A very interesting video, more for the attitude of the assistant than the obvious attempts of the politician to avoid answering…
A very interesting video, more for the attitude of the assistant than the obvious attempts of the politician to avoid answering…
Did you know that it isn’t only Scotland that has “the cringe”? They have it in other places too, it just goes by a different name.
For the 139th (sort of) episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast I spoke with Billy Kay, and the above is only one of the subjects we talked about.
Billy has for years been writing, broadcasting and producing material on Scottish Culture and Scots language, for the BBC and internationally, and is often to be seen giving talks around the country. He also currently has a show you can listen to on the iplayer… Scotland’s Black History.
I asked him to come on because he is one of the best qualified people to talk about the importance of building confidence in Scottish culture, and how that plays into the campaign for Scottish Indepence.
At the end of the episode there is also a little Robert-the-Brucie bonus, which regards this.
Hope you enjoy.
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This was tweeted by someone this morning but has actually been on youtube for over a year.
It’s short and to the point…
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while but here is the taster show of the new series Perspective. These are made by one of the most talented people in the Indy movement, Phantom Power. He is also on twitter here and facebook here.
Amongst others, this taster show features the community fightback to save the Govanhill Baths with Katie Gallogly-Swan, it has Billy Kay and his thoughts on the importance of the Scots language there is also Shaun Milne on filmmaker Alan Clark, the remarkable History Twins and the equally remarkable Preston Reed.
Glasgow City Chambers and the surrounding area has been cordoned off for reasons of public safety.
The drama began early this morning. After emerging victorious in the Council elections and winning control of Glasgow City Council, new SNP councillors entered the City Chambers and began to look at files previously unavailable to them relating to decisions and deals made by the city council over the last 60 years.
After the container which held the files was opened, a loud bang was heard, followed by otherwordly screams. Jim Murphy, 50, unemployed, was in George Square at the time and described the scene.
It was as if all the demons of hell* had been let loose and all the terrors of the past had come out to get us.
People fled the scene as cars swerved and there were collisions in the confusion.
As yet there is no footage from inside the City Chambers as the police are denying access, however, local artist Clip Part has provided a pair of sketches based on eyewitness accounts..
David Torrance was available for comment.
Faced with the complexities of it all, and so many possible ways that it could play itself out, it is easy to forget one or two of the potential outcomes of the Brexit situation.
One of them hit me tonight.
Before we get to the big one though, here are some of the policies a group within the conservative party pushed for in 2013…
These suggestions were made by a group of 40 Tory MPs in 2013, and they had 40 of them in total. The pretendy-left magazine The New Statesman, described it as “beyond satire”, however, I think you’ll have noticed that a number of them have already come to pass and plenty more are on the way.
So they are having some success it would seem, and if you read them all, you’ll see that there are more than those I listed above that are already here or on the way.
The one I am saving for last however, is one that, now that they are going to get their wish that the UK leaves the EU, will not have anything to block it.
10) Capital Punishment – Bill to allow for capital punishment for certain offences.
UKOK? Really?