The Guardian newspaper has reported that Labour’s “flagship child poverty policy” has been delayed until at least the autumn, pushing tens of thousands more children into poverty …

By stewartb The ticket price differences are crazy. The single adult passenger fare for the 2 hour 45 minute journey from Penzance Harbour, Cornwall to St Mary’s Harbour, Isles of Scilly by the fer…

But it's still a pig

Professor John Robertson OBA From the BBC Wales and BBC Scotland inserts in BBC Breakfast today, two very different editorial judgements of what folk need to know as they rise to face the new day. …

TNT Show. Ep201. With Jason Baird & Lynn Hastie on IndyApp #GetCounted. #GetCounted is a grassroots campaign for people to register their support for Scottish independence and get connected with other supporters whenever they are ready via the IndyApp. Jason Baird from the IndyApp and Lynn Hastie f

British politics is being remade before our eyes, the consequence of decades of failure, grotesque social inequality and the collapse of living standards. These are the conditions in which the poli…

stewartb An article about NHS Scotland in Holyrood Magazine today has a very odd statistic. Am I missing something? See: Holyrood Magazine (February10, , 2025) Bed Bound: The chronic problem o…

You may have seen that a poll on support for Scottish independence was published this week. The headline figures on the poll, carried out by Survation, put No ahead on 44%, with Yes on 43% and unde…

Professor John Robertson OBA In the midst of clear dissatisfaction with the UK Labour Government’s new austerity policies, collapsing support for Labour and Cons, the pollster Survation manag…

”Too many never returned. They remain in some corner of a foreign field that is forever England”- Prince William, today. By Professor John Robertson In May 2020, after reading new resea…

Just over one hundred years ago, the two major political parties in the UK were the Tories and the Liberals. Then the Labour party rose on the left – Labour really was a left wing party back …

Hear supportive voices from Brussels for Independent Scotland’s EU future & find out why Scotland's EU membership is good for both sides.

What exactly is the point of Starmer’s supposedly Labour government? Just a few days after we learned that Starmer and his Chancellor Rachel Reeves are considering tax cuts for billionaire te…

WE have explained in our series of articles that increased government investment in the transformation to a wellbeing economy will produce fiscal…

Local Heroes - Keeping Prestwick Beautiful visits local independence group Yes Prestwick to discover how they are increasing the visibility of the independence movement locally through community service - in this instance - litter picking. A band of volunteers regularly tackle local litter hotspots

Regular readers of this blog will be well aware that I have a very low opinion of Labour’s branch manager in Scotland, the current – but soon to be former – claimant to the throne…

TARTAN Day has come and gone again and with it, the chance for another year to put Scotland properly in the economic, political and cultural…

Alf Baird is an author and academic. One of the things we will be discussing is the latest development with the project by Salvo/Liberation Scotland. See Press Release "UN Decolonization process" https://liberation.scot/ In 2020, Alf published a research-based academic textbook on the subject of Sc

Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Leicestershire today has the above and: The family of a mother who died from cervical cancer after twice being wrongly told she had negative results have been award…

If the Labour government wanted to know why so many people are claiming sickness and disability benefits for anxiety and depression, all they need to do is to cast an eye over the handiwork of thei…

Professor John Robertson OBA In the Independent yesterday, the above, and: Enhertu is the first licensed targeted treatment for patients with HER2-low breast cancer that cannot be removed surgicall…

CO-FOUNDER of the Scottish Independence Foundation (SIF) Dr Willie Wilson has passed away at the age of 82, his family have confirmed