Seeking Truth in Scottish Politics
Last week my friend’s 7 year old son Ian (not his real name) came home from school with some news. A year previously he had told a teacher that he felt he was just stupid. He never understood what he was being taught, couldn’t read more than a few words and his writing was worse…
Founded in 1934 the Scottish National Party has one overriding aim – independence for Scotland. Their primary purpose for the last 87 years has been to get Scotland out of the UK.Having failed to persuade us in 2014 they could easily have forced a second referendum but avoided doing so. Instead, they constantly complain about…
Supporting transgender young people in schools: guidance for Scottish schools(1) provides detail, justification and “steps for good practice” on an issue that affects a tiny minority of Scotland’s school children. There has been much said and written about the document which, along with two supporting provides 111 pages which must be read and understood by…
The echo-chamber of Scottish politics is served by many blogs and websites, each trying to give their own slant or push their own agenda. One thing most of the pro independence sites agree on is that the SNP is failing the independence movement, they know how to sort things out and others are at fault…
Having once again been promised a referendum ‘next year’ by the first minister, the Scottish nationalist movement is getting quite animated in discussing the ‘franchise’ for it (who is allowed to vote and who is not.) The thinking is simple. A report released in 2015 by a group at Edinburgh University claimed that the majority…
Having not thought much about Scotland’s place in the UK beforehand, I gave it a lot of thought as we approached the 2014 referendum. At the time I was persuadable either way but quickly realised that I would vote No for the very simple reason that there was not enough information for me to base…
Ten days ago in this post I suggested that As the number of new cases in Scotland holds around the 3000 – 4000 mark while England’s numbers increase it seems only a matter of time until the First Minister proudly proclaims that we are no longer the worst kid on the block. What appeared on…
As the number of new cases in Scotland holds around the 3000 – 4000 mark while England’s numbers increase it seems only a matter of time until the First Minister proudly proclaims that we are no longer the worst kid on the block. Having had the highest case rate in the UK for since early…
Our SNP mouthpieces claim that the current record rates of infection in Scotland are because we had so few cases up till now. That’s nonsense.This table shows the numbers of cases of Covid, numbers with at least one vaccination and the ratio between that total and the number protected by infection. Obviously many of those…
Whatever your opinions about Covid restrictions there is one fact that is indisputable. Restrictions can only work when people agree to follow them.No matter the legal basis our country does not have the ability to police or enforce restrictions in the face of mass non compliance. That is why it is critical that all restrictions…
