Welcoming a Better Nation
James “Two Doctors” Mackenzie, Jeff “SNP Tactical Voting” Breslin and Malcolm “Malc in the Burgh” Harvey are well known faces in Scottish blogging. And now, they have launched a...
On Scotland’s People…
This article is cross-posted from Lallands Peat Worrier The Scottish Household Survey “is a continuous survey based on a sample of the general population in private residences in Scotland”...
Total Politics Poll 2010
Total Politics have released the Green results of their annual poll (see below). So, thanks to everyone has written for us, commented, read pieces, and, of course, voted for...
Edwin Morgan on the Scottish Parliament
Edwin Morgan and Jimmy Reid have both died, of late – two great Glaswegians. Here is Edwin Morgan on the Scottish Parliament (also tweeted by James from Two Doctors)....
100 Days of Solid Ideology
The coalition is 100 days old. And what a hundred days it’s been. They’ve ended the huge waste of building new schools. They’ve said they’ll end detention of children...
Make Renewables a Charitable Purpose and Reap a Community Windfall
There’s been a lot of attention paid to community owned renewables in Scotland, with the Dancing Ladies of Gigha generating power and saving money for the community. Many other...
Bond markets boom – why are we cutting?
The Tories originally told us that they had to make cuts because we were borrowing too much. The argument was that the bond traders, from whom we were borrowing,...
Adrian Ramsay for Deputy Leader
The Green Party of England and Wales has leadership-team elections every two years. This time, the two incumbents are up for re-election. Caroline Lucas is unchallenged, but her running...
A Big Tent we’d all feel at home in
I had the pleasure to attend “The Big Tent” Festival at the weekend. The Big Tent is Scotland’s environmental festival, which attracted 10,000 people over the weekend. Despite having...