Showing posts with label Brexit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brexit. Show all posts
Saturday, January 19, 2019

Joyce McMillan's article calls for the SNP to become a unionist-for-now party and to betray its promise to give the Scottish people a choice on their own future in the event of Brexit. We should have no truck with any of that.

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I know I'm not the only person who was disappointed and deeply concerned to see the Glasgow SNP councillor Mhairi Hunter, and one or two...
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Thursday, January 17, 2019

No, Lady Hermon's support does not give the government a DUP-proof majority

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There's a rather odd little article on the New Statesman website by Patrick Maguire, claiming that Lady Hermon's announcement that ...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Last night increased the chances of a People's Vote - but it probably increased the chances of No Deal even more

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"If a deal is impossible, and no one wants no deal, then who will finally have the courage to say what the only positive solution is?...
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Thursday, December 20, 2018

No, Mr Kellner, support for staying in the EU has not "rocketed"

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Just a quick one, because I see Peter Kellner has gone into full-blown propaganda mode on behalf of the "People's Vote" campai...
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Sunday, December 16, 2018

Do the Tory Brexiteers care more about Brexit than they do about their own careers?

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Reading the front page story in the Sunday Times today, I could for the first time just about start to see a semi-plausible scenario under ...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

We're about to see the difference between a real political party (the DUP) and a branch office (the Scottish Tories)

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So there's a deal in principle between the UK government and the EU, but whether it will ever get through the various stages of ratifica...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Is Sarah Smith auditioning (again) to become Scottish Tory press officer?

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As you probably know by now, the Scottish Parliament voted at 5pm today to deny legislative consent for Westminster's EU Withdrawal Bill...
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Sunday, May 6, 2018

Does the Sunday Herald really think the SNP should campaign to let another country decide our constitutional future again?

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Naming no names, but it's been bitterly disappointing to see a small number of people on the pro-indy side making negative comments abou...
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Monday, April 23, 2018

How a vote to stay in the customs union could trigger another snap general election

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As I've noted a number of times before, Stephen Bush of the New Statesman has an uncanny habit of making political predictions that eit...
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

A right of reply to Pete Wishart: why "losing is not an option" is an immature belief that would lead to the quiet death of the independence cause

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As you may have seen doing the rounds on Twitter, the letters page of this month's iScot magazine contains a contribution from Pete Wis...
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Saturday, March 10, 2018

The Parable of the Reasonable Tory Thieves

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Tories:   Hey, Scotland!  We're going to have to break into your house soon and steal 111 items.  Don't worry, we'll only be tak...
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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

A paradox: did Tory losses at the general election make a hard Brexit more likely?

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There was a great deal of speculation back in June about whether the election resulting in a hung parliament - albeit, crucially, one in whi...
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Monday, December 4, 2017

Schrodinger's No Regulatory Divergence

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I've just been catching up with the fudge on Northern Ireland that looks set to save the Brexit negotiations - but at what price?  My fi...
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

And this is why Indyref 2 is not going away...

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As you may have seen, the House of Commons has just voted on an amendment to the Queen's Speech, tabled by Labour MP Chuka Umunna, calli...
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

From Brexit to Trump : can we trust the polls anymore?

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I think it's probably fair to say that it's been a great many decades since US media coverage of an American election has referenced...
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Monday, November 7, 2016

A progressive alliance may soon be needed more than ever

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Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article at the TalkRadio website, about how last week's High Court ruling could turn...
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Saturday, November 5, 2016

Freedom to silence

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I had a short Twitter exchange with the Spectator 's Alex Massie earlier tonight, which was sparked by his observation that "a free...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Throw Scotland out! Take your blasted oil away! And give us our nukes back so we can stick them on the Thames - where they belong!

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Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article on the TalkRadio website, about the epic pleasures of the #ThrowScotlandOut hash...
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Monday, October 24, 2016

A question for Theresa May

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"The UK must speak with one voice on Brexit." "In all of its public statements, the Scottish Government must loyally suppor...
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Monday, October 17, 2016

So what was it about Brexit that finally won Kezia Dugdale over?

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Just a quick note to let you know that I have a new article at the TalkRadio website, about Scottish Labour's curious journey from being...
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