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 »
“It’s the poor that gets the blame, it’s the rich that get the pleasure” were lines from an old Music Hall song but still ring true today. It’s why a wealth tax and higher taxes on the wealthy are long overdue. I’ll not hold my breath for them with a Prime Minister who’s the richest man in Parliament and a… Read more »
Pride comes before a fall and the rebellion that Nicola Sturgeon faced within her ranks has been a long time coming. Turning a deaf ear to concerns within the wider party, let alone parliamentary rank, she precipitated the largest parliamentary revolt in the SNPs tenure in office. You’d have thought significant defections in recent years, added to siren voices from… Read more »
Last week I was able to raise the Eastern Link project in Parliament. A bland name but it’s the UKs largest infrastructure project in recent years. It’s two cables being laid to take renewable energy south from Scotland to England. One runs from Torness to Redcar and another from Peterhead to Yorkshire. They’ll be taking enough energy to power 2.8… Read more »
Rishi Sunak’s anointing as Prime Minister’s a further hollowing out of democracy. It’s far more than simply the selection process which was tawdry enough. All the main parties are culpable, and the result’s that the public are disengaging from politics. And that’s the real worry for our democracy. Democracy is about participation, but we’ve gone from Johnson with an electoral… Read more »
Winter’s coming, the clocks are about to go back and there’s been a cold chill in the air. That’s normally just part of nature’s cycle. I’m one of those folks who happen to enjoy our seasons and for whom a perpetual summer sun has no allure. This year though with fuel costs going through the roof, it’s not a matter… Read more »
Well, what a week that was and what a farce the UK’s become. Of course, there should be an election, but turkeys don’t vote for Xmas and the mantra from whoever succeeds Truss will be that they need to stabilise the markets; despite it being them that crashed the economy. It’s why the push for independence is essential. This isn’t… Read more »
ALBA Depute Leader Kenny MacAskill will this evening (Tuesday) use a Commons Debate to slam the “robbery of Scotland’s rich energy bounty while half of all Scots households face fuel poverty this winter.” Mr MacAskill will use the debate to highlight that the Eastern Link undersea cable, a multi-billion pound infrastructure project – will transport 4 GigaWatt of electricity south, via high-voltage direct current subsea cables,… Read more »
Reacting today (Thursday) to the resignation of Liz Truss MP as Prime Minister ALBA Depute Leader and MP for East Lothian Kenny MacAskill said: “While no one in Scotland will shed a tear for the departure of the most right wing Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher it is utterly shameful that Tory MPs at Westminster will choose the next Prime Minister… Read more »