Daily Globe British Values, Global Perspective
Recently I have been asked the question ‘what does the UK want?’ I think the bigger question is what do we hope to achieve by leaving the EU. I personally usually freeze up when confronted by this question for two reasons really. Firstly the question is usually attached to a …
Read More »Scotland’s #GE2017: a proxy vote for #indyref2
Nicola Sturgeon may have called for a second Scottish referendum with public opinion polls clearly against any rerun but among the smarter intentions of her March announcement was to position the SNP to fight a snap 2017 general election on a manifesto to seek a further mandate for partitioning the …
Read More »A British Declaration of Independence
The British people, directing their representatives, in parliament assembled and endowed with such authority as the people permit them for the common good, to declare as follows. Whereas on the 23rd day of June in the year 2016, the British people did vote peacefully and by majority on the question …
Read More »The IndyRef2 debate is an irrelevance, nobody will call one in the wake of Brexit result
The threat of a second Scottish Independence Referendum (IndyRef2), coming about as a result of the Brexit vote in the UK-wide EU Membership Referendum, is fallacy. It’s spin. It’s deceitful. It’s divisive. It’s complete nonsense. There is no way we are either going to see a second Scottish Independence Referendum, …
Read More »The American Establishment, Having Lost Faith In Their Own Country, Naturally Oppose Brexit Too
How quickly they forget If there was one country in the world which you might think would understand the importance of democracy, the right to self determination and freedom from unaccountable government, it would be the United States of America. And so it has been particularly depressing to watch politicians and …
Read More »Let Sunshine Win the Day: #VoteLeave
Two weeks from today the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland could be discovering herself a truly free and independent nation. Recent polling shows victory to be more than within grasp. How we will win though? What can we do to push Leave over the top? Very simple- …
Read More »Scottish life expectancy
What do you think is the life expectancy for a 21st century Scot? According to official statistics, the latest averages are 77.1 years for a man and 81.1 years for a woman. What about a ‘generation’. How many years do you think that might be? I reckon somewhere between 25 …
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