Scotland is bristling with a will to experiment. It’s shrugging off an older, staler incarnation of itself and tentatively seeking out new possibilities. This process […] Read More
Category: Indyref
Last week the Labour Conference came and went with some carefully choreographed nationalist populism. It was made clear that, however the party may have felt, […] Read More
We don’t need to tell everyone we’re Scottish, we know that. What we have to talk about now is the kind of place we […] Read More
We don’t need to tell everyone we’re Scottish, we know that. What we have to talk about now is the kind of place we want […] Read More
A country will wake up. It will scrabble together readiness for the day ahead and traipse down stairs. It will start engines and cram onto […] Read More
The biggest challenge that the Yes Campaign faces, in every sector, is that of not casting Scotland, or Scottish culture, as victim. In an effective […] Read More
Sometimes it is easy to forget just how remarkable the recent journey to a vote on independence in 2014 has been. To both the envy […] Read More
The young are notoriously difficult when it comes to politics. The establishment goes to great pains to court their often-recalcitrant votes and is happy to […] Read More
One of the most telling phrases in modern politics, “It’s the economy, stupid”, was coined by a strategist within Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign office […] Read More
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” Audre Lorde Many Scots are of […] Read More