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History doesn't record whether the Roman Emperor tried to win over the reluctant Caledonian tribes by setting up a "Senate North" somewhere really northern and close to them (like Milan), but even if he did it plainly didn't do the trick. Judging from the latest Scottish subsample from YouGov, Andy Burnham is proving to be a similar flop Beyond The Wall. However, he's not doing all that well…
I was thinking of writing a blogpost tonight about the latest chapter in Stew's prolonged temper tantrum about the Crown Office and Police Scotland impertinently refusing to accept that he is their Overlord and that they must defer to instructions from him (he's called his latest article 'The Land Of Do-As-You-Please', but 'The Land In Which Stew Is Not Actually Il Duce' might have been more apt).…
As I said in a recent video , I've tried hard to remain open-minded about Salvo's approach to independence campaigning - not because I think there's the remotest chance of them achieving their stated objective of "decolonising Scotland via the UN", but because I can see how their unusual strategy might yield side-benefits that are distinct from that stated objective. Those side-benefits mainly…
Scottish Labour have finally learned the lessons of two decades of defeats and realised what they need is another soul-crushing machine politician from Lanarkshire that no-one has ever heard of. Better late than never. https://t.co/4i1D5Labcq — James Kelly (@JamesKelly) August 16, 2026 I'm sure all of us sometimes make exaggerated or over-simplified criticisms of unionist organisations for…
The controversial Faragist blogger Stuart Campbell, known almost universally as "Stew", urged his followers to help elect a Labour government at the 2024 general election on a tactical anti-SNP basis. It's unsurprising, then, that he hasn't coped at all well with the news that the SNP remain well ahead of both Labour and his beloved Reform UK in the first full-scale Scottish poll of the Burnham…
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Just a quick note to let you know that I was up early this morning to write an analysis piece about the Clacton by-election result for The National, and you can read it HERE . I know that Reform have been putting the idea about that Count Binface is an unfunny tool of the establishment, but I think it's beyond dispute that he provided at least three moments of true genius over recent days, albeit…
I now have seventeen regular monthly Ko-Fi supporters, thanks to another recent sign-up. I reckon if I could get up to several dozen monthly supporters that would make it sustainable for me to keep making content. If you'd like to help inch me closer to that target, please visit my Ko-Fi page HERE . Remember that if a recurring monthly donation isn't suitable, the page also accepts one-off…
Just a quick note to let you know I have a new article in The National about the freshly-released Westminster numbers from the paper's Find Out Now poll, which show: SNP 29%, Labour 18%, Reform UK 17%, Greens 10%, Liberal Democrats 10%, Conservatives 10% . You can read the article HERE .
An audio podcast version of the above video can be heard HERE , and will soon be available on Apple Podcasts HERE . I now have sixteen regular monthly Ko-Fi supporters - many thanks to them all. I reckon if I could get up to several dozen monthly supporters that would make it sustainable for me to keep making content. If you'd like to help inch me closer to that target, please visit my Ko-Fi page…
