The Tories have crossed the Rubicon. Since the independence referendum of 2014, which Better Together won on the basis of false promises, not the least of which was the promise that the powers of t…

One hundred years since the BBC first broadcast choral evensong, MP and former chorister Jonathan Davies hymns a beautiful and empowering collective experience that we should praise – and protect

Every person who takes action adds strength to the call to stop deep sea mining before it starts. I’ve had my say; now it's your turn.

This is a revised version of a piece first published on this blog way back in April 2014, but I’ve republished it as it has become relevant again. Former Tory MP and erstwhile Conservative le…

I’m still struggling to walk following the recent fall and have developed a massive bruise on my left leg. Due to the pain I’m not sleeping well, but things are definitely going in the …

It’s something akin to a quiet earthquake: home nations jointly declaring their wish to be freed from English domination. A big move needs a big response, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: p...

Incident is latest to raise questions over Israel’s ability or willingness to stop violent settlers in occupied territory

Prime Minister Andy Burnham appeared to lay down the conditions for a second Scottish independence referendum by saying the situation was the same as in Northern Ireland, where the Good Friday agreeme...

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In PMQs on Wednesday, Andy Burnham was asked by SNP MP Chris Law about the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) and the trigger for an Irish unification referendum, and after Burnham stated that he was awar…

BBC Scotland’s latest ‘Scotland is shite’ story is to tell us that Scottish educational performance has fallen behind that of England. This finding is based on Pisa rankings. Howe…

Where is the £200 million the UK Labour government promised to invest in Grangemouth to bring new green jobs? It has not materialised and nor has the considered market framework needed to create a sustainable aviation fuel hub there. More evidence that Scotland’s just transition to renewable energy is just not a priority for the UK comes with the attack on ScotWind, Scotland's offshore wind programme. The UK is deliberately damaging its potential for success. Onlookers have to ask if this is because the prospect of Scotland capturing more of the value chain of its own resources would threaten the extractive model of the British state and London’s political power over Scotland?

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Idiot Reform UK branch manager Malcolm Offord claimed that Scotland had 3 million unemployed.

If there are smoking guns, Channel 4 and Verbatim’s undercover sting on Reform UK is a slow motion video of the bullet exiting the barrel and hitting its target. If you haven’t seen the…

The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...

The Labour party in Scotland has got itself into a hopeless mess on the topic of another independence referendum. Actually, that previous sentence could just have stopped at the word mess. The two …