Energy revolution & devolution: Does Scotland have the power to clean up its act?
Energy regulation powers have been removed from Holyrood, removing campaigners' ability to tackle concerns in Scotland. Image: Biofuel Watch. Almuth Ernsting is Co-Director of Biofuelwatch who campaign against the negative…
Lord Devo: Robert Smith is a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Lord Smith is overseeing the devolution of more powers to Scotland. Credit: Flickr Comsec. Lord Robert Smith is heading the Scotland Devolution Commission, which is supposed to achieve a cross-party…
Is a 2015 Scottish Labour wipe out on the cards?
The support for 'Yes' in some Labour heartlands, together with the recent success of the SNP, Scottish Greens and SSP in attracting new members has created some exited speculation about…
The Queen was not fit to be our Head of State during this debate. But what will we do with the castles?
It's time to start planning new uses for our Scottish palaces. Buckingham Palace, which, due to the embarrassing state of Britain is somehow still a relevant institution in this day…
The Scottish left needs to talk about collaboration, not another party
Greens campaigning in Norwich. Image: Norwich Green Party. In the last week, thousands of people have joined the Scottish Green Party and the SSP. Tens of thousands have joined the…
A true democracy has no need for a silly slogan like 45%
Let's not romanticise this lost “Yes” with a slogan like “The 45%”. A Yes No question was always a silly way to settle social issues, it just provided a temporary…
Devo-Max was a perfect example of rotten Westminster politics
The referendum is over, and the no’s have won. With Cameron and Miliband trying to decide exactly what the no’s have won, now is a good time to very briefly…
Some thoughts on the independence referendum
With due apologies for the click bait style of this post, being awake for too much of the past 2 days makes coherent blogging difficult! 1. The results show that…
Every day’s election day
This is the third of three referendum night blogs. Read the first and second. "This is the beginning": Radical Independence, Green Yes and friends after the result at the National…
Wow! And that was just the start!
This is the second of three referendum night blogs. Read the first and third. National Collective tour as pictured by Documenting Yes. On a sunny day two years and four…