There are arguments to be made against Scottish Independence, but I believe that both the opportunities that arise, never mind our peoples history mitigate against them. After all the real tragedy of Scotland’s not how bad things are, grim as they’re becoming for many, but how much better they should be, given the resource and talent available. Ireland and Norway… Read more »
The Remembrance Day Event I attended seemed busier this year, perhaps due to the unseasonal warmth, as opposed to some bitter days in years past. As ever, it was evocative and poignant, as poems were read and “The flo’ers o’ the forest” was played. Humbling and a privilege to attend. But this year I’d recently watched the Netflix remake of… Read more »
Reacting to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement Kenny MacAskill MP said: “The poor are paying the price for the follies of Tory elites. The offerings announced today remain inadequate to address the harm already done with much worse to come. “The failure to fully compensate families facing soaring energy prices is a shameful betrayal of fuel poor Scots. When Scotland has abundant energy… Read more »
As folk struggle to heat their homes I thought I’d heard all the absurdities of an Energy Rich Scotland yet Fuel Poor Scots until I received an e mail from a sailor being made redundant. His tale encapsulates the absurdity of what’s happening to our energy resource and how neither in East Lothian nor in Scotland are we getting the… Read more »
ALBA Depute Leader Kenny MacAskill MP has today (Thursday) published a paper which exposes the sacking of workers in the offshore wind sector, and their replacement with cheap foreign labour which has been facilitated by the Home Office’s extension of the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017. Mr MacAskill has revealed that as a result of the immigration rules concession extension at… Read more »
Having written extensively about the absurdity of Energy Rich Scotland yet Fuel Poor Scots, I thought I’d seen it all. But an e mail in from a concerned Scottish worker showed that not only are we losing out on the exploration of our huge natural asset, but our workers are being exploited. This sorry tale encapsulates the absurdity of giving… Read more »
Speaking in Labour’s opposition debate on the industrial future of Britain I once again stated the huge offshore wind potential in Scotland. Even Boris once described it as the Saudia Arabia of wind. If Scotland can do from wind what Saudi Arabia has done from oil, I’ll be very happy. Contracts? jobs? It’s just absurd. More here 👇 https://youtu.be/7yLTHsJFTuM
As a Defence Agent I appeared in cases where there had been considerable disorder. Sometimes in licensed premises, other times in the street or outside football stadia. Mobbing and rioting was the charge, for that’s what it was. Unpleasant and unacceptable but to be fair it was soon brought under control and the perpetrators dealt with severely. None of… Read more »
The Brexit delusion had been exposed long before the Truss tanking and was encapsulated by the former Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney’s, comment that “in 2016 the British economy was 90% the size of Germany’s. Now it is less than 70%.” What an indictment of the folly, but what a cost we’re paying. There’s an obvious solution and… Read more »
It was the economy that dominated last week. Understandable as interest rates rose yet again and the Bank of England predicted recession until the end of 2024. The economy has been tanked by the Tories with even Rishi Sunak, the latest iteration as Prime Minister, acknowledging Kwarteng’s budget catastrophe. But the rot had set in before with the hard Brexit,… Read more »