May 2014 Archives

The EU budget rebate

30/05/201431/05/2014 thomas 5 Comments

The No campaigners keep repeating their scaremongering stories about the EU ad nauseam: A spokesman for Better Together said: “As

24/05/201414/03/2017 thomas 3 Comments

Lots of commentators — mainly, but not exclusively, based south of the border — seem to have got into their

22/05/2014 thomas 0 Comments

We aren’t voting for or against independence in the European Parliament elections today. However, that doesn’t mean they aren’t relevant

20/05/201420/05/2014 thomas 10 Comments

It’s become customary for Better Together supporters to prefix their attempts at talking down Scotland with the words “I’m a

18/05/2014 thomas 5 Comments

There’s an interesting wee interview with the Scottish Secretary in the Sunday Herald today: Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael said September’s

17/05/201417/05/2014 thomas 29 Comments

The Lords Constitution Committee was in the news yesterday because they made some proposals concerning the aftermath of a Yes

13/05/201414/03/2017 thomas 13 Comments

A while ago the psychologist Richard Wiseman did some research into luck, in particular why some people seem to be