“Our treatment of death feels horribly out-of-kilter, and maybe, as a society, a reappraisal is long overdue”
Alec Ross: For Whom the Bell Tolls
David Martin MEP: Breaking the Link with Conflict Minerals
Brexit Britain must match the EU’s tough new regulations on conflict minerals and other progressive trade legislation
Farming Matters: “We Boast, then we Cower”
“As a nation, we’re a bit backward in coming forward, but I’ll say it: we’re really, really good at this.”
Maree Todd MSP: Scotland’s Young People are Inspiring
“As ever, I came away from my school visit feeling inspired by the young folk I had met.”
Sgathaich: Blake’s 7 Cygnus Alpha
“I did have to wait till half way for Brian Blessed to appear, oh but once he did 🙂 “
Farming Matters: Seeing Things That Never Were And Saying – Why Not?
“Leave politics aside and determine what we want our farming industry to look like, and then consider who might be best to deliver this.”
John Finnie MSP: “UN Shamefully Capitulates on Report about Apartheid Israel”
“Unlike the UN, and just like those who opposed apartheid South Africa before, Scottish critics of the apartheid regime in Israel will not be bullied into silence.”
Win or Lose: The Game’s the Thing
“Scottish football is different, however. Scots have always brought their politics to the match.”
Farming Matters: The Road Less Travelled
“The story of how I came to spend a significant portion of my life in Orkney begins, bizarrely enough, in Morayshire.”
Maree Todd MSP: Making the Case on Measures to Tackle Fuel Poverty in Orkney
“I will certainly be making the case for the Highlands & Islands, including Orkney, to be included”
