No campaign straight-up lie about Lord Ashcroft indyref poll
Those hep cats over at Project Fear HQ have chosen a GIF, very much the Ryan Gosling of image formats, to present their spin on the independence referendum poll just…
Falkirk West: listen to what the journalists aren’t saying
Lisa Simpson, in an ancient episode of the famous TV series, tells us how to enjoy jazz music: “listen to the notes they're not playing”. It's good advice in politics…
Falkirk gas wells to release 5 tonnes of methane a day
• Information obtained by Frack Off Scotland reveals plans to release 7000 times more of the potent greenhouse gas than previously claimed. • Over 2500 residents have now signed up…
Rail Renationalisation: Edinburgh meeting with Christian Wolmar
While I was first becoming interested in a serious way in politics there were lots of interesting things happening. I was very interested in the peace process in the north…
After 160 years Central Scotland has had enough
The central belt’s fossil-fuel industrialists: James ‘Paraffin’ Young; John (Lord) Browne, BP; Mark Lappin, Dart Energy. When new technology offers us great promise – and the new gas boom certainly…
Criminalising the purchase of sex: Who cares what sex workers say?
Nine is a writer and editor who spent six and a half years working with sex workers in Edinburgh. Follow her at @supernowoczesna, and read her response to Rhoda Grant's…
Are the SNP the Scottish UKIP?
A crowd of activists pointing out that the UKIP leader is a bawbag does not a national sentiment make. In fact, with the good folks at Hope not Hate refocussing…
Osborne’s wrong but we need to consider a Scottish currency
George Osborne is in Glasgow today to lecture us on how independence would be a bad idea. This is, he argues, because the rest of the UK wouldn’t allow Scotland…
The independence referendum has become a straight up left/right fight
There is, of course, a left wing case for opposing Scottish independence. It is articulated best by the likes of Owen Jones - 'we shouldn't divide the working class'. Likewise,…
Scottish independence would be good for the English left
No Labour government has relied on Scottish MPs to get into power. They have, however, relied on Scottish MPs to get right wing policies through. The former point may be…