Glasgow blows up the post war dream
The news that Glasgow is to celebrate the Commonwealth Games coming to the city by blowing up the Red Road flats tells us a great deal. It tells us about…
Of course they were bluffing about Scottish currency – when do these people tell the truth?
It should come as no surprise. The extraordinary admission from a government minister that Westminster would find a way to make currency union with Scotland work is, in fact, entirely…
Labour’s challenge – a positive case for the union or a positive case for the party?
The Scottish Labour spring conference was the party's big chance to put forward the positive case for the union. No campaigners are clearly irritated by constant jibes from the other…
Extreme Energy Inquiry begins in Scotland
Green Councillor Mark Ruskell with local community representatives and Friends of the Earth members outside the Inchyra Hotel this morning. Image: Friends of the Earth Scotland. The UK's first public…
The missing 10% and the independence of Yes Scotland
The phoney war is finally over. The independence campaign is in full swing. And as it gets going, there is a simple question for Yes Scotland: who are the 10%?…
The speech that Darling never made
Here's a strange thing. Alistair Darling is quoted in yesterday's Telegraph as telling Scottish voluntary organisations that they would lose lottery funding if people vote yes in September's referendum. Only,…
An open letter to AC Grayling on his thoughts on Scottish independence
Dear Prof Grayling, I read your column in the Herald with interest. I think it's important that people who are based in the rest of the UK engage in the…
UN Charter: “respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples”
Today, the Herald reports threats from the UK cabinet that, if Scotland votes yes in September, Westminster might deny the Scots their right to self determination. In this light, here…
Yes campaign catching up: 13 thoughts
Scotland on Sunday has an ICM poll out on the independence referendum today showing support for the Yes campaign up significantly. John Curtice has seen the tables, and you can…
First Euro poll sets up Green vs UKIP clash in Scotland
The Scottish Green co-convenor - and Bright Green co-editor - Maggie Chapman is in a neck-and-neck race with UKIP for the last of Scotland's six Euro Parliament seats, according to…