An update on Scotland's politics, culture, and social affairs, drawing on the historical roots of current issues
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Scotland’s frosty response to Andy Burnham’s pension plan
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“It was a good speech - but I didn’t feel Andy Burnham was speaking to me. I just don’t think he gets Scotland”, my friend said over tea yesterday. We met at a cafe, on a beautifully sunny morning, with the leaves ju...
Did the Russians take out Trident’s emergency communication system?
The balloon takes an unexplained nose dive
At Edinburgh Freelance NUJ meeting this week, we heard from Duncan Campbell, branch member and veteran reporter on the British security services. The meeting was originally billed as an update fro...
PISA 25 - an apology, sort of.
I decided to do a short update of my PISA 25 article after being attacked on social media by Sam Taylor of These Islands, an aggressive, dark-money-funded pro-Unionist think tank, a hydra head of the populist right.
Taylor disputed my sugg...
England v Scotland, the battle of the PISA tests
The mainstream media does not do nuance. So the results of international education tests called PISA have been reported as victory to England, because 15-year-olds there did significantly better in the core disciplines of maths, science and...
Is it time for Scotland to get out from under the exploitative whisky industry?
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