Brexit: UK growth set to lag behind EU and other developed nations
According to the OECD, in 2018 UK growth is set to be decisively outperformed by most other major European countries and Brexit is to blame.
Category: 2015 General Election
Alistair Carmichael: crying abuse is a loser’s argument
Alistair Carmichael is back. Trying to tarnish a whole movement by the acts of a minority. It’s a low form of politics but it’s the only form he knows.
Carmichael is a Liar, a Cheat and a Hypocrite
As we predicted, Alistair Carmichael was able to blatantly lie for his own personal gain and do so with impunity. On the face of it this should be seen as a good day for him. However,...
The SNP could make us Better Together
The side that won the referendum campaign last year argued that we were Better Together, that all of the areas of the UK have their strengths and weaknesses and that by ‘pooling and sharing’ our resources...
The problem with Vote SNP get Tories
Bad for Labour , good for the SNP and great for David Cameron The above lamentation from Jim Murphy on the current position of Scottish Labour in the opinion polls tells us all we need to...
Conversation With Patrick Grady
Mairi and I went along to discuss the General Election with SNP National Secretary Patrick Grady. He is the SNP candidate for North Glasgow. We went to discuss the results of a survey we at Common...
Project Fear 2: This Time It’s Personal
This week the Labour newsletter, the Daily Record, have run a story about a poor NHS nurse/actress who was allegedly abused for appearing on a political leaflet. It’s a brilliant piece of propaganda, on one hand...
Ashcroft Poll results for Dummies
What was the poll about? Today the results are out for the Ashcroft constituency poll looking at voter intentions for the next general election. The poll only looked at 16 constituencies. All of the constituencies they...
How Scottish Labour can help you lose weight
Yesterday I rose relatively early in anticipation of a bumper day of sport. I had given myself just enough time to cook a couple of bacon/fried egg doublers for breakfast. I went to the fridge for...
Labour and Home Rule: Then and Now
We have spoken about New Labour spin previously on this blog. However, referring to the speedy implementation of the new Scotland Bill as Home Rule really takes the biscuit. The question is, will this deliberate misuse...
Labour think young, male and working class Scots are daft
The most ardent group of Yes voters were young, male and working class. I was one of them, although sadly, at least in terms of age, I am drifting out of that category. Many of us...
Conflicted: Should I vote Green or SNP?
I am conflicted over whether or not I should vote for the Green party in the next General Election. I really should, I’m a paid up member and I like their policies the best. They are...
Labour, have no conviction on NHS
Here is an interesting tweet from the Labour party the day before the referendum: In fact, in the last weeks of the campaign this was one of the key things we heard from Brown, Darling, Lamont,...
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