Photo: daishinI have been an SNP member since I returned to Scotland in early 2017. I resigned my membership today, after Nicola Sturgeon’s fawning speech to the Scottish Parliament in praise of the Queen of the country that colonises Scotland.
If a member of the Japanese royal family had died last year, would Nicola Sturgeon now travel to Tokyo for their memorial?
If not, then why did she postpone giving her Covid update today (another record-breaking day for hospitalisations in Scotland) to travel to London to appear, maskless, at a memorial for Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey?
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Photo: daishinJune 17 is Icelandic National Day, commemorating the foundation of The Republic of Iceland in 1944.
Nothing suprising happened. The SNP got one vote short of a majority, and the Greens gained seats, so the Scottish government is still a pro-independence majority.
Nicola Sturgeon says tomorrow’s election is the most important Scotland has had in decades. While we expect hyperbole from politicians, especially close to an election, she is not exaggerating. It might be the most important Scottish election ever.
Spotted near the Halfpenny Bridge this morning. Nice reference to the 1971 novel by Nanni Balestrini.
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I remember my naive bemusement back in 1992, when, with a general election impending, Alasdair Gray published his book Why Scots Should Rule Scotland. I wrote a review of the book in which I said that even though it presented a succinct cultural history of Scotland, it never even mentioned, let alone answered, the question in its title. It took a shamefully long time for me to realise that his vivid description of Scotland was all the answer to the question that was needed.
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“Fareweel ev'n to the Scottish name”—Burns
Boris Johnson is the Prime Minister of England, and, if you believe in democracy, it is right and fitting that he should be.
Joanna Cherry and some colleagues
Craig Murray's relationship with sanity, which has been strained for some time, now seems to have reached the stage of divorce.
Richard Leonard has resigned as leader of the Scottish Labour Party.
