrice Wishart Holds Shetland for the LibDems
The independent councillor was elected in the early hours of the morning as the LibDem MSP for the islands.
