I don’t believe the Westminster system of government allows Scots to fully realise their ambitions, to adequately articulate their values or to fulfil their priorities. […] Read More
For those of us used to politics saturated with talk of independence, last week provided a fascinating glimpse of what happens when the debate opens […] Read More
“Look at the forces that stand behind no. Look at the forces that stand behind yes. Choose your side.” Declaration of Radical Independence What if […] Read More
But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and […] Read More
For these new ideas we need people who work with their hands. Who else wants to learn about the origin of things? Those who see […] Read More
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
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