by The Editor | Sep 9, 2017 | Featured, Politics
From the Nightmares of Summer to the Winter of our discontent. How short a time it seems since early summer, and how much has happened since. To begin with we had the vote and the announcement in the Scottish Parliament from which the First Minister proclaimed that...
by The Editor | Sep 9, 2017 | Arts & Media
Demagogues, there are so many overflowing with racial resentment you can pluck them out of the air – or any BBC chat show – pull the pin in their back and hear them cackle pre-recorded racist tosh. If you broke them in half you’ll find neo-fascist in hard sugary...
by The Editor | Sep 9, 2017 | Politics
Tomorrow (Sunday 10 September) my home town of Perth will be invaded by people who represent a totally alien culture. The Scottish Defence League (SDL) is bringing its vile, hateful Fascist ideology to the streets of the Fair City. The pretext for this influx of...
by The Editor | Sep 9, 2017 | Politics
Of Friends and Foe and Felons | Some thoughts on online and other abuse and responses to it No one who watched No More Boys and Girls | Can Our Kids Go Gender Free? on BBC 1 recently can deny that there is still a lot to do to ensure that our genitals at birth do not...
by The Editor | Sep 8, 2017 | Politics
One might have thought that with all the relative positivity about Scotland recently in the face of the dire news coming from all across the Unionists camp that Scottish voters in 2 council wards in Glasgow Cardonald and Fortissat North Lanarkshire might feel...
