In October 2017 the Scottish Parliament voted overwhelmingly to support an indefinite ban on fracking. The move was, correctly, deemed historic. For the first time after […] Read More
Category: Politics
What does it mean to live a life tied to a particular place? To feel your fate inescapably tied to it? Is it to be […] Read More
In an age when borders are supposed to be fading, most people remain stubbornly fond of the ideal of the nation. It offers comfort: a […] Read More
Party conferences are strange beasts. At a time when politics is hobbled by a constant need to respond to the surreal and the unexpected, the […] Read More
At a certain point, Brexit will have to be implemented. However, its unprecedented nature makes any clear reckoning of the outcome impossible. Brexit is an […] Read More
This weekend, cinemagoers across the U.K and all over the planet will head out in droves to see Christopher Nolan’s much anticipated epic film Dunkirk. […] Read More
Sometimes events on the ground throw mainstream politics into flux. If you’re sceptical of such an assertion it is worth nothing that, as I write, […] Read More
With mandate fatigue paralysing the body politic, it’s little wonder that many are approaching the coming election with reluctance, dread, and a real sense that […] Read More
If a week is a long time in politics a lifetime must seem interminable. Yet for Theresa May, so anxious to ramp up a mood […] Read More
Booze for the terraces, pink vehicles for the ladies, tough love for the scroungers, pride for the white vans, nurses to attend ailing Scots by […] Read More