A Mail on Sunday poll found that 44 percent of Scots would vote against independence from the UK, while 43 percent would vote to separate. When undecided voters are excluded, the split is 50-50 on the independence question. Though, in a landmark 2014 referendum, independence was rejected by 55 to …
Read More »Galloway: The epic battle within the Scottish Nationalist movement will leave Sturgeon flapping on the deck of a sinking ship
Full disclosure: I have known Alex Salmond for well over 30 years. I sat in the British parliament with him for decades, liked and admired him. I fundamentally disagree with the essentially shared project of both him and Nicola Sturgeon to partition the small island of Britain along an imaginary …
Read More »Academics bash draft plan to SWAP biological sex for gender identity in upcoming Scottish census
In a letter published by the Times, several professors from across the UK said they had deep concerns about how data will be collected for the nation’s upcoming census. When the UK census kicks off in March, the Office for National Statistics will ask if a person’s gender identity is …
Read More »Academics bash draft plan to SWAP biological sex for gender identity in upcoming Scottish census
In a letter published by the Times, several professors from across the UK said they had deep concerns about how data will be collected for the nation’s upcoming census. When the UK census kicks off in March, the Office for National Statistics will ask if a person’s gender identity is …
Read More »Scottish court rejects case seeking clarification about Indyref2 as ‘premature, academic and hypothetical’
The case was brought by Scottish independence campaigner Martin Keatings, who sought legal backing for a second referendum on the issue. In her ruling on Friday at Court of Session, Lady Carmichael said the action was “hypothetical, academic, and premature” and the “pursuer lacks standing to bring it.” I would have …
Read More »Scottish alternative pop musician Sophie dies at 34 following an ‘accident’ in Greece
“At this time respect and privacy for the family is our priority. We would also ask for respect for her fanbase, and to treat the private nature of this news with sensitivity,”declared Sophie’s team, calling the musician “a pioneer of a new sound,”“one of the most influential artists in the …
Read More »Boris Johnson can’t stop Scottish independence with a vaccine
By the time the clock strikes midnight in London on Wednesday, the United Kingdom will very likely have passed the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from coronavirus. If not midnight on Wednesday, that ominous figure will be passed on Thursday. The timing of the event might be debatable. What’s not …
Read More »In outright defiance of UK PM, Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon’s party promises second independence referendum after pandemic
Sturgeon likened UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to a “cowering tim’rous beastie” – a line from the poem ‘To a Mouse’, about a scared mouse, by Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns – during an interview with the BBC on Sunday. The Scottish leader also accused Johnson of being “frightened of …
Read More »‘Not conducive to the public good’: Scottish minister says UK should consider banning Trump from entering after Capitol riot
“Once he leaves Office if Trump tries to come to the UK the Home Sect should give serious consideration to denying him entry,”tweeted Yousaf, noting that the home secretary “has the power if an applicant’s presence is not conducive to the public good.” Under UK law, a foreign citizen can …
Read More »Scottish MP Margaret Ferrier arrested and charged for making 400-mile train journey AFTER testing positive for Covid-19
Ferrier admitted in October that she’d journeyed from Scotland to Westminster, London in September while feeling ill. After arriving in the capital, she tested positive for Covid-19, but instead of immediately isolating, returned to Scotland the following day. London’s Metropolitan Police launched an investigation, Ferrier was suspended from the SNP, …
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