January 2017 Archives

Only the Whigs can save England now

31/01/201714/08/2017 thomas 2 Comments

I don’t normally blog about English politics, but the political turmoil south of the border is creating havoc up here,

30/01/2017 thomas 2 Comments

Some people within the SNP are apparently thinking about aiming for EFTA membership instead of being a full member of

29/01/2017 thomas 1 Comment

It’s becoming abundantly clear that the Unionists’ main argument in the next independence referendum will be that if Scotland has

22/01/2017 thomas 0 Comments

To some extent, the last independence referendum was one of the first big political events where social media played a

20/01/2017 thomas 0 Comments

There was an interesting article in The Irish Times today about the consequences for Ireland when the (r-)UK leaves the

15/01/201716/01/2017 thomas 13 Comments

Yesterday I took part in the Scottish Independence Convention in Glasgow. There was a great buzz – it’s clear there

10/01/201710/01/2017 thomas 3 Comments

The UK government seems to be moving towards a hard Brexit, perhaps even a chaotic one. Of course it might