Webcom Radio is Now Playing: James - Walk Like YouThe past week or so has seen the British Labour Party in Scotland participating in its second favourite pastime. Internecine party politics is a SLAB speciality. They have never been as efficient or sleekit in the removal of their branch managers as their fellow Neoliberal Tory chums. We recently witnessed Jackson Carlaw leaving the chamber Read more about They Never Learn.[…]
There has been much excitement and debate since the SNP Programme for Government announcement yesterday. The eye-catching part was, of course, the pledge to legislate for an Independence Referendum. Before the year end a Bill will pass through Holyrood giving us the question to be asked and more importantly a date for the plebiscite. There Read more about Is It Finally Game On?[…]
A few days ago Wings Over Scotland produced an excellent piece on new media. In this article Stu Campbell highlighted that since 2014 many of those that had contributed to the vibrant scene had long since ceased to exist. There was, of course, some chest beating. He clearly demonstrated that without even trying he is Read more about Talk To Us![…]
The Big Short is a movie for anyone that is interested in the reasons for 2008 crash. It is billed as a Comedy Drama. I would probably call it a Factumentary/Tragedy. It outlines the root causes and reason for the entire Ponzi scheme financial crash. Without ruining the ending, I can say greed is the Read more about What’s The Plan?[…]
Since Jack McConnell resigned in 2007, BLIS (British Labour In Scotland) have had six branch managers. Each and every time the foreign owned media in Scotland and the Broadcasters have talked up each and every one of these hapless patsies. None more so than Spud Murphy. The tenement journalists like Alex Massie and Fannybaws Nelson Read more about Headless Chickens.[…]
Sadly I will not live long enough to read how future historians write about the present day British Isles. What I have been convinced of since the 1960s is that sooner or later Scotland will secede from the British Union. The recent events only confirm that day draws, ever nearer. What I had never before Read more about The Final Push[…]
I think without fear of contradiction it is safe to suggest that independence is now the settled will of the Scottish people. All that remains to be seen is just exactly how and when and by whom the Independent state of Scotland comes into being. The SNP sits almost unassailable as a giant political party Read more about Don’t Count Your Chickens.[…]
It has been trailed in the Sunday newspapers and on English TV. The Tory Party have the destruction of devolution in their sights. Tories throughout their history have always opposed every beneficial change in society. They are Conservatives with a capital C, no small c for them. When the Chartists first appeared the Tories objected Read more about Fight or Flee?[…]
I was still at school when I first joined the SNP in 1968. Then the HQ was in Elmbank Street, Glasgow. I didn’t renew it the following year, records, cafes, and single cigarettes seemed a better investment for a teenager. I became active for the Party in the 1970s. I could take up an entire Read more about Time To Take, Not To Wait![…]