Saturday, July 16, 2022

A wake-up call: with a referendum or plebiscite election just around the corner, we URGENTLY need to rebuild a vibrant pro-independence New Media

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It suddenly occurred to me the other day that it was almost exactly ten years ago - I say "almost" because it was November - that ...
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Friday, July 15, 2022

The SNP leadership need to understand that independence may not be achievable without so-called "gesture politics"

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As plenty of people have already pointed out, the stand taken by Alba MPs at Prime Minister's Questions this week has provoked a knee-je...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Lindsay Hoyle's Angry Man Syndrome reveals a broken UK "democracy" that simply cannot bear to have a mirror held up to it

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Today's incident in the House of Commons, which saw a ranting, purple-faced Lindsay Hoyle demean his high office by screaming for the Al...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Suddenly it looks much less likely that Rishi Sunak is the next Prime Minister

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I'm completely stunned by the outcome of the latest ConHome survey on Tory members' leadership preferences - which has to be taken s...
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Sunday, July 10, 2022

"Choose Your Own British Constitution", starring Alister Jack

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During the crisis that led to Boris Johnson's resignation, the BBC used startlingly colonial language to note that Alister Jack was the ...
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Saturday, July 9, 2022

Which of the criticisms of the SNP's new strategy on independence are fair, and which are unfair?

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Not for the first time in my life, I find myself roughly equidistant between Sturgeon loyalists and the First Minister's most trenchant ...
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Thursday, July 7, 2022

The clincher was Pincher

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Please disregard any scurrilous rumours that I may have stolen the title of this blogpost from a rather splendid rhyme used by the chair of ...
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Wednesday, July 6, 2022

The Boris butterfly effect: what are the SNP's options in the unlikely event of a snap general election?

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From our point of view, the million dollar question is what difference the wave of resignations from the Tory government will make to the Ye...
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Sunday, July 3, 2022

Persuading the SNP leadership of the need for a Plan B is a triumph for the independence movement - we now need to park our cynicism and make this work

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I've been astonished by some of the reactions on social media to the prospect of a plebiscite election in 2024 - and when I say 'ast...
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Saturday, July 2, 2022

Astounding #Referendum2023 poll shows a pro-independence majority for the first time in any Panelbase poll since April 2021

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Should Scotland be an independent country?  (Panelbase / Sunday Times) Yes 51% (+2) No 49% (-2) For my money unionist politicians are going ...
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