This blog contains my ill informed opinions around politics and other issues. Please feel free to comment and debate. My opinions are strictly my own. This blog supports Scottish Independence. A Very Very Good Point. Wrote an interesting blog that I read today and I feel is well worth a read as many of us will feel the same. I am not going to apologize for my belief in self-determination and.

A place for open debate about progressive politics in Scotland. Putting co-operative ideas into practice. Eunis Jassemi, the first BME Scottish Co-op delegate to a Scottish Labour conference, sets out here the argument he made in Dundee for Labour in local councils to deliver. Andy MacMillan argues that by contemplating remaining in the Customs Union and Single Market, Labour is letting down a large section of its support and failing to stand up.

The Fear Factor Video Series. Too Poor, Too Wee, Too Stupid. Your Comprehensive Guide to the Scottish Independence Referendum. This historic agreement was signed on 15 October 2012. The Agreement committed the United Kingdom Government and the Scottish Government to work together to ensure that a referendum on Scottish independence can take place.

Non-partisan information on attitudes to how Scotland should be governed. What Scotland Thinks provides impartial, up-to-date information on public attitudes to Scottish independence including the latest Scottish Social Attitudes survey findings. It is run by ScotCen Social Research. This is the place to come for poll and survey data. How likely do you think you are to vote in the Scottish Parliament election in May 2017? .

However I always like the opportunity to make a fool of myself by hazarding a prediction of the results. So, in the past, the election was seen as a competition between the main establishment parties are portrayed by establishment broadcasters like BBC focussed on UK-wide establishment interests. So big-parties, big media big campaigns.

Is a Professor of Economics at Boston College. He is a research associate at the distinguished National Bureau of Economic Research in the United States, and serves on the editorial board of the. Among other topics, his research explores the relationship between trade within and across country borders. The Political Economy of National Borders.

The Nation said No Thanks! Thoughts on politics in a post-independence referendum Scotland. But events have overtaken me and this subject is more urgent. Jeremy would definitely do a deal with the SNP.