by The Editor | Apr 16, 2026 | Politics, Uncategorized
There is a lot of noise around foreign influence in politics. Donations, trips, lobbying, declarations — the detail gets messy quickly. So instead of getting lost in that complexity, let’s step back and ask a simpler question: Where do UK politicians actually spend...
by The Editor | Mar 5, 2018 | Environment
A report in arsTECHNICA two days ago suggests Scotland’s offshore wind farms have massive potential to become our most economical and most efficient form of electricity generation in the coming years. Hywind, 25km off Peterhead is the world’s first commercial floating...
by The Editor | Mar 4, 2018 | Politics
Is calling an idiot a monkey an insult to monkeys? Well, yes. Those are baboons Yoons and baboons In my own political writings I avoid using the term ‘Yoon’, the diminutive of unionist. I disliked it the minute it appeared. In past studies of the tragic, illegal...
by The Editor | Mar 4, 2018 | Politics
Best laid schemes of mice and men, eh? Good intentions, road to hell and all that. As I set out on my wee speaking tour of the Highlands & Islands I also set myself the task of writing regular updates. Due to various technical and human factors, that hasn’t been...
by The Editor | Mar 4, 2018 | Politics
So here we are 100 years on from the first women in the UK gaining the vote and the political class continues to be dominated by men. 208 women are now MPs making up 32% of the Houses of Parliament, including 206 female peers, making up 26% of Members of the House of...
