Golf Tango Foxtrot

Today (Monday 24th February) the cabinets of not one but two governments are meeting in the vicinity of Aberdeen. The Westminster (UK) Government Cabinet meets in a "secret location" which everyone knows is really the BP headquarters in Dyce, a suburb of Aberdeen.  Immediately after their deliberations they are jetting back south. The Scottish Government Cabinet meets in Portlethen, a dormitory town for Aberdeen just across the municipal boundary in Aberdeenshire.  Immediately after their deliberations, they are having a Q&A session which is open to any member of the public. To what do we owe this embarrassment of riches?  The last time the UK Cabinet met outside of London was 90 years ago.  They met in Inverness in 1922 and the major talking point on their agenda was independence for Ireland. I'll return to the significance of this point later. The major talking point on the UK Cabinet's meeting today is of course independence for Scotland. They pretend ...

September gives us a chance in Scotland to begin a transformation.  A YES vote gives us a chance to begin a change in this country.  A change that can halt the downward spiral into barbarism that characterises this hateful political union. Those of us who are sick to the stomach of the blame for the economic mess being laid at the feet of the poor.  Those of us who blame the unscrupulously wealthy thieves who profit from recession as they profit from boom. Those of us who loathe the attacks on migrants and the disabled Those of us who abhor illegal wars.  Those of us who oppose weapons of mass destruction. Another Scotland is coming... But it won't be because of the contribution to debate made by the State Broadcaster BBC "Scotland". Researchers at the University of the West of Scotland published research casting doubts on the impartiality of the BBC. The study indicated that the BBC (and to be fair other TV Stations) seemed to favour the NO campaign. The B...